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This Historic Day In Music: Muddy Waters
In October, 1976, the then-32-year-old Texas Blues-Rocker Johnny Winter had a dream come true: he recorded and produced an album with his hero, the legendary Chicago Blues singer/guitarist Muddy Waters. The album – Muddy’s 12th studio album – was called Hard … Continue reading
A Valentine’s Day Song
“And I Love Her” was Paul McCartney’s first ballad. Though John Lennon may have helped a bit with the “middle eight” – the part that starts: “A love like ours, could never die…” – this song was the first in … Continue reading
Finding Covers – “O Mary, Don’t You Weep”
Bruce Springsteen has a new album out. The album is called High Hopes and, as one would expect, its release has triggered a cacophonous accompaniment of articles, interviews and record reviews. Though I have certainly not read and/or heard them all, the … Continue reading
One Thing Leads
My friend Chuck is a follower and frequent comment-leaver (#2 for 2013!) of this blog. His first comment of 2014 was left on my first post of 2014 – Happy New Year. Chuck wrote: “Just like a hazy shade of winter.” … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: “Sweet Little Sixteen”
On Thursday evening, January 31, 1974, I attended a concert at The Music Hall – now known as the Citi Performing Arts Center’s Wang Theatre – in Boston, Massachusetts. Joni Mitchell was the headliner. The very popular singer, songwriter, guitarist, … Continue reading
T-Bone Strikes Again
The latest issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine – January 2014, Issue 253, Vol. 24, No. 7 – arrived in today’s mail. The monthly collection of song transcriptions in this issue – “6 Songs To Play” – is an especially good … Continue reading
Wrestling With The Angel, Chapter 7
“Dublin Blues” is the title of an album and a song by songwriter, singer, guitarist & luthier, Guy Clark. The album, Dublin Blues, was released in 1995 and was Guy’s 8th album. (His first, Old No. 1, came out in 1975.) It … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: John Lennon
George Martin, the Beatles’ record producer, is quoted many times in the magnificent and massive volume called The Beatles Anthology. (“Here for the first time in print, is the history of The Beatles – by The Beatles.”) Here’s one, from … Continue reading
Finding Covers – “Faith”
In The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Second Edition, 1989, edited by Donald Clarke), “cover” is described as “a recording of a song already a hit by another artist; now more especially of a song already recorded by its composer.” … Continue reading
This Historic Day… My Daughter’s Wedding
The music for my daughter’s wedding was as thoughtfully considered, carefully selected and perfectly realized as every other facet of that unforgettable and dazzling day-long event was. First there were the Beatles’ songs – exceptionally rendered on electric piano by my good friend Andy … Continue reading
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