Category Archives: Random Topics
No. 4
April 18, 2010 to April 18, 2014. Four years. That’s how long it has been since I wrote my first post – “Hello, World” – and established a quote from Jelly Roll Morton – “Good music doesn’t get old” – … Continue reading
A Trip To The Museum
In Boston, Massachusetts, at the Museum of Fine Arts, there is a gallery – #103 – devoted to musical instruments. (The gallery – it’s hanging sign and heavy glass door, both proclaiming: “Musical Instruments” – is located just inside the … Continue reading
This Historic Day: Avis Louise Foss Sinclair
One hundred years ago today, on March 8, 1914, my Mother was born. Avis Louise was the first born of the six children of George P. and Stella (Libby) Foss. Growing up in Center Strafford, New Hampshire, Avis went to … 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
This Historic Day… My Daughter
What? It’s your birthday again? Whoa. Time does fly. Well, you know what to do! Par-taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!! The very happiest of birthdays to you, my dear daughter. Rock on!
Playing It Again
On May 3, 2010, I wrote and published my sixth post on sixstr stories. It was an “On This Day In Music History” post in celebration of Pete Seeger’s 91st birthday. In the days since he died, I’ve really wanted … Continue reading
Goodbye, Pete Seeger
The man who played the long neck, 5-string banjo that bore these words: “This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender” is gone. Pete Seeger was born on May 3, 1919. He passed away at New York Presbyterian Hospital … 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
Happy New Year
As the sun sets behind the hemlocks and the birches in my New Hampshire backyard on this first day of 2014… …I wish you all – followers, readers & comment-leavers; viewers, listeners & frequent or just-occasional visitors – a happy, healthy, … 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
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