Category Archives: Random Topics
The Power of Reading
A year or so ago, I started casually searching on-line for a book about the history of recording. Last June, in a spur-of-the-moment, while-I’m-in-the-neighborhood visit to Kramerbooks (1517 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.), I found exactly what I was looking for: Perfecting … Continue reading
Discovery
The “Premiere Issue” of Acoustic Guitar magazine arrived in my mailbox in July of 1990. With a black & white photo of classical guitarist Sharon Isbin on the cover, the feature article was called “My First Guitar” and subtitled “Tales of … Continue reading
Three Days In August
The first day was Friday, August 12th. It was, as you readers know, my wedding anniversary and, after a delicious and leisurely dinner at the Blue Latitudes restaurant in downtown Dover, my wife and I strolled over to Henry Law Park … Continue reading
A Coda: Clarence Clemons
Coda: “A concluding section or passage, extraneous to the basic structure of the composition but added in order to confirm the impression of finality.” Harvard Dictionary of Music. Can you imagine the music of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band without Clarence … Continue reading
National Jukebox
About a month ago, my father-in-law, Phil, sent me a link to a news article announcing the on-line arrival of something called the “National Jukebox.” After reading the article, I immediately logged onto this new website. My, oh my. It is amazing. Really, … Continue reading
Summer’s Here…Again
The last day of my 36th year of teaching was Thursday, June 2. That made the first day of my summer vacation yesterday, Friday, June 3. I spent the celebratory day – and a glorious, New-England-in-June day it was – in Boston, … Continue reading
Revisiting The “T-Bone Shuffle”
Back on April 21, 2010, my first “On This Day In Music History” post was about the song “T-Bone Shuffle” by Blues singer/electric guitarist T-Bone Walker. The date of that post was the anniversary of Walker’s recording of the song in … Continue reading
Merseyside, Part 2
The subject was first broached in the Spring of 2010. It was Les’ idea. “What do you think about getting Merseyside together again?” Andy, Bob and Eric each basically gave him the same initial response. “What did the other guys say?” … Continue reading
sixstr stories: The First Year
Today, April 18, 2011, is the first birthday of this blog. Thanks to my amazing daughter and her familiarity with WordPress, sixstr stories came to life as I sat next to her on her couch in her Somerville, MA apartment. … Continue reading
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