Category Archives: Random Topics
Re: What Is Your Favorite Bob Dylan Song?
Besides the songs mentioned in the comments after the On This Day In Music History: Bob Dylan post, I heard and received several other titles in answer to the question above. They were: “Tangled Up In Blue,” “A Hard Rain’s … Continue reading
How do you calculate the influence of a song in your life?
Is there a song, a single song, that you can point to and say: “That song changed my life.”? My answer would be: yes. The song? “Spirit In The Night” by Bruce Springsteen. Like several songs, I can remember the … Continue reading
The Big Bang of Country Music
The title of this post is taken from the title of a book put together by Charles K. Wolfe and Ted Olson called The Bristol Sessions: Writings About the Big Bang of Country Music, published in 2005. The information to … Continue reading
Many Thanks
This blog came into the world on April 18, 2010. Since then, it has enjoyed hundreds of views, several thoughtful comments and much encouraging feedback. I send many thanks and my deepest gratitude to all of you who have viewed, … Continue reading
How would you describe the sound of a guitar?
The sound of a musical instrument is generally referred to as its “tone.” Among many definitions, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary says that tone is: “sound quality” and “accent or inflection expressive of an emotion.” In the recent issue of Acoustic Guitar … Continue reading
Hello world!
“Good music doesn’t get old.” This quote, attributed to Mr. Jelly Roll Morton (New Orleans pianist, composer and self-proclaimed inventor of Jazz) has become a bit of a mantra for me. There is so much good and old music that … Continue reading
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