Category Archives: Music

May You Never

Posted on June 2, 2007 by Gaius

Back around 1974, I moved in for a while with my best friend from my grade school years, Rick, and his mother back in Rochester, New York. Rick and I had been inseparable (with the usual ups and downs) from the … Continue reading →

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When Legends Suck

Posted on June 1, 2007 by Gaius

How bad are the concerts being given by the reunited legendary rock band The Police? Well, the review by one critic says it is just about as bad as it can get. And he's a member of the band! A … Continue reading →

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For A Good Time, For A Good Time Call….

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Gaius

867-5309. Well, actually, for a plumber call that number, at least in Rhode Island. A plumbing company there trademarked the number and is locked in a legal battle with another plumbing company from Florida over the right to use the … Continue reading →

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The Act You’ve Known For All These Years

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Gaius

Russ Smith writes a tribute to Sgt. Pepper, the landmark Beatles album that came out 40 years ago. He reminds us that the album, for good or ill, changed music forever. He's right. "Sgt. Pepper," the group's first album that wasn't … Continue reading →

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All My Friends Know The Low Rider

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Gaius

War, 1975:   And Lee Oskar more recently. Lee is, from my personal knowledge, a very nice guy and one hell of a harp player. Tweet

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I Played The Red River Valley…

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Gaius

…He'd sit in the kitchen and cry. The first lines to a song written by Guy Clark that I first heard performed by Jerry Jeff Walker. Desperados Waiting For a Train. It seems appropriate tonight.   Tweet

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Encouraging News About Bo Diddley

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Gaius

A television station website from Omaha, Nebraska is reporting that Bo Diddley is up and walking around the intensive care unit where he is hospitalized following a stroke. Doctors say that is a very good sign that Diddley, 78, may … Continue reading →

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Bo Diddley In Intensive Care

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Gaius

Bo Diddley has suffered a stroke while performing in Western Iowa. He is in the intensive care unit at a hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, listed in guarded condition. The 78-year-old singer-songwriter-guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was listed … Continue reading →

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Relatively Obscure Friday Music

Posted on May 11, 2007 by Gaius

I have no idea who told me about this band 'way back in the day. But for some reason, I went out and bought the album (not CD – real live vinyl). I still have it. Furthermore, I have no … Continue reading →

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If You Could Read My Mnd

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Gaius

Weird, isn't it? Someone brings up a topic in the blogosphere and suddenly it's off to the races. So, I found this item on Memeorandum from Powerline about Gordon Lightfoot: Last week the Wall Street Journal ran Joanne Kaufman's profile of … Continue reading →

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Playing The Church

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Gaius

Musicians often say they are playing a given venue, you know, "I'm playing the Palace," or some such. But in this case musicians performing a concert on May 18th at the 15th Century Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland will not only … Continue reading →

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A Little (Sunday) Night Music

Posted on April 22, 2007 by Gaius

Back in the day, one of my favorite albums (which I still own) was by a duo called Aztec Two-Step. (They took their name from a  line in a poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, A Coney Island of the Mind.) My … Continue reading →

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Just An Excitable Boy

Posted on April 4, 2007 by Gaius

I came across my copy of the Warren Zevon retrospective Genius when moving a few things around. I popped it into the computer and have been listening to it for a while now. His music is too good not to share, so … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Music

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Gaius

Alison Krauss has a new/old CD out called A Hundred Miles or More. It is a compilation of a number of previously released songs done for various projects she has done through the years along with five new tracks. And … Continue reading →

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Water Song And David Bromberg

Posted on March 2, 2007 by Gaius

David Bromberg, one of my favorite musicians who a lot of people have never heard of, has released a new album, Try Me One More Time,  after a really, really, really long hiatus. Like about 18 years. In honor of … Continue reading →

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