Here is a great gift idea: R. Crumb’s Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country, which my brother gave to me for my birthday. The small format book features Crumb’s...
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Sometimes things just happen in neat little bundles. Yesterday, my wife, daughter and I spent much of the afternoon at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens. The...
Doc Watson is one of the most important people in the history of American music. Clearly, his technical mastery is deep. I am not capable of commenting on it...
H/T: Ed A. Anything is complicated if you think about it long enough. Take tribute bands, for instance. In some cases, it’s easy. But what about a...
Check out a couple of songs from Vanessa Collier. Collier is a blues and jazz singer, writer and, most of all, saxophone player. She certainly is busy. This...
They held the Merle Haggard memorial concert last night at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, according to The Tennessean. It was a three hour affair. Keith...
One of the things I have wondered about since I began this site is why there were so many videos made by bands before the arrival of MTV. Here is another. Some...
Last week, I posted a video on the Steely Dan song “Deacon Blues by a fellow named Nerdwriter (hopefully, not his real name). He wrote that an element in...
Great version of a rarity–a funny southern rock song. It’s a great genre, but generally not a lot of laughs. But this one is funny.