A Fantastic Song
Earlier today, I listened to Just to Be with You by Johnnie Johnson. In fact, I listened to it twice....
Blues
Cool (Christmas) Blues
Charles Brown is a fascinating figure in American music. He's great, first of all. Absolutely great. He's legendary in the...
Dr. John aka Mac Rebennack
Mac Rebennack, whose alter ego was the much more famous Dr. John, died today. I am a big fan of...
Music Genres
I've always had a bit of a problem separating things like music by genres. In a recent piece I wrote,...
Music Collecting – The Blues
A long time ago, I wrote this piece about collecting classical music. It was so long ago that it was...
B.B. King
The first time I saw B.B. King perform live was 1992 or 1993. I'm pretty sure it was my senior...
Live & Loud 1968 by Freddie King – A Review
Towards the end of last year, I was browsing in a record store and ran across a new release of...
A Story About The Holmes Brothers
Update: Wendell Holmes died today from complications due to pulmonary hypertension. This isn't surprising since he posted this open letter...
The Allman Brothers Band
I was lucky enough to attend the final Allman Brothers Band concert at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. ...
