music

Are You A Racist?

Preface Well, I’m back. It’s been a long time since I’ve written a blog. In the past, my blogs have mostly had to do with music, entertai...

This Land Was Made for You… And Me (Epilogue)

First off, thanks for the comments, on this website and on Facebook, regarding part one of my last blog, "This Land Was Made For You... ...

This Land Was Made For You … And Me

I was naive. A few years ago, I really thought we were getting beyond racism. In my own little world, my friends and acquaintances who ar...

Christmas In England

“Hello, my lovely,” said the saleswoman at the furniture store. “Thank you, my lovely,” smiled the Tamar Bridge toll-lady. “There you are...

It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Summer - Part 3

It was tough getting to sleep. It had been a perfect day, until now. I felt like an idiot. I wracked my brain, trying to reconstruct even...

It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Summer - Part 1

Well, here we are again, another fall. Not that I mind, of course. I’ve always loved fall; leaves turning, a sudden nip in the air, a new...

My Christmas List

“And so this is Christmas… and what have you done?” Well, to answer John Lennon, quite a lot in 2017. Musically speaking, I released a bl...

“Strings of streetlights, even stoplights…”

“If you don’t like the weather, wait ten minutes.” That’s what they say in New England. It may be an exaggeration, but not by much. At th...

Guns, Dollars, and Sense

What a week. Las Vegas…Tom Petty. A shattering, one-two punch; not quite a knockout, but close. We’ll stand up, shake ourselves off, and ...

Not For Musicians Only

I recently received an email in response to my blog, “Swimming UpStream,” from a young musician in Germany. He had written previously to ...

Swimming UpStream...

“Crooked as a dog’s hind leg.” That’s what my dad would say. When it comes to the music business, he wouldn’t be far from wrong. There ar...

It Was Fifty Years Ago Today (An appreciation of Sgt. Pepper)

It’s been fifty years since the release of The Beatles “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” the album many consider the band’s finest...

Making of "Goin' To Clarksdale"

Hello, and welcome to my blog. I’m very happy to be able to reach out to friends and fans in this way. I want to thank my wife, Marion Wa...

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