What a year for live music
2011 was absolutely the most amazing year of live concerts that I have experienced in my life so far. I have been going to shows regularly since 1982, this August will mark 30 years of attending live concerts so when I make that statement, I do not make it very lightly. I saw a [...]
Brian Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot
I love Rockabilly as I’ve already written about and The Stray Cats were my first real exposure to the genre. Last night, Robin & I got to see an absolutely amazing performance from Brian Setzer fulfilling a long time dream of both of ours. This was no bloated 80′s revival tour, this was two solid hours of [...]
Imelda May
I love Rockabilly, it’s always had a place near and dear to me. My first exposure was actually through the Stray Cats in the 1980′s. After that I dug into the past to discover the roots and originators of the style. There is something about that bold guitar riff with a thundering bass and [...]
Jazz and Joe Healy
I got my love of music from my father. He loved all kinds of music. He had stacks of 78s, LPs, Tapes and CD’s when I was growing up. They covered all kinds of styles and genres but his favorite by far was Jazz. When he was in the service as an MP in the [...]
Bits and Pieces
I’ve been a bit busy lately and have not posted as much as I planned to. I spent most of January preparing to leave my job of almost six years just as they filed bankruptcy. I spent most of February ramping up to speed at my new job where I hope to be for a [...]
The Black Keys
A few years ago my nephew Devin gave me a CD of songs saying “I think you’ll like this”. If he told me the band at the time, I forgot it at the time. It was unlabeled and did not have any digital text display besides “Unknown track 01″ etc. I played it a few [...]
Feeding my inner Hippie
Summer and the Grateful Dead go hand in hand for me. When the sun came out in Oregon this past July, so did my desire to hear some live Grateful Dead. For me, this has happened each summer for many years, I’m not sure why but something about the sunshine activates my inner hippie. This [...]
Loaded up
I’m getting away for a few days down at the coast with family. I’ve got a fully loaded iPod with lots of new albums and some older stuff I’ve had on my to-do list. I have plans to fully listen to “The Hazards of Love” by the Decemberists from start to finish without interruption, U2′s [...]
Something is wrong with this picture
It’s November 30th and we already have Christmas lights on the house. We normally run around in a panic and put them up a few days before the 25th. We both got motivated early this year. I’ve had this product that Robin bought a few years back during one of her post-holiday sales adventures. It’s [...]