Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
Wow, just wow. We had the privilege of seeing Gillian Welch and David Rawlings very early on their new tour to support their new album “The Harrow & the Harvest” last Tuesday night. They sounded incredible together, the crowd was wonderful and into the music, the venue sounded good, it all added up to an amazing night. The two [...]
Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt
I have now broken the three way tie of shows that I have seen the most. Robin and I were privileged to see an amazing evening with Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt. There was no setlist, no plan, no agenda, simply a night of music and stories. We managed to snag amazing seats off a pre-sale event [...]
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 [...]
Rat Trap
The other morning my music was on shuffle and it randomly played “Nothing Happened Today” by the Boomtown Rats. It made me realize I had not listened to them in a long time and how many of their songs I enjoyed. They were a hard band to categorize. They sort of started out in that [...]
Band of Joy
I crossed one off my list recently. I was lucky enough to see Robert Plant and the Band of Joy live in concert. It was a great show. A lot more loud than I thought it was going to be. If you don’t know, Robert’s latest album is his spin on some Americana type music. Some [...]
Obsessive Music Tagging
When it comes to properly tagging my music with data, I’m pretty much a Tweaker. I’ll admit it, I never seem to be satisfied. I have to make sure the Genre is just right, the rating accurately represents my opinion of the song and that silly things like the year is accurate (for me [...]
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 [...]
Sunday Morning Hike
I spent a very wet and rainy Sunday morning hiking in forest park with two friends. We went for a nice 2.5 mile hike along a muddy trail with a lot of overflowing water and very, very wet foliage. The weather was part of the charm, it kept a lot of people away except for [...]
Sex Changes and Burned Pizza
Here are some of my favorite misheard lyrics stories I’ve heard about through the years: Rolling Stones “Beast of Burden”: Real Lyric: I’ll never be your beast of burden Misheard Lyric: I’ll never leave your pizza burnin’ REM “Losing my Religion”: Real Lyric: That’s me in the corner, That’s me in the spotlight Misheard Lyric: [...]
Christmas Morning
I know what I’ll be reading for the next few weeks…