Category Music
Requiem For A Rock Star
Davy Jones is dead. No, not that one, not the diminutive member of The Monkees. He died in 2012. I mean the singer who changed his name so he wouldn’t be confused with the singer from the pre-fab four. David Bowie, dead of cancer at 69, only a couple of days after the release of […]
Modern Times
Technology is everywhere. Last night it even invaded my dream life. Every dream I had revolved around Twitter. And I don’t even like Twitter. Dreams fade quickly when you retain consciousness, and I only remember one of them, probably the last one before I woke up. It involved Eric Clapton. I was at an Eric […]
A Christmas Bonus!
This showed up in my Facebook feed today. I first met Roy almost 40 years ago – so nice to see he’s still putting out music. Roy Salmond – Producer Sponsored · A little over 10 years ago, I created a solo piano album of mellow Christmas favourites. They were sold as a ‘value […]
Peace On Earth
This is one of my favourite Christmas songs of the 21st century so far. It has a hymn-like quality to it and a nice balance between the now and the not yet. Kind of appropriate somehow for Christmas Eve. Heaven on earth We need it now I’m sick of all of this Hanging around Sick […]
Miriam
It is that time of year. Has been for a month if you frequent shopping malls. Christmas and seasonal music is everywhere. I’m not a big fan of songs about Santa and Rudolf. I don’t care who Mommy kissed or that Grandma got run over. Give me traditional carols that tell the Christmas story in […]
Death Comes Calling
I have a Velvet Revolver t-shirt somewhere that I have never worn. With Scott Weiland’s death a couple of days ago I wonder if it is now a collector’s item? Probably not, though I imagine the t-shirt will be reprinted to capitalize on the demise of the singer for both Velvet Revolver and Stone Temple […]
Tuesday’s Thought
I’ve had this graphic on my computer for a while now, and today seems as good a day as any to share it. I have spent a good chunk of the past 40 years working with and around musicians. Some of them have been very successful, selling millions of records and making piles of money. […]
Love & Mercy
I think it was about 1979 that I saw Brian Wilson on stage with the Beach Boys. I don’t know when I have been more embarrassed for someone. Brian at the time was dealing with mental health issues, had been for more than a decade. The stories were legendary, how he had stayed in one […]
My First Crush
I don’t really remember her. Well, okay, I do. I know the name, I remember the voice, but how much of that is a true memory and how much has been added over the years? My mother was telling me about the first woman to steal my heart (other than her I assume). I was […]
You Gotta Wonder
I program a satellite music channel that is carried on cable systems and who knows where else. I have never asked, I just know I get feedback from all over the continent. It is called “The Light” and features songs from Christian artists. I mention that because it is that time of year when I […]
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