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2011

New Blues from Savoy Brown – Voodoo Moon

So the soundtrack of the return home from North Brunswick the other night featured the Voodoo Moon the new album from Savoy Brown. Now I have not through the years been a Savoy Brown fan, about the only thing of theirs that’s in my collection is a track or two…

Second Generation Bluesmen – Jimmy D Lane and Bernard Allison

So the other night I was all set to write about two blues albums that I’ve been enjoying over the last week. Both albums are by second generation bluesmen. The first was the 2004 release from Jimmy D Lane It’s Time and Bernard Allison’s Live at the Jazzhaus. The reason…

Book 36 of 2011 – The Wrecking Crew – Thomas Frank

Mother Jones: Kevin Drum: Republicans Don’t Care About the Deficit As Drum and Krugman point out the Republicans don’t care squat about the deficit and why should they they created most of it and since it makes government look bad and they hate government why is it a bad thing!…

Blues for the AM, Blues for the Am

So I said the other day that yeaterday I would listen to the new Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa album Don’t Explain, which I did on the way home from Target last night, but the main album I listened to yesterday was the new Nick Moss album Here I Am….

Morning Maniac Music from Carolyn Wonderland

A little morning maniac music “Two Trains” from Carolyn Wonderland from her album Peace Meal Remind you of anyone??

New Blues: Big Pete – Choice Cuts

So over the last few days I’ve been listening to several new blues albums including: Don’t Explain the new release from Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa, Peace Meal from Carolyn Wonderland and Choice Cuts from Big Pete. I have been enjoying all of them, but after the first listen of…

Book 34 of 2011 – Iron House – John Hart

From the first John Hart book I read Down River I was a fan and so are lots of others. Hart is the only author in history to win the best novel Edgar Award for consecutive novels. (Down River and The Last Child) He has also won the Barry Award…

Life’s Soundtrack – from Art Blakey to Jimmy and Wes!

Ok so the soundtrack for today continued this afternoon with some more jazz this time from drummer Art Blakey and his album Live at Slug’s N.Y.C. The album was recorded at Slug’s in New Your (duh) in August of 1968 and features along with Blakey; Billy Harper on tenor saxophone;…

Life’s Soundtrack – I’ll Be Alright – Jumpin’ Jack Benny

So I hate November and December and parts of January! I hate the cold weather, but most of all I hate the darkness at 5 o’clock! I don’t like to run at night in the dark, and as a result there has been a decline in my running in the…

Lassiter – Paul Levine

So a couple of years ago after reading Paul Levine‘s book Illegal I sent him a message on Facebook and told him that I liked the book but sill missed Jake Lassiter! He emailed me back and told me that his next book was going to be a Lassiter novel….

Year: 2011

New Blues from Savoy Brown – Voodoo Moon

Second Generation Bluesmen – Jimmy D Lane and Bernard Allison

Book 36 of 2011 – The Wrecking Crew – Thomas Frank

Blues for the AM, Blues for the Am

Morning Maniac Music from Carolyn Wonderland

New Blues: Big Pete – Choice Cuts

Book 34 of 2011 – Iron House – John Hart

Life’s Soundtrack – from Art Blakey to Jimmy and Wes!

Life’s Soundtrack – I’ll Be Alright – Jumpin’ Jack Benny

Lassiter – Paul Levine

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