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Today in Music – Oct 28, 1937 – A Founder of the British Blues Movement – Graham Bond was born!!

So on this date in 1937 another one of those musicians whose name sounded familiar, but I was unsure why, Graham Bond was born. After reading the following at Wikipedia, I was even more unsure of why I didn’t recognize the name!! He certainly influenced the career paths of several…

Today in Music – October 24,1911 – The Great Sonny Terry was born!!

The joyous whoop that Sonny Terry naturally emitted between raucous harp blasts was as distinctive a signature sound as can possibly be imagined. Only a handful of blues harmonicists wielded as much of a lasting influence on the genre as did the sightless Terry (Buster Brown, for one, copied the…

Today in Music – Oct 21st – Happy Birthday – Steve Cropper and Elvin Bishop!

Originally, posted October 21, 2012 Today we celebrate the birthday of guitarist and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Steve Cropper (1941). From Wikipedia: Steve Cropper (born Steven Lee Cropper, October 21, 1941, Dora, Missouri),[1] also known as Steve “The Colonel” Cropper, is an American guitarist,…

Life’s Soundtrack – A Fast Run (for me!!) and great Blues from Chris Thomas King!

With the IQ test over and having done better than my wife anticipated, I now have my eyes set on my first 5K of the year, this Saturday in Delanco. Tonight was my second to the last workout before the race, and it turned out to be my best run…

Today in Music – 1953, 1963 – Garrison Fewell and Chris Thomas King – New Musicians – Oh Joy!!

This morning I was thinking about how reviewing the birthdays everyday has given me another avenue for discovering new artists, Over the last week, I have discovered Terry Gibbs, “Sweets” Edison, Dave Robinson and Mark Whitfield to name a few, which to me is pretty cool! With that being said,…

Tonight’s Poll – Which Blues Band Should Be Tonight’s Soundtrack???

Ok so here’s a little experiment. I don’t know whether it will work or not, it’s just a little attempt to get some group participation!! Here goes!! [polldaddy poll=7471388] 1. Thom Swift ” – The Fortunate Few 2. Mark Bird Stafford – Live at the Delta …

“Into the Morning” with thoughts about John Prine, Steve Goodman, David Bromberg and Brother Jack McDuff??

As I was straightening sugar and flour in the baking aisle at Target tonight, the “jukebox in my head” started playing Steve Goodman’s “City of New Orléans” and I was singin’ along and hoping that I was singing softly enough, so that no one could hear me!! After that Steve’s…

Life’s Soundtrack – Anders Osborne helps keep my Pace Up and the Effort Down with Peace!!

Well I proved tonight that Tuesday’s run was not just a result of having four days off!! I went into tonight’s run not expecting or really wanting to run as hard as I did on Tuesday! I had convinced myself that all I wanted to do was have a nice…

Life’s Soundtrack – MonkeyJunk’s latest All Frequencies a great run all around!!

The soundtrack for my great run tonight, which I will write about later if my brain doesn’t want to rest more than write, was the new album All Frequencies from Ottawa’s MoneyJunk. MoneyJunk?? Did I hear you say, “What’s that mean??” If you did here’s the answer, if you didn’t…

Today in Music – 1974 – Happy Birthday – jazz/blues organist Mauri Sanchis – Part 1!

As I looked down a list of musicians that were born on this date there were no names that I recognized. So I just picked one that was interesting to investigate, the pick was Mauri Sanchis born in Alcoy, Spain on this date in 1974 (a quick geography lesson for the geography…

Month: October 2013

Today in Music – Oct 28, 1937 – A Founder of the British Blues Movement – Graham Bond was born!!

Today in Music – October 24,1911 – The Great Sonny Terry was born!!

Today in Music – Oct 21st – Happy Birthday – Steve Cropper and Elvin Bishop!

Life’s Soundtrack – A Fast Run (for me!!) and great Blues from Chris Thomas King!

Today in Music – 1953, 1963 – Garrison Fewell and Chris Thomas King – New Musicians – Oh Joy!!

Tonight’s Poll – Which Blues Band Should Be Tonight’s Soundtrack???

“Into the Morning” with thoughts about John Prine, Steve Goodman, David Bromberg and Brother Jack McDuff??

Life’s Soundtrack – Anders Osborne helps keep my Pace Up and the Effort Down with Peace!!

Life’s Soundtrack – MonkeyJunk’s latest All Frequencies a great run all around!!

Today in Music – 1974 – Happy Birthday – jazz/blues organist Mauri Sanchis – Part 1!

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