My g-g-g-generation, dropping like flies, teenagers dying of old age.
Carpe diem?
After my nap.
250: Mose Allison, ‘Young Man’s Blues’
Personal
271: Laura Nyro, ‘Walk on By’ (Bootleg Collection)
A Rosh HaShana gift – 15 bootleg covers that never appeared on Laura’s official albums.
Continue reading...300: Decapede, ‘Creston Gold’/Buddy Holly, ‘Peggy Sue’
The sweetest music you’ll never hear.
Continue reading...090: The Cyrkle, ‘Red Rubber Ball’
1966–when Paul Simon mistook Jeff for Art and gave away that unforgettable, bouncy ‘Red Rubber Ball’.
Continue reading...084: Dmitri Shostakovich, Prelude & Fugue No 16 in B-flat Minor (Tatiana Nikolaeva)
As our hearts weep with the innocent Ukrainian victims of Russian aggression, our thoughts turn to Dmitri Shostakovich, a courageous human being and a great composer who lived and worked under the shadow of Soviet oppression.
Continue reading...070: Buddy Holly, ‘That’ll Be the Day’
Buddy Holly’s great song and the night The Grateful Dead backed me singing it. Yeah, for real.
Continue reading...065: Ella Fitzgerald, ‘Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most’
A beatnik musical (what??), an obscure jazz standard (oxymoron), and high school nostalgia (snore)–the convoluted paths we take to visit our past.
Continue reading...064: Janis Joplin & Tom Jones, ‘Raise Your Hand’
My memories of Janis–the interview, the kiss, and the TV performance where she brought plastic Tom to meltdown.
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