The Friday Five is a collection of things I’ve enjoyed or am thankful for from the past week. This time around, it seems like music has been on my mind, so here’s some things to cram in yo’ earhole. #1 – Mary Spender. I stumbled onto her video about duplicating Beethoven’s daily routine and decided …
Bit of a brief post today because I feel like someone else can give you some better words today. Here’s a song from the late, great Tom Petty from his solo album Wildflowers – something everyone should check out immediately. It wasn’t one of the singles from the disc, but this song was always my …
Thirty five years ago yesterday, Queen played one of the greatest sets of rock n’ roll ever at Live Aid, and Freddie Mercury personally taught a masterclass on How To Be A Great Front Man. Oh yeah, and Freddie also supposedly had a throat infection at the time, was advised by doctors not to sing, …
Setting aside all of the truly horrible things about a global pandemic (if that’s even truly possible), one of the things I’ll miss most this Summer is concerts. No live music at Thompson Point (Portland, ME) or Prescott Park (Portsmouth, NH) or even a random band on a deck or a park somewhere is a …
It’s not often that you celebrate the ninth or sixth anniversary of something, but since 2020 isn’t playing by any rules to speak of, I figure that gives me a a pass as well. Nine years ago this month, the newly-minted Mama’s Boomshack was called in for a last-minute fill-in to open for Goosepimp Orchestra …
The Friday Five is a collection of things I’ve enjoyed, am thankful for, been inspired by, or found interesting from the previous week and want to share. 1. Just A Closer Walk With Thee This video was recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 10, 1970 in Newport, Rhode Island. Less than a year …
I’m not calling this week’s post a celebration, because it’s more of a coping mechanism at this point. The United States has surpassed 100,000 deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic, another brutal death for the crime of being black, protestors attacked, riots ensue, and then calls for reconciliation… but on who’s terms? I wish I had …
I miss making music with other people. When I decided to step away from my last band, Tumbledown Saints, there was the consolation that it wouldn’t be the end of playing music. At the time, I as playing almost every week at church, so that lessened the sting. As much as I enjoyed playing blues …
This is a collection of things that I’ve been enjoying, doing, or thinking about through the week. Since it’s been a little while since my last gratitude post, I thought this would be an opportune time to share some things that I am thankful for right now. Please note that some obvious things (family, food, …
It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve posted a Friday Five. I’d get into the reasons, but honestly, all I pretty much have to say is: pandemic. So let’s do something a little different and roll with five music videos that I’ve been digging on this week and spread a little joy today. C’mon… we …