• Boozin’ Tunes 2002 on Spotify

    Boozin’ Tunes 2002 on Spotify

    CLICK HERE FOR “BOOZIN TUNES 2002” ON SPOTIFY. Since I was child I have had a deep connection with rock music. I saw Van Halen at MSG in NYC in 1982, I was nine years old. I dressed up as Alice Cooper for Halloween in the second grade.  I listened, bought records, 8-tracks, boom boxes… Read more

  • A gal named Lily

    A gal named Lily

    In 1975 Bob Dylan recorded “Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts” (click here for more details and words) and included the character heavy, story tale in which Lily is a dancer and Big Jim’s mistress.  Lily is also the former lover of the Jack of Hearts. I was introduced to the song by my… Read more

  • Hooper, Jaws and Bob Dylan

    Hooper, Jaws and Bob Dylan

    When I saw this picture of Bob Dylan, I immediately thought of Hooper from Jaws, played by Richard Dreyfuss. By the way, if you have not read the book… it is a treat. The scenes with Hooper and Ellen Brody getting steamy never made it in the movie. Seeing Richard Dreyfuss, I understand why it… Read more

  • The Creem Magazine Movie

    The Creem Magazine Movie

    A new documentary “America’s Only Rock and Roll Magazine” (website) on the rise and fall of Creem Magazine has been widely (and tastefully) promoted recently on social media platforms.  Board with the COVID grind and missing my “music world”, I coughed up the $6 to rent the movie on Amazon Prime and dug into the… Read more

  • Chris Whitley Movie on YouTube

    Chris Whitley Movie on YouTube

    Thanks to Scott Sharrard for letting me know about the documentary on Chris Whitley called Dust Radio: A Film About Chris Whitley (2017) [1:35 available on YouTube.  The film starts with some great quotes about Chris taken from the interviews conducted…  “He could have been a blues player from the Forties or he could have been… Read more

  • Music during the COVID shift

    Music during the COVID shift

    I have always considered life a series of shifts and chapters. During this weird COVID virus period the way in which we engage with lie music has drastically changed. The sought after front stage rail position has been has put on furlough. No Jason Isbell at the Capital Theatre, no Phish at the Garden and no… Read more