(NOTE: This post is a follow up to my article in salon.com:http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/06/18/father_after_death_open2011) “Teach your children well. Their father’s hell did slowly go by. And feed them on their dreams….” –Graham Nash Frank Sinatra is haunting Mrs. Muse and me. Not our house. We don’t wake to the sound of a ghostly rat pack stumbling around…
Bach and the Beatles
The Beatles and Bach stand at opposite poles of my musical life, two great pillars on which my career stands. Without them I’d be a geologist or some kind of computer geek. I’ve chronicled Bach’s influence on me and will do so with the Beatles in the near future. What brings the Beatles and Bach…
Fishin’ Blues Part 2: Ear Candy
Part 2: Ear Candy “Hand me my old guitar Pass the whiskey round Won’t you tell everybody you meet that the Candyman’s in town Look out, look out, the Candyman Here he come and he’s gone again” – Hunter, Garcia At the beginning of the ‘80s, I began hearing a new term: Ear Candy…
Fishin’ Blues Part 1: Musical Hooks
“I’m a going fishin’, all the time, you can go fishin’ too You bet your life, sweet lovin’ wife I can catch more fish than you Many fishes bite if you got good bait Now here’s a little something I would like to relate Many fishes bite if ya got good bait…” Attributed to Taj…
Ten ’60s albums that changed everything
1.Blonde on Blonde (Bob Dylan) It’s soaked in what the master himself called “that wild mercury sound.” Reasons it’s stupendously great? “Visions of Johanna,” “Sad Eyed Lady,” “Just Like a Woman” – enough right there. Oh yeah, and “Memphis Blues Again,” “I Want You,” “Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat”… 2. Blue (Joni Mitchell)* OK, it came…
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