Tag Archives: Music

The future’s uncertain and the end is always near – Jim Morrison

Posted on July 3, 2018 by

December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971 Ship Of Fools The human race was dyin’ out No one left to scream and shout People walking on the moon Smog will get you pretty soon Everyone was hanging out Hanging up and … Continue reading →

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Clair De Lune

Posted on May 10, 2018 by

It is easy to forget sometimes the beauty humans are capable of creating. Clair De Lune, both the poem and the music are, for me, two examples of the artistry that is contained within each of us. The key is … Continue reading →

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What if?

Posted on February 20, 2018 by

My wife and I have similar taste in music though she has strayed more into 21st century while I still languish in the 20th. I have SiriusXM in my car which has a multitude of music channels to listen too. I … Continue reading →

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Nothing lasts

Posted on November 28, 2017 by

I was talking to my Mom over Thanksgiving getting her thoughts on the mini-family reunion we had just attended. It had been years since I had seen some of these folks and I wanted to get her take on how … Continue reading →

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Free Bird!

Posted on October 25, 2017 by

“Well I’m sittin’ down in San Anton’, Waiting on an eight o’clock train, My woman left me here last night, Things ain’t been quite the same, I gotta get back to Dallas, And tie up a few loose ends, I’m gonna work a week make a … Continue reading →

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Gregg Allman

Posted on May 31, 2017 by

“Freight train, each car looks the same, all the same. And no one knows the gypsy’s name, And no one hears his lonely sighs, There are no blankets where he lies. Lord, in his deepest dreams the gypsy flies, With … Continue reading →

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The day the music changed-Chris Cornell

Posted on May 18, 2017 by

“She has the daylight at her command, She gives the night its dreams yeah, She can uncover your darkest fears, Make you forget you feel them” – Chris Cornell, Can’t Change Me In 1990 I had sold out, short hair, white shirt and a … Continue reading →

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Viewing the world through a Gonzo lens

Posted on April 6, 2017 by

“Freedom is something that dies unless it’s used.” –  Hunter S. Thompson From the ages of 13 to 25 or so I had a subscription to Rolling Stone magazine, basically 1974 to 1986. My interests as a kid were music and … Continue reading →

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The day Rock ‘n’ Roll Died

Posted on March 19, 2017 by

“If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry’.” – John Lennon In the song American Pie, Don McLean describes the day the music died with the death of Buddy Holly, “And the … Continue reading →

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The death of a drummer

Posted on January 26, 2017 by

My ten favorite bands, in no particular order are; The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Pearl Jam, The Allman Brothers Band, The Beach Boys, REM, Led Zeppelin, Foo Fighters, and The Grateful Dead. Of these ten I have been … Continue reading →

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