Arts and Entertainment

Anyone else have their minds blown by A Love Supreme (1965)?  The classic Coltrane quartet, featuring McCoy Tyner on piano, Elvin Jones on drums, and Jimmy Garrison on bass. Guess…

Phil Alvin, Lee Allen, and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band: Here's a real interesting article about this album and a whole lot more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/11/06/carrying-the-tunes/755a3094-c02b-483a-ae3c-6fbe64a62d95/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f9d51f8de4c4

RIP, Clarence Fountain of the Blind Boys Of Alabama. To quote Clarence: "If James Brown could come in here and do the twist, and do the mess around for the…

Albert Collins, The Master Of The Telecaster:

Eddy 'The Chief' Clearwater, one of the best from the Chicago blues scene, passed away last week. In his heyday, he simply was one of the most exciting blues performers…

I know it's a crutch to do a Monday song on Monday. But it's a damn tuneful crutch:

The wedding was great! If it had been a disaster, I might have posted 'The Morning After' from the Poseidon Adventure. But it was serious partying with a great band…

And here it is. The newlyweds' first dance:

My wife suggested (aka 'insisted') that I post 'our song' today and my daughter's and fiance's song tomorrow.  There will be sentiment:

Nathan Arizona had to know that this one was coming:

It's the weird details that make the song. H/T to the the old prospector:

My oldest daughter's getting married this weekend. No treacly wedding songs, please. But, if you've got some contenders, send 'em my way.  Here's the Heavyweight Champeen: