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There’s a Hole in My Spotify
I’m gradually putting together a Spotify playlist of 50 favorite tracks. I would be halfway through if every track I’ve tried to add was available on Spotify. But 5 of them are not. Here’s the missing...
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Thompson Family Album
My father is one of the greats to ever step on the stage My mother has the most beautiful voice in the world Those two lines open the album Family. The writer is Teddy Thompson, son of Richard and...
View ArticleCrazy Ex-Girlfriend: It’s Bad… in a Great Way
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CXG) is my favorite current TV show. That might sound like much, given that we don’t have a TV, but please stay with me for a paragraph or two and perhaps a video. The CXG is...
View ArticleScott Hutchison RIP
Scott Hutchison was Frightened Rabbit. That was the nickname given to shy young Scott by his mother. That was the name under which he started making music. Frightened Rabbit became a duo when Scott was...
View ArticleAbout That Bass
What do I need to learn bass guitar? A bass, obviously. But what kind of bass? And what else? I asked myself those questions a month or two ago. How about an acoustic bass guitar? That would mean that...
View ArticleMusic 2018
Sorry, but I have to start with the death of Scott Hutchison, even though I posted about it at the time. There was no 2018 album that hit me like Midnight Organ Fight, the masterpiece from Scott’s...
View ArticleTwo Takes on Number Ones
Remember singles? I remember them as 7-inch vinyl discs, with a song on each side, usually bought for the “a-side”. Since then, they have taken many other forms: 12-inchers, cassingles, downloads,...
View ArticleSenior ELK Plays Bass on YouTube
My favorite YouTubers are ELKs: they are enthusiastic, likeable, and knowledgeable. Many of them are young, but youth is not necessary. Today’s ELK is even older than I am. Leland Sklar has been a...
View ArticleRick the Musical ELK
An ELK is a content creator who is enthusiastic, likeable, and knowledgeable. One such is Rick Beato: musician, teacher, and much more. Rick has just posted to his YouTube channel the 100th entry in...
View ArticleBeeswing: Richard Thompson’s Memoir
Richard Thompson is my favorite musician. Between 1967 to 1975 he was involved with some of my all-time favorite music. So I read his memoir, Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975, as...
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