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Last Licks
Read more: Last LicksThere’s no way around it – 2016 is a shitty year for music fans. So far we’ve lost Prince, Merle Haggard, David Bowie, Keith Emerson, Glenn Frey, Paul Kantner, and Maurice White. And it’s not even May yet. It got me thinking about the final recordings that artists make and what it says about the…
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Watching The Wheels – Mike’s Musical Monday
Read more: Watching The Wheels – Mike’s Musical Monday…I just had to let it go. It seems fitting that since I launched this blog with one of John Lennon’s tracks from Double Fantasy, I’ll kick off the second year with another. I recently lost my job (where did it go? I just had it) and feel no urge to find another one. Sometimes…
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Julia
Read more: JuliaIn 2012, I met a woman named Julia and was inspired to learn this song. Julia’s a common enough name but one that I hadn’t come across much in my life. Earlier in 2012 my first full-length stage play Digging Up John Barrymore, was produced by the good people at Dreamcatcher Entertainment. The name I…
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Nobody Loves You (When You’re Down and Out)
Read more: Nobody Loves You (When You’re Down and Out)I was fired last week from a job I’ve held a little less than two years. Every other job I’ve had ended when I decided to walk away. So it was a new experience for me, and not an entirely unpleasant one. The only thing I ever liked about that job, I liked way too…