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Category Archives: Music
Lou Giampetruzzi, 1953-2006
Lou Giampetruzzi died on Friday. Some of you have seen me play with the Kate and Lou Band, and if you did, you know what a great musician and wonderful person he was. He was the master of almost any … Continue reading
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Grey Fox 2006
We spent the weekend in upstate New York at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, now in its 30th year. (This is the festival formerly known as Winterhawk.) The weather was reasonably cool, the music was great, and once we found … Continue reading
Clearwater Revival, 2006
Last Sunday, I drove up to Croton-On-Hudson to see this year’s Clearwater Revival. This was the 40th year of the festival, which is an offshoot of the Clearwater environmental group, started by Pete Seeger and largely responsible for the improved … Continue reading
Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris
I saw Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris perform tonight at Radio City, along with shunn and our friend Colin. We sat separately; I had sold off the block of tickets I’d bought and scored a single front-row seat. It was … Continue reading
The Scars Of Robert Moses
I’ve posted a new song, “The Scars Of Robert Moses,” my latest NYC history song. It was sparked by a conversation with Mike Ford of Moxy Fruvous last year in Toronto. It took a while to write, and the recent … Continue reading
Speaking of Progressive Music…
You don’t like the sound of the truth Coming from my mouth I’m thrilled to see that the Dixie Chicks have hit number one with their new album, despite a complete lack of airplay on country radio stations. I got … Continue reading
Folsom Prison Whose?
In his book, Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison: The Making of a Masterpiece, Michael Streissguth mentions that Cash’s famous song “Folsom Prison Blues” was largely plagiarized from an earlier song by a man named Gordon Jenkins, who won a considerable … Continue reading
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News Flash: Rock&Roll Conservative, Franco Still Dead
bobhowe pointed me to a strangely clueless article on washingtonpost.com reacting to the National Review’s recent listing of 50 conservative rock songs. There’s plenty to criticize on that list, ranging from taking the Georgia Satellites seriously (clue: the singer doesn’t … Continue reading
Protected: Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
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Live! It Was Saturday Night
A few weeks ago, an impromptu band consisting of (left to right) Tom Ricciuti, me, Mike Skliar and Ken Applebaum, recorded a version of Bob Dylan’s “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You,” a long-distance contribution to a Toronto gathering … Continue reading
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