Alabama
Here’s a beautiful version of John Coltranes’ tune, Alabama. It’s so simple and so moving. It is the quartets reaction to the 1963 bombing of the 16th street Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama. The KKK planted dynamite in the basement of the church attempting to instill fear in the civil rights movement. Four young girls [...]
We Were Good News for People Who Like The Sinking Ship News
Modest Mouse start off the new album sounding very much like the last one. That’s a good thing. We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank starts off with the romping four on the floor sound that we’re all accustomed to. The biggest news about the band in the last six months was the news [...]
Vegoose – Saturday
Saturday was a great day at Vegoose. The weather was perfect, the atmosphere was awesome and the music killed. Here’s a quick run down. I’ll go more indepth later. I started the day out with watching Praxis. They are they super-group comprised of Buckethead, Bill Lawswell and Primus’ drummer Brian. Buckethead is an interesting guy [...]
Why Birth of the Cool?
Did it all start with Birth of the Cool? No, hardly. Miles Davis’ classic recording from 1949-1950 was not his start, It isn’t even his best album. What about that recording makes it cool? Miles, fresh from his stints with Bird goes off and does his own thing. He is very much of a New [...]
Welcome to my music blog
Here it is. After being inspired by the movie Almost Famous, I decided that I wanted to have a corner on the internet dedicated to writing about music. I will focus on everything from current releases, classic albums, lost gems, the business of music, and whatever else sparks my interest. “I’ll play it first and [...]