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Long Live The King

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Elvis left the building for good on August 16, 1977. I remember it like it was yesterday. When news broke, we were celebrating my mother’s birthday (Happy Birthday Mom!). It was as if the air went out of the room. Nobody was particularly surprised that he died given how he was [...]

Rickrolling Obama

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Thank God some people have too much free time on their hands!

What is Rickrolling?
In 2007, Rick Astley became the subject of a viral Internet meme in which an estimated 25 million Internet users were tricked into watching Rick Astley’s video “Never Gonna Give You Up” by posting it under the name of other popular [...]

Remembering Clifford Brown

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Clifford Brown
Oct. 10, 1930-June 26, 1956
Unless you really follow the history of jazz, you’ve probably never heard of Clifford Brown. That’s your loss. Clifford Brown was a genius, one of the greatest trumpet players of all time. He burst on the jazz scene in the early 1950’s, at a time when the [...]

Summer music recommendation

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

I’ve been cranking lots of classic music from The Band lately, and thought I’d post a few of my favorites for your listening enjoyment. These are from Martin Scorsese’s classic documentary of The Band’s final concert, The Last Waltz.
Up On Cripple Creek

Stage Fright

Further On Up The Road with Eric Clapton

For some inexplicable reason, I [...]

Barack Obama meets Britney Spears

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

Oops he did it again, that has been the refrain lately as Barack Obama compiles an impressive list of campaign gaffe’s. It’s enough to make Dan Quayle blush. Our great producer Rob was inspired to bring Britney Spears and Barack together in this musical number that takes us through some of Obama’s greatest [...]

Babs and Bubba together again

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Gateway Pundit inspired our producer Rob to bring Babs and Bubba together again in a song parody that brings us back ten years to this very date, the 1998 State of the Union address. Great job by Rob.

R.I.P. Oscar Peterson: Canada’s greatest export

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

I’ve been fortunate to see live performances from some legendary jazz masters, such as John Coltrane’s band mates McCoy Tyner and the late, great Elvin Jones. Unfortunately, I never got to see Oscar Peterson live. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter because my house is filled with hours upon hours of his great music. [...]

Is the world’s best bassist a 21 year old woman?

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

I was watching the Eric Clapton Crossroads guitar festival on PBS last evening, and it was a very enjoyable show. Recently, I’ve been listening to a lot of live music online via a website called Wolfgang’s Vault. The site is awesome and has hundreds of live concerts from a ridiculously diverse group of [...]

I come in praise of Shakira

Friday, September 28th, 2007

The “I come in praise of” series started with this post,I come in praise of Danny Bonaduce.
Shakira, a pop singer that I cared little for before today, knocked my socks off when I saw this,
Shakira announces $40 million in aid for Latam

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Colombian pop star Shakira announced a $40 million donation on [...]