This 9th “Daily Dose” is directly connected to yesterday’s 8th installment. In yesterday’s post, I talked about my sister Becky’s first true love, Bobby Varno. and what an absolute profound effect he had on my life. Bob is one of the greatest guys on the planet, bar none. Back in 1974, he was a true…
Charlie Watts was born on June 2nd,1941 in London… probably as the buzz bombs were raining down on foggy London Town. I am in no way an expert on drummers, or drumming in general. But if you play drums in “The Greatest Rock and Roll Band In The World”, then Charlie does bear a bit…
I’m getting ready to pack the gear up in the car and head out to a rehearsal. But this isn’t your run of the mill rehearsal. It’s with the Dean Brothers, my very early childhood heroes. I grew up in a very small town called Skaneateles, NY. Skaneateles has a little village, but its surrounded…
When you set personal goals for yourself, you have to identify just how high the bar has been raised in your chosen field. This is why we have “heroes”, or “influences”… however you want to define role models, or more specifically, the output of your role models. I love Bobby Darin, but if I’m looking…
PROLOGUE: WHERE’S THE GRATITUDE? For the past six years, I’ve been pursuing a personal “project”. I lived in New Orleans in 2005, with a good job, a good life, and a workable future. After Hurricane Katrina blew through town, everything changed. Everything, and I mean everything, was erased, just like that: “Poof”! God’s magic act….
Very rarely is video released out of the vaults of HUNGARIA INC., but this is a special occasion. In fact, this is the ONLY one ever officially released out of the vault, and here’s why: With a heavy heart, I recently became aware that Clark Music on Erie Blvd. in Syracuse, NY, is closing it…