I moved down to New Orleans in the autumn of 1997, and I got hit by lightning a year later. My first year of my unexpected Yankee Relocation Agenda was going pretty well. I thought I was only going to be visiting “The City That Care Forgot” only momentarily to produce a the 25th anniversary…
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…
I was working on yesterday’s DOSE and crashed my creative bus into a tree. That’s a little melodramatic, but the metaphor serves my current purpose. Although crafting these daily injections has thus far been unexpectedly time consuming, they’ve also been fun to create. They flowed pretty freely out of me, without too much intellectual over-baking…
The very real denizens who actually actively participate in my invented and imaginary world (That would be the mythic land of “Hungaria”, to the un-initiated) often ask me: “When did you know that you wanted to be a professional musician?” Although I can accurately pin-point the exact moment that I decided, I haven’t really shared…
LAKE BOY #3 I remember the day I became aware of the concepts of physics. Actually, physics made sure to get my attention. At the bottom of my bucolic street was a strip of beach frontage on beautiful Skaneateles Lake. The sixteen or so families that lived on Gayle Road shared the beach. On sunny…
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…
I love the heat. When I experienced my first New Orleans summer, it was literally breathtaking. You’d walk out of your air conditioned environment, walk out your door, and BAM! Immediately your sun glasses fog up, and you’re temporarily blinded. Clothes become drenched in sweat in what seems to be seconds. The air is so…
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…