…posts, that is. (Apologies to Jimmy Buffett). Sure, thirty isn’t really much of a milestone. But at this point in my blog I have to say I’m really enjoying writing it. I didn’t know what to expect in terms of who might read it and/or … Continue reading A Pirate Looks at Thirty …
“And I say I don’t like reggae no no I love it.” Dreadlock Holiday, Squeeze The first time I ever heard a reggae song was in 1968, on my local AM station. Now this station wasn’t typically given to playing anything outside of the Top … Continue reading Reggae
In my last post on the blues I said this, “I think I’m gonna need a third blues post for the later British and American players. But I’ll do that one later on down the road.” So this is that. First post here. Blues arguably … Continue reading The Blues (Final of 3)
First post here: The gentleman pictured above is one T-Bone Walker, he of the flashy showmanship and smooth guitar playing. He is the guy who wrote “Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad),” a blues that has remained a popular staple since … Continue reading The Blues (2)
It occurred to me that I had done a post about jazz but not yet one about blues as a genre. And so let me now rectify that. I mentioned in my first post that I discovered blues the same way so many of my peers … Continue reading The Blues (1)
With this post I introduce the occasional “Featured Album,” which will discuss albums that are so good they deserve their own write-up. And I decided to start with a disc I recently bought, which is a (sort of) tribute to Bob Dylan. Apparently he wrote … Continue reading Featured Album – Lost on the River (The New Basement Tapes)
The first Miles Davis post is here. In an earlier post about jazz I featured a number called “E.S.P.” from Miles’ second great quintet (1964-1968.) What’s interesting to me is how Miles expanded his sound shortly thereafter and become such a force in what came to … Continue reading Miles Davis (Final of 2)
