Music has always been a big part of my life and sometimes the right song can evoke such powerful memories.
These are those stories! :)
It looks like I'm going to be spinning tunes on a more consistent basis for the hockey beer league Nick's been serving as a referee. And if you'd asked me if I'd ever be serving up the mad notes when I was in IT, I'd have laughed out loud. Funny world, ain't it? ;)
Sometimes all it takes is a song to bring back memories of long ago. Boz Scaggs' "Lowdown" is one such tune for remembering a restaurant called "Tuesday's" in Cross Creek Mall!
I've noticed over the past few years that the surest sign of one's advancing years is that I've found myself much more aware of when the unwelcome news comes that artists that have been beloved companions through my years have passed on. I'm not going to sugarcoat it: this bit of unwelcome news was probably the worst gut punch I've gotten in quite a while. Gordon Lightfoot has passed away at the age of 84.…
Yesterday, I was going on about getting the Pfizer COVID-19 jab and a bit of the process I use to relax as it's being administered and realised there's another story in there to be told. Key to finding that moment of calm and Zen is having my mind playing a piece of music over and over in my mind so that it becomes relatively easy to tune out everything else that's going on around me.…
I just saw the unfortunate newsflash that Bill Withers just passed away in LA today. Most people will immediately think of “Lean on Me” which certainly was a signature tune that alone could make a career. But when I think of Bill Withers, I’m always going to think of “Just the Two of Us”…his duet with the amazing saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. If you love jazz and the saxophone, you can’t help but to love…
RIP Walter Becker of Steely Dan…one half of one of the most innovative songwriting duos I've ever known. https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/03/entertainment/walter-becker-obituary/index.html
