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Where My September Reads Took Me – Part I

a in new orleans with Angie Fox one of the places my September Reads took me

Where My First Three Reads in September Took Me….. Ok so now that we are eight days into October I think it’s about time that I took you on a little trip. On the trip we will visit the places I was taken by the books that t I read…

Is Fall the Best Season for Sports?

Yes, When Else is There Hope in So Many Sports? So is the fall one of the best tones of the year for. sports fans or what’ it starts in the beginning of September as the baseball season winds down and your teams is a quizillion games out of the…

Hot Rize – When I’m Free

Note to Hot Rize: 24 yrs between albums is too long!! When I started to listen to a lot of music and collecting CDs, thanks to the used CD bins at Tunes in Marlton, in the early 2000s, I found the music of Tim O’Brien, an amazing multi-instrumentalist and…

Jim Hurst and Rob Ickes – Two Bluegrass Masters – “Going Down the Road Feeling Bad”

This afternoon I was listening to the latest release from Breaking Grass Just as Strong. After listening for a while, I went and found a video of the band seems that the band has everything I like fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo, and bass. Wait! There’s no dobro! But I listened…

Evening thoughts : “Navajo Rug” – Grandson Oliver and his Great-Grandparents Clarke!

So I just finished a four mile run, when actually maybe a one mile jog to almost fast walk, I hate the hot weather! Anyway, after I was finished, I collapsed in my chair here in front of the computer and almost fell asleep, I did manage to get up…

Grant Peeples and the Peeples Republik – Punishing the Myth!

Update (2026): Rereading this post reminded me that it’s time to revisit Grant Peeples’ music. When I originally wrote this, Punishing the Myth was his latest release. Since then, Grant has released six more albums, and somewhere along the way I drifted off to other artists. That’s one of the…

Flashing Back – Fred Neil with thoughts of John Hurt, John Sebastian and the Village!!

A Little Prelude…. So the other day when I was writing about John Sebastian, I mentioned that John played on Fred Neil’s first abum Bleeker & MacDougal. This got me thinking about Fred Neil so here is a repost of a post I did a while back. But first two…

This Day in Music – March 17, 1944 – “Happy Birthday John B Sebastian!”

So what can you say about John Sebastian. He had a great run with the Lovin’ Spoonful lots of great hits like: “Do You Believe in Magic”, “Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?”, “Nashville Cats” and many more. He also had a good solo career. Yet many…

An Eclectic Morning Shuffle Playlist & Paul Thorn’s “Honky Tonk Neanderthal”!

Update (2026): Looking back at this playlist made me smile because it perfectly captures the way I still listen to music today. Whether it’s on my phone, Spotify, or CDs, I love hitting shuffle and letting folk, blues, bluegrass, Americana, jazz, new age, and even progressive rock all share the…

Thoughts about Dave Van Ronk “The Mayor of MacDougal Street”

Dave Van Ronk - The Msyor of MacDougsal Street Book

So I want to go and see the Coen Brothers new movie: “Inside Llewyn Davis” and surprisingly my wife does, too. I really don’t think she knows that the story is based on Dave Van Ronk’s memoirs because I don’t think she’s a fan of Van Ronk’s music! Why I…