I’ve been messing about with a bit of fiction for some time, since approximately the dawn of the last ice age. One day I hope to finish it. The story is set in 1982 in Toronto. The narrator is Lazarus Allen, but we just call… Read More
So, I roll out of bet at around 6:30 to find Tuffy P re-organizing the junk drawer, cleaning the coffee-maker and waiting for me to haul my butt out of the sack to take the dogs out for their Sunday morning constitutional. The junk drawer… Read More
When Don Harron created Charlie Farquharson, he created a character who, it seemed, was always around (at least as long as I can remember) giving us the straight goods on just about everything. We need the likes of Charlie around these parts. I read today… Read More
For some reason I enjoy the chaos which is Starsky’s on a Saturday afternoon…
Here are the North Mississippi Allstars… And let’s go back in time to 1953 and Little Junior Parker and the Blue Flames…..Feel so Good…. And a taste of John Lee Hooker, live in Montreal in 1980… Just for fun, let’s include Tennessee Ernie Ford, and… Read More
Those of you who dropped by the other night know I was foiled in my attempt to videotape more banjo practice when my trusty old point-and-shoot camera bit the dust. I was thinking today that I carry around a phone that takes pretty good pictures… Read More
I had every intention tonight of recording more banjo practice on video. Specifically I wanted to record myself playing a tune called Bonaparte’s March on clawhammer banjo. I’ve learned that recording myself is a great learning tool. It encourages me to listen carefully to how… Read More
It’s about time I shared some button accordion music around this joint, don’t you think? Johnny Can’t Dance Ray Abshire or how about Clifton Chenier? I think the reason he can’t dance is he’s got a paper in his shoe… here’s the late Boozee Chavis
I recorded some banjo practice the other night. Here’s me trying to play Cumberland Gap. I recorded it with an inexpensive point and shoot digital camera with not quite enough light, so there are limitations (besides the obvious ones involving my playing)
27th Street 