I was very sad to read that the amazing soul singer Sharon Jones passed away today, after being ill with pancreatic cancer for some time. She was just 60. I was just thinking about her and her music yesterday and posted one of her performances… Read More
Everybody who fly-fished the river knew him. His old pick-up with camper would be parked at the side of the road and John would be inside waiting for the evening hatch. He was always happy to have a visitor, to chat for a while before… Read More
This morning we attended funeral service for Nick Badyk. When we moved to Twenty Seventh Street, Nick was our neighbour to the south. You might call him an elder in the Long Branch community – he lived in that modest bungalow for 70 years. He… Read More
Back in the day there was always John Bentley Mays reviewing art in the Globe. I read his reviews regularly – it seems to me I disagreed with him on a regular basis – but I have to hand it to the guy, he was… Read More
Fred Hellerman, last of the folk group The Weavers, has passed. He was 89. RIP.
New Orleans clarinetist Pete Fountain has passed at 86. When I was a kid my dad played a lot of Dixieland and New Orleans jazz records around the house. He could tell all the players by their sound and he often quizzed me. Who’s that… Read More
Billy Name, Factory Superstar, has passed at 76. RIP
While I was off driving around the mid-west, I heard Guy Clark passed away. He was a tremendous song-writer and performer. If you don’t know his work, I encourage you to take some time now to check it out. You’ll be glad you did. RIP.… Read More
RIP Merle https://youtu.be/fVjSquTPgWc
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