Tonight, over at SqueezeMyLemon, I featured Spider John Koerner. I happened to be playing some of his music in the car tonight, driving along with Tuffy P. I hadn’t listened to it in some time, and really enjoyed it. Meet me over there…
I’m listening to the new CD by soul master Solomon Burke. This music is produced by the late Willie Mitchell, who died in January of this year. What a great partnership. The combination of Burke’s magical voice, gospel organ, lush strings and punchy soul horns… Read More
Mighty fine accordion. That player’s name is Jamie Spurvey and he sure can cook. Here’s a nice Scottish piece adapted by a Newfoundland player Here’s the Fogo Island Accordion Group And here’s one more featuring Jamie Spurvey again, with Gordon Cormier.
Here’s the late Beau Jocque…
The rule in our area is that we just might get a killing frost up until the May 24 weekend. Still, I wasn’t prepared to see snow on the ground just north of the city this morning.
A gate has appeared at the off leash area at the R.L. Clark filtration plant. This is at one of the holes in the fence that runs along the east side of the area. A number of dog owners have wanted to see gates put… Read More
People stumble into the forest of no return here after innocently searching for all kinds of things… Das Boot – I haven’t had such a popular search term since I have loads of people show up to the old blog after searching for Johnny Cash… Read More
I posted some lonesome tunes over at SqueezeMyLemon. I’ll see you over there at the bar.
I also recommend the Sun Ra version, from his Disney tribute album, Second Star to the Right. Here’s Ra and the boys doing another Disney classic, High Ho High Ho: By the way, the bracket fungi featured in the photo are Ganoderma applanatum, the artist’s… Read More
and the neighbouring Gulf Coast. I’ve been following Bayou Child, the blog of someone who lives down there.
27th Street 