Doc Watson has died at 89. RIP I’ve been listening to Doc Watson’s music since I was a teenager. It seems as if styles come and go but Doc has always been there bringing his brand of Americana to life. He was not a purist… Read More
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Donald Duck Dunn RIP
Soul fans know Donald “Duck” Dunn as the bassist for the Stax rhythm section and Booker T and the MGs. Later music lovers may have been introduced to him in The Blues Brothers film. Mr. Dunn was just 70. He died in his sleep in… Read More
Earl Scruggs has died at 88
How many musicians can you think of who created a sound so definitive that it shaped an entire genre of music? Damn few. Earl Scruggs was one of those few. Earl Scruggs changed everything for banjo and for bluegrass music. He died this morning at… Read More
Etta James RIP
Singer Etta James has died at 73. http://youtu.be/WzibSiJv8hc RIP
Helen Frankenthaler RIP
Helen Frankenthaler, painter. Dead at 83. RIP
David “Honeyboy” Edwards, bluesman – RIP
Mr. Edwards played a lifetime of blues. He was 96.
another July RIP…
After just the other day acknowledging the passing of Lucian Freud, Cy Twombly and Elwy Yost, I see the news all over the innernets today is that troubled British singer Amy Winehouse has checked out. News reports say her death is unexplained but the public… Read More
Yost and Freud and Twombly
I want to acknowledge the passing of three most interesting people this month, Elwy Yost, Lucian Freud and Cy Twombly. Elwy Yost, who passed this week, was host of Saturday Night at the Movies, aired on TV Ontario from 1974 to 1999. On Saturday nights,… Read More
RIP Uncle Frank
Today we buried my uncle Frank. He was the last of my uncles standing, and I’ve always been tremendously fond of him. He had a good word for me, anytime I saw him, in his booming baritone voice. I admired his directness and the enjoyment… Read More
Rockin’ the Boogie
I read tonight of the passing of Pinetop Perkins at 97. RIP Mr. Perkins can be heard playing piano on many of the best blues recordings.
27th Street 