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Pat Blythe – The Blushing Brides and Smooth Jazz

Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Bob Segarini, Chaudiere Club, Claude Jones, DBAWIS, Desmond Leahy, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Inglis, Eddie Bullen, Gene Krupa, Gina Hargitay, Goddo, James Green, Jeff Jones, Larnell Lewis, Liberty Silver, London Bluesfest, Louis Armstrong., Matthew Greenberg, Maurice Raymond, Michael Dunstan, Miss Jamaica World, ONES Show, Pat Blythe, Quincy Bullen, Quisha Wint, RCA Records, Red Rider, Rob Cooper, Rockpile, Sascha Tukatsch, Smooth Jazz Cruise, Snarky Puppy, Strawberry Records, The Blushing Brides, The Brides, The Carpet Frogs, The Ink Spots, The River Gambler, Vic Cassis on September 13, 2017 by segarini

Holy summer!!! The weather is simply gorgeous. Warm and sunny….Mother Nature has apparently had a relapse or she’s feeling a bit guilty about the rather insipid summer we just…..I don’t know…..experienced? Let’s see…..what else…..day-to-day shit you don’t need to hear about but I will say this, the homemade grape jelly IS AWESOME!!!! Made from my own concord grapes, the vines are now 20 years old. Every year it’s a battle between me and the urban wildlife. Just who plucks the most grapes? The ones left behind or dropped from the vines eventually ferment, providing the neighbourhood with a little late night comical relief as the raccoons waltz about, stumbling and bumbling until they flop over in a deep slumber. The following night is unusually quiet as they nurse their hangovers.

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Frank Gutch Jr: Stone Darling (A Bio I’m Afraid Not To Believe), Them Crazy Multi-Tasking Artists, Time-Travel to Washington D.C. Circa 1970, and Notes…..

Posted in Opinion with tags Annie McLoone, Bacon Brothers, Bill Mumy, British Walkers, Claude Jones, Crank, DBAWIS, Don Grady, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., Grin, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jeff Bridges, Kim Grant, Kris Kristofferson, music, Nils Lofgren, Phil Collins, rebecca pidgeon, Records, Rick Nelson, Rick Springfield, Roger Daltry, Roy Buchanan, Roy Rogers, Sageworth & Drums, Sons of the Pioneers, Stephen Bruton, Stone Darling, Tractor, Walter Egan, Whispering Pines on April 3, 2013 by segarini

I swear to God, when Kim Grant is not pushing me toward something, she is. A simple post of a video in her last newsletter (see the link at the beginning of the Notes section) regarding The Grand Ole Echo dragged me in an unsuspecting direction, this time to a group out of L.A. calling themselves Stone Darling. Kim, of course, knows my Achilles Heel (Whispering Pines, for all who don’t know) and knows I cannot resist a short walk through the pines, and I’m pretty sure she posts these things just for me because I ask around occasionally and none of my friends seem to know anything (but come to think of it, they don’t know anything about anything). This time, though, I’m not sure what she’s gotten me into. Want a hint? Read this bio written by one Eric Filipkowski: