Hello everyone. Let’s give a warm welcome to Debbie and Cyndi. Two unique women who dance to their own drummers…..whose talents encompass a variety of musical fields in two decidedly different decades. These ladies can pop and rock, disco down or jazz it up, sing the blues, or pour their soul into a ballad. Their many talents run the full gamut and they have led the way for a new kind of woman in music, adding their own twist and turns to rock and roll.
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The Women of Rock Redux Part 3 – Debbie and Cyndi……and music. Chapter 1 – Debbie!
Posted in Opinion with tags A Girl With A Camera “The Picture Taker”, Angel and the Snake, avant-garde, ballad, BBC Radio, Bernard Edwards, Billboard Hot 100, Blondie, blues, Bob Segarini, Broadway, Camelot, CBGB, Chic, chutzpah, Cyndi Lauper, DBAWIS, Debbie Harry, Disco, Don’t Believe A Word I Say, Eddie Bullen, funk, gay pride, go-go dancer, Grammy’s, H.R. Giger, Jazz, Julie Andrews, Kinky Boots, LGBT, luvthemusic, Max’s Kansas City, New Wave, New York Times, Nile Rodgers, Pat Blythe, Pop, Pride Toronto, Punk, reggae, Richard Burton, Rock, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rodney Bingenheimer, Rolling Stone Magazine, ska, smooth jazz, Smooth Jazz Cruise, Stillettoes, Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC, The Jazz Passengers, The Muppet Show, The Wind in the Willows, Thunder Dome Sounds, U.S. on May 12, 2021 by segariniPat Blythe – The Pandemic Interviews – Conversations in a changing time…..and music
Posted in COVID 19, life, music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Bob Segarini, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eddie Bullen, Frank Zirone, Lisa MacIntosh, Live Music, luvthemusic, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera, Paul DeLong, Podbean, podcast, Quincy Bullen, Studio One 5, The Pandemic Interviews, Tracy Brett on January 27, 2021 by segariniTuesday, January 26 at 6:01am my first podcast was posted on Podbean. It’s been a work in progress since last May….well technically last August/September. Let me ‘splain…..
Pat Blythe – Memories…..celebrations…..three concerts….and music
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Abbey Road, Anderson Creative, April, Bob Segarini, Cherish Stevenson, Cherry Cola's, DBAWIS, Drop Top Alibi, Eddie Bullen, Greg Wyard, Hugh's Room Live, Jeff Jone, Jeff Jones Trio, Karl Anderson, Lee's Palace, Pat Blythe, Paul DeLong, The Beatles, The Crooked, The Musical Box: A Genesis Extravaganza Volume 2, We The Crooked on October 2, 2019 by segariniIt’s 9 o’clock on a……no, no, no, wrong song. Betcha ya got an earworm now….before you even listen to the song.
Pat Blythe – We’re engaged!….films….a cruise….and music
Posted in Family, life, music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Arturo Tappin, Cards Against Humanity, Cherry Cola's, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eddie and Quincy Bullen Jazz Review, Eddie Bullen, FeFF, Female Eye Film Festival, Larnell Lewis, Leslie-Ann Coles, Liberty Silver, Melody Makers: You Shoulda’ Been There, National Canada Film Day, Pat Blythe, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera, River Gambler, Shannon Maracle, The Grand Gerrard, TIFF Bell Lightbox on September 18, 2019 by segariniNEWS FLASH!!!! ….and I’m so excited. Elated…..ecstatic actually. I’ve been buzzing around flashing “the picture”. So many congratulations on FB. You know that little dance you do in one spot while laughing and squealing….the five-year-old in you busting out….well that’s what I’ve been doing. Yesiree…..I am welcoming another daughter into the family. Thom finally popped the question over the weekend while away with his lady love, in the middles of the St. Lawrence River (on an island) and #isaidoui is now trending. It took Chris six years to propose….it took Thom three. A slight improvement (grin).
The centrepiece of the ring is my birthstone, a blue sapphire and a gift from Chris for my 40th birthday. Its original setting was a ring made specially to “lock in” with my wedding band. Now it begins its journey as a family heirloom. I am a bit verklempt.
Pat Blythe – SING! Toronto, Jeff Jones Trio and …Music!
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags Ault Sisters, Beyond The Cage, Bob Segarini, Cherry Cola's, Countermeasure, Craig Riddock, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eddie and Quincy Bullen Jazz Review, Eddie Bullen, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Freeplay, Jeff Jones, Jeff Jones Trio, JJ3, Little Magic Sam, luvthemusic, Melissa Ogden, Mzansi Acappella Ensemble, NASA, Nelson Mandela, Pat Blythe, Patricia Silver, Retrocity, Reuben Cherry, Sam Taylor, SING! Toronto Vocal Arts Festival, Sister Someone, Swagger, The Swingles, Young People’s Theatre on June 8, 2019 by segariniI am still in awe of what happens every time I step out the door whether it’s for a walk, head to a club, meet a friend for a meal, hop in the vehicle and drive….somewhere, photograph a festival, have a random conversation with someone you just met…..something totally unexpected invariably transpires, something I was totally unprepared for. Whether I’m learning it or experiencing it at least it’s consistent. Standing back and studying the broader picture I find there are a hundred million large and teeny tiny connections, that, as the universe unfolds and does its thing, links us all together. Whether it’s a person, a concert, a band, a type of music, an experience, a friend of a friend, we are all our own “six degrees of separation”. I find it all rather fascinating……and I’m still in awe.
Pat Blythe – Something Personal …CMW …A Few Shows …and Music!
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera, A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Bob Segarini, Burton Cummings, Canadian Music Week, Cherry Cola's, CMW, DBAWIS, Dirty Loops, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eddie Bullen, Genesis, Horseshoe Tavern, Jeff Jones, Jeff Jones Trio, Little Magic Sam, luvthemusic, Ocean, Paddock, Pat Blythe, Quincy Bullen, Quincy Jones, Sam Taylor, Sarah Thawer, The Carpet Frogs, The Musical Box, Tom Cochrane and Red Rider, Tre-Michael Bullen, Tuesday Nights at Cherry Cola’s on May 24, 2019 by segariniWriting one’s column on the day it’s supposed to post is not the best in planning but it will have to do for today (and last week and probably next week). Right now I’m listening to The Beach Boys song God Only Knows and I can’t stop thinking of all the people that have shared my life, not just in the past four years but going as far back as I can remember. So add the following video I found on FB and a late night conversation and yes, once again my column takes a different fork in the road.
Pat Blythe – CMW: Not Quite a Wrap …and Music!
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera, A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Audra Santa, Believe!Digital, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music Week, CMW, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eddie Bullen, Horseshoe Tavern, Indie Week, Liberty Silver, LiveAtHeartFestival, MIDEM, monowhales, Moon Tan, Muscle Shoals, Nile Rodgers, Pat Blythe, Poo Bear, Sounds Interchange, Stackt Studio, The PepTides, The Sheraton Conference Centre, Tribe Royal on May 16, 2019 by segariniI am incredibly late in starting this column. Like…..super super late. It’s been so busy during the past three weeks there’s barely been time to think. There is so much I want to share but not all of today. Suffice to say this will be my CMW “not quite a wrap”. Arriving back in Toronto from London I dove right into the nightlife of Toronto…..and of course some cruising and schmoozing (and jujube nibbling) at CMW central, The Sheraton Centre. Daytime activities are easy to manoeuvre but co-ordinating your CMW nightlife…..that’s a whole different game.