For years I have been telling you that music isn’t just music. Some of you understand, mostly musicians who spend a lot of energy and time helping out those in need. Others shrug it off because they know either that there is no good music anymore so what good would it do, or that musicians are either children avoiding growing up or are millionaires waiting for the train. Don’t tell that to the people at Sweet Relief or Musicares or any of the other charity organizations out there. There is a lot of hard work being laid down by scores of musicians and music people, aware that good fortune can turn sour at the drop of a hat.
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Frank Gutch Jr: Generation Found; It Was a Long Walk Home (Thoughts Spurred By Separation From Viet Nam-Era Army); plus N-n-n-n-notes…
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Bridget Kearney, Brinsley Schwarz, Buck Curran, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., Generation Found, Indie Artists, Indie Music, James Gang, John Mayall, Keb’ Mo’, King Wilkie, Longhair Music Faucet, Malcolm Holcombe, Matt Butler, Mt. Wolf, music, music videos, Peter Green, Pi Jacobs, R. Stevie Moore, Records, Sarah White, Sheldon Gomberg, Steel Wheels, Susan Werner, Sweet Home Oregon, Sweet Relief, Taj Mahal, Ted Pitney, Teddy & The Roosevelts on March 28, 2017 by segariniFrank Gutch Jr: Sweet Relief III: Cover Songs I Can Get Behind, Even In The Midst of This Covers/Tribute Glut… And If You Want Covers, I Have Some Right Here In the Hall Closet (Crash! Bang! Boom!) Plus Notes…..
Posted in Opinion with tags Alan Bown, Brian Auger, Capability Brown, Cristo Redentor, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, fotheringay, Frank Gutch Jr., Indie Artists, Indie Music, Isaac Scott, James Gang, Mark Ashton, Mark Lindsay, Mike Harrison, music, paul revere, Prelude, Records, Sheldon Gomberg, Sweet Relief, Zephyr on August 27, 2013 by segariniIf you understood the reference to the hall closet, you are a fossil like myself and ready for the wood heap. Better start taking Geritol again (the Stone Age’s answer to Centrum).
It is a strange world in which I find myself these days and not one I am particularly fond of, especially since supposed music lovers (and the media) have jumped on this covers/tribute thing like it is more than a fad (it isn’t, at least the way in which the music is being approached). I laugh— no, I guffaw— at the idea of bands bowing at the feet of other bands, thinking that signs of obeisance gives them any kind of credibility in the real world of music and musicians.