You may not know or know of Peter Blecha, but I do. Peter and I have been acquaintances if not friends for a number of years and I have watched his growth as a writer and music historian with great interest. We share an intense interest in the Pacific Northwest music scene, past and present, and we both revered the music and the bands which inhabited the various periods in the Pac NW music saga. We know that the rest of the world, if not for The Sonics and Paul Revere & The Raiders, would consider the music scene minor league at best, but have always considered the rest of the world ignorant of the music and artists who seemingly have and have had to struggle for respect beyond the borders of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
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Frank Gutch Jr: Sonics Boom! Seattle’s Peter Blecha Writes (Not Rewrites) Pac NW Music History!, Pac NW Labels— In Fact, It’s the Great Pac NW Rundown, Part One! (plus Notes?)…..
Posted in Opinion with tags Burdette, By Divine Right, Cabin, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ellen Ogilvy, Finding the Funk., Frank Gutch Jr., Great American Music Company, Great American Record Company, Greg Laswell, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jerden, Jerry Dennon, Jim Page, Jimmy Hanna, Joe Boles, Jr. Cadillac, Kidd Afrika, Main Attraction, music, Ned Neltner, New Tweedy Brothers, Paul Hood, Peter Blecha, Picadilly, Records, seafair bolo records, Sonic Boom!, the curtis mayflower, The Delta Saints, The Dynamics, Tim Noah, Toiling Midgets, Tom Ogilvy on February 12, 2014 by segariniFrank Gutch Jr: Vinyl Coming Back? May-beeee, There Is Just Not Enough Time, Karl Fredrick Anderson Chimes In On Spotify Etc., and Notes…..
Posted in Opinion with tags DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fire Tapes, Frank Gutch Jr., Freedom Hawk, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jon Gomm, Karl Fredrick Anderson, Kate Isenberg, Kink Ador, Pandora, Pop Culture Press, Quadrophonic, Records, Red Rattles, Sandrider, Sarah White, Spotify, Sydney Wayser, The Delta Saints, The Lonely Wild, The Stray Birds, Ticktockman, vinyl, War Hen Records, Xenat-Ra on January 9, 2013 by segarini
There are a large number of reasons I love writing for DBAWIS. For one thing, I get to write amongst some of the best writers out there. I have had it in my mind to put together a list of must-read columns with thumbnail reviews and easy links so others could read what I have read, though I am sure with different eyes. You see, I found DBAWIS very early in its existence, when Bob Segarini was writing what was then his column for FYI Music in Canada. At first, I was just following Segarini, a musician I much admired after having interviewed him for Pop Culture Press for their “Summer of Love” issue.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 