We’ve seen a lot of coverage of lockouts lately because professional sports league owners have used the tactic to try and wring major concessions out of unions. But it is an increasingly common phenomenon around the nation. Emboldened bosses see the end of their hated unions in sight and are capitalizing. This includes in classical […]
Tag: music
The great saxophonist David S. Ware has passed at the age of 62. I knew he had been sick for a long time. He received a kidney transplant 2 years ago, donated by a fan, which goes to show the devotion
Because Robbie Fulks is awesome and because Georgia Hard is the best country album of this millennium.
In case you ever wanted to see a Richard Nixon political ad that features a random picture of Jerry Garcia, here you go:
Civil War reenactors are, by and large, a depressing lot: Some re-enactors have formed camp bands to play music that soldiers enjoyed hearing around battlefield campfires. The most popular tunes inclu
Every time I listen to the old Tex Williams song “The Night Miss Nancy Ann’s Hotel for Single Girls Burned Down,” I always think the relevant politicians are modern Republicans. The
Well this sucks. God may not have made honky tonk angels, but there’s a honky tonk angel gone to meet God* *or whatnot
Good music for a Saturday night. Also, Sesame Street!
The great guitarist for Miles Davis’ mid-70s bands has passed. Very sad. [SL]: A backhanded tribute to a great innovator: “Howlin’ Wolf looked at me and he said ‘Why don’
The great, wonderful, amazing Doc Watson has passed at the age of 89. Doc’s story is well-known to fans of Appalachian music. Blind from infancy, Doc learned to play a guitar as a child. He made no money at it despite his skill and was selling pencils when Ralph Rinzler came to western North Carolina […]
There’s been way too many great musicians dying lately. I’m sick of writing these posts.
The great bassist from Booker T and the MGs has passed.