Music to My Ears

    Music to My EarsIssue 90

    Django, Act 4

    In 1940 the Nazi war machine engulfed France and Paris…
    Music to My EarsIssue 99

    The Great Christmas Hymns

    I was brought up Catholic because my mother was Irish…
    Music to My EarsIssue 98

    The Bonzo Dog Band and the House on Daleville Road

    I discovered the weirdness of the Bonzo Dog Band in…
    Music to My EarsIssue 97

    The Adventures of Jeff Beck: The Finale

    On March 9 and 10, 1981, Beck went on a…
    Music to My EarsIssue 96

    The Adventures of Jeff Beck: Third Movement

    Sorting through the flotsam that is rock lore to figure…
    Music to My EarsIssue 95

    The Adventures of Jeff Beck: Second Movement

    December 1965 found the Yardbirds recording an album in America…
    Music to My EarsIssue 94

    The Adventures of Jeff Beck: First Movement

    Geoffrey Arnold Beck was a war baby, a term exclusively…
    Music to My EarsIssue 93

    NRBQ

    In 1966 two kids who were not being watched carefully…
    Music to My EarsIssue 92

    The Wildweeds

    “I’m listening to WDRC BIG D in Hartford!” In 1967…
    Music to My EarsIssue 91

    Django, Act 5

    On January 29, 1947, Django Reinhardt landed in New York.…
    Music to My EarsIssue 100

    The Gift

    My dear wife Diana is one of those who begin…
    Music to My EarsIssue 89

    Django, Act 3

    The Hot Club On a night in 1934 Django Reinhardt…
    Music to My EarsIssue 87

    Django, Act 2

    [Act 1 of the Django Reinhardt story appeared in Copper…
    Music to My EarsIssue 86

    Django, Act 1

    January, 1910, on a cold evening in Liberchies, Belgium a…
    Music to My EarsIssue 84

    Listless

    Last Christmas I was up late with my boys drinking…
    Music to My EarsIssue 83

    Steppenwolf

    “The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench,…
    Music to My EarsIssue 81

    Sean Costello

    At times in everyone’s life someone comes along that thoroughly…
    Music to My EarsIssue 80

    John Prine

    If you google The Voice of Our Generation what pops…
    Music to My EarsIssue 77

    Arthur “Another Blind Guy” Blake

    I’m not going to apologize for that. Think about it.…
    Music to My EarsIssue 74

    Christmas and Us

    When I was a kid, on Christmas Eve I heard…
    Music to My EarsIssue 116

    Travis Wammack – Memphis Royalty

    We’re going to visit a guy today who is known…
    Music to My EarsIssue 135

    The Wrecking Crew: The Legends Behind the Hits

    In 1966 Sonny and Cher were recording a song with…
    Music to My EarsIssue 132

    John Mayall Part Two – The Turning Point

    As mentioned in a previous column (Issue 130), John Mayall…
    Music to My EarsIssue 131

    Chick Corea Returns to Forever

    Armando Anthony Corea, known to the world as “Chick,” passed…
    Music to My EarsIssue 130

    John Mayall: British Blues Pioneer

    Let’s get the silly stuff out of the way first.…
    Music to My EarsIssue 126

    Those Christmas Movies

    I don’t live my life by many rules. Basically, I…
    Music to My EarsIssue 123

    Frank Zappa – The King of Freaky’s New Movie

    A new documentary named Zappa will be released by Magnolia…
    Music to My EarsIssue 122

    Giraffes and Whipped Cream Return: Frank Zappa

    This article originally appeared in Issue 18. We decided to…
    Music to My EarsIssue 120

    Home for the Pandemic

    I will open with a YouTube video of the Holderness…
    Music to My EarsIssue 118

    The Music Lesson

    I have found a book written by one of the…
    Music to My EarsIssue 73

    Bessie Smith Part 2

    I am always interested in transitory events whether they be…
    Music to My EarsIssue 114

    Leland Sklar: The Bearded One

    In the 1970s I was in a record shop in…
    Music to My EarsIssue 112

    Little Richard: The Architect of Rock and Roll

    This incredible story is about one of the most influential…
    Music to My EarsIssue 111

    John Prine – In Spite of Himself

    I did a Copper piece on John Prine a year…
    Music to My EarsIssue 110

    Bassic Necessity

    In his Issue 108 column Dan Schwartz related that Paul…
    Music to My EarsIssue 109

    The Gear That Changed My Life – The Bass Series

    I am going to explore some bass stuff for a…
    Music to My EarsIssue 106

    Bear: The Owsley Stanley Story, Part Four

    In 1976 Steely Dan released The Royal Scam, their fifth…
    Music to My EarsIssue 105

    Bear: The Owsley Stanley Story, Part Three

    By accounts, in early 1967 Owsley “Bear” Stanley (click on…
    Music to My EarsIssue 104

    Bear: The Owsley Stanley Story, Part Two

    As reclusive and protective of his identity as Owsley “Bear”…
    Music to My EarsIssue 103

    Bear: The Owsley Stanley Story, Part One

    In this new three-part series, you and I will explore…
    Music to My EarsIssue 22

    The Sounds of Christmas: Batteries Not Included

    I grew up on Ash Drive in suburban Connecticut.  When…
    Music to My EarsIssue 35

    Southern Rock and The Allman Brothers: The ReRebirth of the Blues

    In March 1971 the Allman Brothers started a three day…
    Music to My EarsIssue 32

    Toon Town!

    I think  was in my teens before I realized that…
    Music to My EarsIssue 31

    Johnny B. Goode:
    Johnny Winter

    The car went over a heave in the road and…
    Music to My EarsIssue 30

    Bebop Deluxe

    Mankind astounds with creativity, stupidity, ingenuity, and levity. The same…
    Music to My EarsIssue 29

    James Cotton:
    Mr. Superharp!

    We lost James Cotton on Thursday, March 16, 81 years…
    Music to My EarsIssue 27

    You Got to Funkifize

    I started to write a column about Tower of Power,…
    Music to My EarsIssue 26

    Steely Dan: Do It Again

    No story about the Dan can be told without raising…
    Music to My EarsIssue 24

    Sounds of 2016: Cubs Win! Cubs Win! Cubs Win!

    The turning of a year is a minor celestial accident.…
    Music to My EarsIssue 23

    Blue Christmas

    My dear wife Diana is one of those that starts…
    Music to My EarsIssue 36

    We’re All Bozos On This Bus

    (sound of thunder in the distance..the only sound in the…
    Music to My EarsIssue 21

    Roamin’ in the Gloamin’: John Hammond

    John Hammond was born into wealth in 1910 to John…
    Music to My EarsIssue 20

    Growin’ Up Together: Stevie Wonder

    I remember vividly the first time I heard ‘Sir Duke’…
    Music to My EarsIssue 19

    Bluegrass In the Dark: Doc Watson

    I have to tell you, blind musicians fascinate me.  Not…
    Music to My EarsIssue 18

    Giraffes and Whipped Cream: Frank Zappa

    Two of my kids have a cat with decidedly uncatlike…
    Music to My EarsIssue 16

    Felix Pappalardi, Nantucket Sleigh Ride

    A band named Mountain, that in its most potent form…
    Music to My EarsIssue 15

    Swing, Swing, Swing

    I was about 15 and home sick for the day.…
    Music to My EarsIssue 14

    Swang!

    “The Texas Playboys are on the air!” With two quick…
    Music to My EarsIssue 13

    Jerry Garcia

    If you were born on August 9, 1995, you’re turning…
    Music to My EarsIssue 11

    Jaco

    When I started out playing bass, like all novices I…
    Music to My EarsIssue 50

    The River Runs Through It: Rick Hall

    Trains and rivers run through America like blood brooding through…
    Music to My EarsIssue 72

    Bessie Smith Part 1

    The Lord was walking through the Garden. He was knitting…
    Music to My EarsIssue 71

    And The Beat Goes On

    I have a recurring dream. I’m standing backstage at a…
    Music to My EarsIssue 59

    Hoagy Carmichael, Part 2

    Back at IU Hoagy was going to class and stopped…
    Music to My EarsIssue 58

    Hoagy Carmichael, Part 1

    Hoagland Carmichael The sound of the neighbor’s rotary mower preceded…
    Music to My EarsIssue 55

    Charlie Patton: Father of the Delta Blues

    It’s June 1929.  A young man in his early thirties…
    Music to My EarsIssue 54

    Rock This Town: Rockabilly, Part 2

    During the 1960’s rockabilly was mainly heard on the nostalgia…
    Music to My EarsIssue 53

    Move It On Over: Rockabilly, Part 1

    Dave turned onto 13th Ave that runs west out of…
    Music to My EarsIssue 52

    The Blues: Willie (who was also blind) Johnson

    Out of one the darkest periods of our history came…
    Music to My EarsIssue 51

    Nat King Cole: For Sentimental Reasons

    In 1926 Nathaniel Adams Cole was 7 years old and…
    Music to My EarsIssue 12

    John Hartford

    One day about twenty-five years from now, When we’ve all…
    Music to My EarsIssue 48

    What If Christmas Sucks?

    Old Joke.  There are 10 kinds of people in the…
    Music to My EarsIssue 47

    The Band, Part 2: From Dylan to The Last Waltz

    There were many remarkable moments in the history of The…
    Music to My EarsIssue 46

    The Band, Part 1:
    The Hawks

    First we need to talk about Ronnie Hawkins.  The Hawk…
    Music to My EarsIssue 44

    Satchmo

    The Roaring 20’s changed life in America in radical ways. …
    Music to My EarsIssue 42

    Dippermouth

    January 1, 1901 was a Tuesday in steamy New Orleans. …
    Music to My EarsIssue 40

    Jethro Tull
    Beggar’s Farm

    Jethro Tull was a intriguing lawyer and agriculturist whose life…
    Music to My EarsIssue 39

    Syd Barrett: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

    Yer not! Am too! But we just stopped. Yeah, that…
    Music to My EarsIssue 38

    Deep Purple—In Rock

    Ok.  This is how shit happens. In 1967 Chris Curtis,…
    Music to My EarsIssue 37

    Hey! Hey! It’s the Monkees!

    In 1966 I was 12 and the world was 9.…
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