By Elmer Ploetz Editor For Paul Swisher and the Dooleys, it’s been a long trip back to where they started. That seems to be the message with their new LP,…
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The onset of love can be as unpredictable as the path of lightning. World literature is filled with examples of great loves that seem to have been preordained. When reading…
“Route 104 along the shores of Lake Ontario. The peak of Autumn’s blaze is just a memory” are the opening words to the song “Thanksgiving,” written by Carl Eddy and…
Yeah, it’s been a hard year. And now Billy Joe Shaver is gone. For many of us, his shows at the Sportsmen’s Tavern were our chance to catch this legendary…
As most of you probably know Jerry Jeff Walker left this sphere on Oct. 23. It hasn’t been a good year for music icons, and this is another one that…
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Hi. Here’s the October JAM. Apologies for the late arrival. The stories went online earlier, but we ran into some technical difficulties with our email service. We’ve got things back…
Congratulations to the Sportsmen’s Tavern and the Hall family for winning their suit against the New York State Liquor Authority. Thanks to them, music is no longer “incidental.” Not that…
For me, in recent years, experiencing the joy of live music is often what has driven me to recorded music, not the other way around. That’s not the way it…