As I write this month’s dispatch, I’m contemplating the first show that I will have played with my band the Steam Donkeys at the Sportsmen’s Tavern since Christmastime, 2019. Tonight’s…
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An old friend contacted me last week to let me know he’d found a black and white DIY poster dated March 24, 1991, among some forgotten stuff. This relic looks…
Can it really be March already? I suppose the month always sneaks up on me due to February’s skimpy 28 days, or—ok—29 days (once every four years). Surprise! Suddenly it’s…
A couple of months back I was on the phone with a good old friend of mine. He’s not a professional musician but he’s a real good singer and he’s…
I’d like to start by saying I’m sorry. What you are about to read is not at all what I planned to write about this month. I thought I would…
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…
Hats off to the Sportsmen’s Tavern for prevailing in their court case challenging the New York State Liquor Authority order that said the music club couldn’t advertise shows nor charge…
Here it is the end of August 2020, and I can say with confidence that this has been a summer unlike any other. As live music venues continue to struggle…
“In a world under siege, a new virus continues to spread. The pathogen can be lethal. It travels beyond borders, often undetected inside its host. It is transmitted invisibly, silently,…
The title of this month’s column is a song lyric I’ve loved since the first time I heard it many years ago. It’s one of those lines that’s a simple…