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Buckwords

Mar 02 2021
1

Buckwords: March Time

By The Editor | Buckwords | No Comments

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…

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Feb 01 2021
1

Buckwords: Songwriting Secrets Revealed!

By The Editor | Buckwords | 2 Comments

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…

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Dec 01 2020
6

Buckwords: Cancelled concerts and the truth in country songs

By The Editor | Buckwords | One Comment

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…

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Nov 02 2020
4

Autumn romance

By The Editor | Buckwords | No Comments

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…

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Oct 17 2020
3

Buckwords: Notes from the basement laboratory

By The Editor | Buckwords | No Comments

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…

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Sep 02 2020
4

Buckwords: What I did on my summer vacation

By The Editor | Buckwords | No Comments

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…

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Aug 02 2020
0

Buckwords: These Hard Times

By The Editor | Buckwords | No Comments

“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,…

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Jun 02 2020
5

Buckwords: You don’t miss your water ’til your well runs dry

By The Editor | Buckwords | No Comments

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…

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May 02 2020
2

Buckwords: The Trailblazin’ Bob Dylan

By Elmer Ploetz | Buckwords | No Comments

As a longtime fan of Bob Dylan, I was as surprised as anyone when out of the blue and without much fanfare, he released a new original on Friday, March…

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Apr 01 2020
5

BUCKWORDS: Old bulls . . . how one band is coping with isolation

By Elmer Ploetz | Buckwords | No Comments

It was only a couple of weeks ago that I was standing next to JAM editor Elmer Ploetz in a crowded Sportsmen’s Tavern, enjoying a tribute to Buffalo keyboard great…

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