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Tyler Morris – Living in the Shadows – Great Young Man’s Blues!

Tyler Morris - Living in the Shadows
Last week when I was searching for some new blues I was giving several albums a quick to see if they’d be something I’d like. One of the albums was from a blues artist I was unfamiliar with Tyler Morris. I put on his latest release Living in the Shadows. I only needed to hear a few minutes of the opening track “Movin’On” to know that this album and guitarist would appeal to me!

While I may have not heard of Tyler Morris the blues community particularly in the northeast is well aware of the 21 year old. He’s been playing clubs since he was 11, when he played at B.B.King’s Blues Club. read more

Walter Trout – Ordinary Madness is Extra “Ordinary”

Ordinary Madness - Walter TroutSo according to my new blog schedule (we’ll see how long it lasts) on Monday I was to pick a blues album for the week. I would then theoretically listen to it for two days and write about it on Thursday. ( So now I’m already ab few days behind lol) The album I chose was Ordinary Madness the latest album from Blues guitarist Walter Trout. It has been the soundtrack for my last two runs. It is one of the reasons that both of those runs have been outstanding. The other reason is the weather, which actually have more to do with them being good runs, but not by much! read more

Savoy Brown – Ain’t Done Yet! – Yeah!

Savoy Brown - Ain’t Done Yet So according to my new blog schedule, (which you don’t  know about because I still haven’t finished the post about it yet, damn you ADD) today, I am supposed to be writing about a blues album I picked on Saturday and listen to twice since then.

The thing is I didn’t create this schedule until this Sunday, so I didn’t know I was supposed to pick an album to listen to prior to writing this post.

The good thing though is I have used the new album from Savoy Brown Ain’t Done Yet. 
as the soundtrack for at least two runs. Even better, I haven’t written about the runs or album yet. read more

Cannonball Adderley Born September 15th – Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

Back in the 60s there was a time when all genres appeared together on the pop charts. You might listen to an instrumental by Hugh Masekela and then a tune from The Beatles. Maybe something from Smokey Robinson and the Miracles followed by a song like “Mercy,Mercy, Mercy” from Cannonball Adderley. I loved to hear all kinds of music from the radio. So I often think fondly on those days. They were days for someone with ADHD.

Anyway,  I’m thinking about those days more today because September 15th is the birthday of Julian “Cannonball” Adderley. Adderley was born in 1928 and left us way too soon in 1975. Here’s a little background information about Cannonball. read more

Victor Wooten – Born September 11, 1964)

Victor Wooten playing bass

Originally posted at Me, Myself, Music and Mysteries…..

So this morning as I was looking at the people born on this date. I thought how badly you must feel every year, now, as you celebrate your birthday on this tragic date. I think I’d celebrate either the day before or the day after, or maybe you just say, hey it was my day before you ruined it!

Two names stood out Leo Kottke, born on this day in 1945 in Athens Ga. I didn’t know that Leo is one of those musicians whose music I should listen to more often!! Oh, by the way I didn’t know he was born in Athens!! read more

The New Album from Dion Makes a Struggling Run Better

Dion - Blues with FriendsOk so I’m doing it again. I started to posts yesterday and I didn’t finish either one of them! So now rather than go back and write a little in each one of them I’ll just plot ahead and write a new posts. Recently, I haven’t run very often on Saturdays, but yesterday the weather conditions were slightly better than they were in Friday, so off I went, with the music of Dion providing the soundtrack.

I quickly  realized, even though the temperature was fairly low, the humidity was going to make this a tough run! read more

Khan Jamal – Jazz Vibraphone – 7/23/46

One of the methods I started to use, when I began exploring jazz music in  more depth a few years ago was to check the list of Jazz Musicians birthdays at All About Jazz, on a daily basis.

I would look for both older and younger artists whose music I was not familiar. I would also check out artists with foreign names or foreign instruments. Finally, I would look for musicians, who played my favorite instruments, particularly, vibraphone, Hammond B-3 and guitar.

Khan Jamal – Vibraphone  – July 23, 1946

One of the musicians I discovered using this method was Jazz vibraphonist Khan Jamal. Jamal was born in Jacksonville, Florida in July 23, 1946 read more

Five Great Jazz Finds at the Princeton Record Exchange

So for the first time in a long time, my son and I made a trip to the Princeton Record Exchange (PREX) I believe it’s our first of 2020. Of course, the pandemic was a major reason for the length of time between our visits! Anyway, the five albums shown above are part of of the haul I brought home. All total, I bought eight albums for less than twenty dollars!

Four of the albums are from jazz greats from the past.  One album is from saxophonist Tim Warfield, who is still making great music. His latest release Jazzland was released in 2018. read more

Great Blues from Anthony Geraci Drives My Morning Run

Since my last post way back on June 11th, I have written drafts of several posts and haven’t completed any of them! So I’m not going to go into a big explanation about why I haven’t posted I’m just going to post something and then move on!

So over the last month plus I have ran two to three days every week. Most of them have been run at a pace slower than I was running last year. But considering I usually don’t run at all during the summer months I think running slower beats not running! read more

The Dead South Revives a Love of Bluegrass

The Dead South Revives a Love of Bluegrass

and Hopefully Blogging!!

So it’s been a long time since I spent an afternoon on the hunt for new music. Maybe even longer since I searched the Roots Music Bluegrass chart, but I did just that yesterday. I discovered several bands that I hadn’t heard of previously. I will try to write about several of these bands later in the week, but The Dead South is an initial favorite, The Dead South is a Canadian folk-bluegrass band hailing from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. The band formed in 2012. However, the band’s fortunes took off when a 2014 video garnered over a million views on YouTube! Since then they have built an international following through a hefty touring schedule. read more