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Lonnie Pitchford channels Robert Johnson
Posted on September 18, 2010Surely no man alive plays guitar the way Robert Johnson played it?at least no man who hasn?t sold his soul to the devil. I used to think that until I saw this performance by Lonnie Pitchford.
Roosevelt ?Booba? Barnes
Posted on September 11, 2010A few weeks ago, Suzanne and I watched Deep Blues. If you like the blues, you need to see this movie. Anyway, one of the great performers featured in it is one Roosevelt ?Booba? Barnes. There?s nothing fancy or flashy...
For your Saints analysis, subscribe to Moose Denied
Posted on September 11, 2010I don?t know why it took me so long to add Moose Denied to the blogroll. If you follow the Saints, that?s where you?ll find your most insightful and most entertaining analysis. Jim Henderson is almost as good?and that?s high...
Discreet v. discrete ? an easy way to remember which is which
Posted on September 08, 2010Daily Writing Tips has a post today about the homonyms discreet and discrete. Discreet means careful and circumspect in one?s speech. Discrete means individually separate and distinct. When using either word, I?ve always had to pull out the dictionary, because...
Colonoscopy isn?t so bad.
Posted on September 08, 2010I turned 50 two years ago. Which means that, two years ago, I should have gotten a colonoscopy. This morning I finally got it done. I?m here to talk about the two reasons I put it off for so long...
Muddy?s mojo at work
Posted on September 04, 2010Here we go with some classical blues. Muddy Waters, Got My Mojo Working. Any questions?
Five years after the levees failed
Posted on August 29, 2010I?ve been struggling for words to commemorate what happened here five years ago and to describe our current state. Maybe no commentary is necessary. Five years ago, the levees failed, and as a result, my city drowned and over 1,000...
Friedman?s fearless football forecast for the Tulane Green Wave
Posted on August 28, 2010Football season must be near, because Reuben Friedman has once again issued his annual predictions for the Tulane Green Wave?s gridiron success. Reuben is a die-hard Tulane fan, knowledgeable about Tulane football lore and college football generally. He predicts a...
What I remember most about Katrina
Posted on August 26, 2010We?re coming up on the 5-year anniversary of Katrina. On Saturday I?ll be at Rising Tide, a conference of New Orleans bloggers and other social-media types. Here?s what my heart remembers about Katrina. Thanks to the kindness of people I...
One thing alone ...
Posted on August 21, 2010?One thing alone not even God can do, To make undone whatever hath been done.? ?Aristotle
Brother Dege must like the acoustics in the men?s room
Posted on August 07, 2010Another record I?ve been digging lately is the latest by Brother Dege: Folk Songs of the American Longhair. Here?s one cut from that album, Dead & Gone. Enjoy.
How easily can your brain be manipulated? This easily.
Posted on August 02, 2010You think you make up your own mind about things? Think again. (Hat tip to The Invisible Gorilla.)
Michael Juan Nunez
Posted on July 31, 2010On my way home, I listened to a CD I just bought: American Electric by Michael Juan Nunez. I?ve only listened to half of it, but that?s enough for a hearty endorsement. Here?s a taste of it: Coming Home.
Carcassi Etude No. 7
Posted on July 26, 2010Here?s a piece I?ve been working on for months, and will probably work on for years: Matteo Carcassi?s Etude No. 7. I?m slow reading sheet music, so my guitar tutor, Vincent Marini, worked up a tablature, which I transcribed. Right...
You?I?m talking to you?be the one.
Posted on July 25, 2010Watch this video. Then click here and sign the petition.
My first public guitar solo
Posted on July 25, 2010It wasn?t as smooth as I would have liked, but it wasn?t a disaster. At church this evening, I made it through my first public solo on guitar?one verse of Sanctuary, by John Thompson and Randy Scruggs. With nervousness taking...
Yes, Mr. Brown, that is a groove.
Posted on July 24, 2010The hat tip for this post goes to Karl Werne, who is one fine singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Thanks to Karl, I present for this week?s installment of Saturday Evening Blues the one, the only, the Godfather of Soul?James Brown....
The dog days of summer: Are you Sirius?
Posted on July 24, 2010By my definition, the dog days of summer are here. Some define the dog days as when the dog star, Sirius, makes its appearance. Me, I define the onset of the dog days as the first day I take a...
Bad like Jesse James
Posted on July 17, 2010My pal Dan Hull sent me this one: John Lee Hooker is Bad Like Jesse James.
The Gospel in Dostoyevsky, and other free e-books on spirituality
Posted on July 16, 2010If you?re in the mood for some spiritual reading, then you?ll want to peruse Plough Publishing?s selection of free articles and e-books. The e-book that caught my eye is The Gospel in Dostoyevsky. I haven?t read it yet, but the...
Vote ?was Suspect Device? in Gambit?s ?Best of New Orleans? poll
Posted on July 13, 2010This one is for Orleanians: Suspect Device was my favorite feature in the Gambit weekly newspaper. Not so long ago, Gambit?s publishers decided to discontinue Suspect Device. Gambit is now conducting its annual Best of New Orleans poll. One entry...
Sitting on Top of the World
Posted on July 10, 2010My next guitar-playing project is a blues classic, Sitting on Top of the World, first recorded by the Mississippi Sheiks and, since then, covered by dozens. I?ll be meditating on two versions: the Mississippi Sheiks? and Howlin? Wolf?s.
Keb? Mo?s America the Beautiful
Posted on July 03, 2010For your July 4th weekend, here?s a bluesy rendition of America the Beautiful, courtesy of Keb? Mo?.
Keb? Mo?s America
Posted on July 03, 2010For your July 4th weekend, here?s a bluesy rendition of America the Beautiful, courtesy of Keb? Mo?.
A refresher on the golden rule
Posted on July 02, 2010The golden rule is not to do unto others as they do unto you. It?s to do to others as you want them to do unto you. E.g. Matthew 7:12; Luke 6:31. This means that the other person?s actions toward...
This MFer dwarfs the Exxon Valdez
Posted on June 27, 2010For those who are wondering whether the gusher under the Gulf of Mexico is worse than the Exxon Valdez accident, question answered by this graphic, courtesy of the Times-Picayune.
Louis Prima and Sam Butera ride the Night Train
Posted on June 26, 2010The commentator says that this is ?the killer version? of Night Train. After watching it, I say, ?Yep.? (Hat tip to friend Andrew Lilly.)
In memory of Manute Bol
Posted on June 21, 2010I knew that Manute Bol, who died recently, was the tallest player in the NBA at 7' 7". I knew that during his playing career, he was an extraordinary shot-blocker. I knew that, after his playing career ended, he was...
Junior Kimbrough encore
Posted on June 20, 2010As I said yesterday, Junior Kimbrough inspired Buddy Guy. Case in point: Here?s Buddy?s version of ?Done Got Old?: Now here?s Junior?s original version:
Junior Kimbrough, ?All Night Long?
Posted on June 19, 2010If you think you dig roots music, this here?s the tap root. Junior Kimbrough inspired artists from Buddy Guy to the Black Keys. His music is the mysterious and hypnotic. Here is probably the best video of Junior you?ll ever...
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