If I had a dollar for every time a girl/woman told me it’s not me it’s her… Our friend from way back, Juliana, graciously offers her version/explanation of the events described in my Dreaming post. Bill, it’s not you; it’s me. Don’t take it personally that I said I would sing on “Dreaming” and then …
Something I read in a magazine a few days ago set me off on one of those Google-search-digression nights and before I knew it was on to a dozen other things that tangentially looped off that original query. The thing that I had read in the magazine was the first third of a poem by …
The Byrds were one of the most important bands in rock & roll history, with mutual influences flowing two ways between them and Dylan and the Beatles. Without the Byrds there is no Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, no R.E.M., nor many other hugely significant bands. In fact, in a documentary about Petty, he is …
This is my brother, Tom. I was 16 when he was born. That makes him, lemme see…12. Lovely voice, lovely guitar. Sort of Ry Cooder meets John Fahey. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CffcHkVP7vM] http://billjanovitz.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
When I was maybe 19, just into college, a friend told me all about these cool new kids she had met in her apartment complex in Charlestown (a neighborhood of Boston). Or maybe she met them at a party or something. But they were students at Berklee College of Music and in this great band …
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I want to say, hey, congratulations to my brother, Scott, and his band, the Great Bandini, for winning best local song, “One and One.” Also, I recall loving Wait Until Spring, Bandini, from John Fante, back when I read it close to 20 years back. Also, I have to say you should check out The …
Congratulations Bandini, Low Anthem, Ed V., Billy B and so many others….. Read More »
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Okay, here is the third installment of Cover of the Week. My voice was a bit hoarse from Buff Tom practice so I tried a number from the Boss. A great song that has too much ’80s goop on it on the record. If you want to donate to a charity due to inspiration from …
Thanks to everyone for their feedback. I have gotten some good requests, many of which I already had on my short list. So look for future versions of, among other things, Slip Slidin’ Away (I have played this out at least once), Dreaming (BT has been doing this since 1987), He’s Gone (oh no, the …