Soundcheck Interview About Rocks Off
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Dick Morgan Meets a Freshman
When I was a freshman in college in 1985, I went down to Georgetown with Marybeth Fottler, Jason Bassilakis, and Tim Donovan for spring break. We stayed at Bass’ sister’s place. The drinking age was still 18 there. It has just changed in Massachusetts. We went bar hopping, of course, and saw a chalkboard sign on …
My Uncle
Yesterday, my uncle’s murderer plead guilty to that crime and will be sentenced to 17 years in prison. In October 2009, James Arauz stabbed Vincent Pravata more than 20 times in Vince’s own home. As Vince’s beloved dog, Gracie, barked and cried, Arauz dragged Vince’s body into the hallway of his house, out of …
Goodbye to R&B Greats
Losing Johnny Otis and his protege, Etta James, in the same week is a major reminder that the giants of R&B and soul are leaving us. This was always my fave Etta number. Tears me up every time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgLOreeGJps Hopefully, singers like Adele will carry on the legacy:
Home Made Buff Tom Vids
About a year ago, before the BT record Skins was released, I was fooling around with iMovie and a couple of the songs from the record. I had forgotten about these. But the long-delayed wintry mix here in Boston reminded me. Please understand that these are not “official” music videos. I might even get a …
Aretha
They will be discussing Aretha Franklin’s seminal Amazing Grace LP today on NPR’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook. (Lots of info and clips there, check it out.) It reminded me of my old 2009 post about the same record, specifically her performance of the song, “Precious Memories,” here.