Buffalo Tom Sheehan’s 1986. Photo by Richard Bonanno From my latest post for Boston Magazine: This Thanksgiving weekend my band, Buffalo Tom, will be playing three shows at the Brighton Music Hall (the erstwhile Harper’s Ferry) to commemorate 25 years of existence. We formed in Northampton in 1986 while students at UMass Amherst. Here is …
Buddy, Matt Brennan writes about our late friend Joe and associated stories at this blog, showcasing Joe’s great photography. The latest post touches on the formation of Buff Tom. For the record, the near drowning/attempted murder occurred in Northampton circa 1988.
I recall one night in the late ’80s, standing in the crowd at T.T. the Bear’s during one of the many Volcano Suns shows I had witnessed over my then-relatively-short club-going career — the commencement of nearly 30 years I’ll never get back as a lounge lizard in rock clubs, bars, and pubs. Buffalo Tom …
I’m getting so sick of Facebook and the icky hungover feeling I get after spending more than 30 seconds on it. But like other things that cause hangovers, the addiction is compelling. Also as with such stimulants and addictions, admission is embarrassing. Somehow, linking to my ongoing obsessions both large and small here on my …
This is the unedited version of a post that first appeared on Boston Magazine’s web page, for which I regularly write about music and my day job marketing and selling real estate. I was born in 1966. By the time I was conscious, the Beatles were a given, their music everywhere. By the time I …
Full version of my post for Boston Magazine: Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Back in my previous music post on July 28, the heart of the summer, many of the “summer songs” were about the fleetingness of the season here in New England. So here we are with Labor Day weekend upon us and, well, its …
Another clip from the MFA show a few weeks back: Some of you will recall that I covered this song way back in March of 2009 for the CoTW. I love playing this song.
This is the full, unedited version of a post I wrote for Boston Magazine. With my day job marketing real estate entering the semi-dormant state of the dead of summer, my attention veers back to music, specifically, songs that I love to play during the summer. Since I am trying out Spotify, I will attempt …
I grew up with a guy, let’s call him Neil Eruzioni. His father was a barber and – at least back then, when I was growing up in New York – used to cut the hair for wise guys who “played bocce” at the… let’s call it the “Fisherman’s Club,” an Italian-American social club. Neil’s …
(from Boston Magazine.com) For the past few years, I have had this website with the ironic title of Part Time Man of Rock. We all know there is not supposed not be any “part time” in “rock.” When my wife was a kid, she misheard the Kiss song “Rock & Roll All Night” lyric. …
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