We had some friends over for the Independence Day holiday this Saturday. We had been dealing with a month of almost solid rain in Boston. Seriously, I believe there was something like 20-ish per cent of available sunshine in June. I was starting to lose it like everyone else — kids in the house all …
I found this in a feed I get. I have no idea, but it is clearly some sort of aggregate translator of blog content. The wording is hilarious and I am thinking of replacing everything I wrote with it. This is a translation of my most recent post. http://billjanovitz.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
I almost thought I would not be able to get to this week’s cover. Two Buffalo Tom shows, a rehearsal, and a night in the studio earlier in the week, a crazy day job week and, last time I checked, a family to spend a few minutes with. Thanks to all who came to cheer …
Hi all — I have been getting requests to detail the recording set up I use. If there are any other questions you want answered regarding the blog, let me know under comments and I will try to answer. By the way, I have been recording the most recent Buffalo Tom guitar and vocal overdubs …
The Bomb Shelter Recording Studio I got in last night at around 11 after being at Fenway for a rather miserable loss, though a lovely night at the ballpark with another old friend of mine. We parted ways after the ninth and I made my way back to my car to find my second parking …
Bell Bottom Blues has remained one of my favorite songs since childhood. I remember a friend’s father had an electric guitar well before I even started playing. I’m talking around the age of 8, just marveling at this thing. His father could play, sort of, “Layla” along with the sheet music, as if one could …
When I moved to Medfield, Massachusetts at the age of 16, it was the dead of summer, from my hometown, the town I grew up in, to a place where I knew no one and had little chance of meeting many people for the rest of the summer — a little town in the woods …
This week’s COtW request, for “Bring it Home to Me,” comes from one of my old childhood friends, Dan DeBruin. Danny and I, along with some of the other old pals mentioned or pictured in this blog were rock & roll buds, discovering old and new music together, learning guitar, swapping tips on gear, forming …
Wake and I rocking Hot Stove Cool Music at Fenway 2005 (photo by Steve Latham) Buff Tom was in the studio this week working on new songs. Work has also been very busy in my day job. I feared not being able to get to the Cover of the Week this week and, while that …
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This is a sad old Hank Williams Song. Johnny Cash also provided an authoritative version. My acoustic was being worked on by the unparalleled Yukon, of the Music Emporium, so I went with very little guitar, some electric. [I added the acoustic in the 2019 remix.] More rambling to come in coming weeks, but been …
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