The balls they had to call this place “Walt Whitman Mall.” Seriously, could you think of anything more cynical than naming a mall after Walt Whitman? This was “our” mall. Walt was born and grew up in Huntington. There is also, more appropriately, a high school named after him as well. I …
New Song: Walt Whitman Mall (Banyan Tree) (Click Title to Read Post) Read More »
I do not have much to add about this song so I stitched some photos and video clips, mostly from Huntington, almost all from Long Island, and all from my own photos. This project has not been nostalgic enough for you, you say? Needs to be more sentimental? Well, here you go! You can listen …
(Not sure if the music player is not working on this one. It was not for me when I posted and I can’t figure out why. You can listen/download here). Yesterday we recorded the fantastic guy and drummer, Billy Beard on four of my new songs (he is the second Billy in the Billy, Billy, …
New Song: Mae and Maggie I & II (Click Title to Read Post) Read More »
There is a part of my hometown called Huntington Station, or just “the Station,” as in, “Huntington Elementary is in the Station, across from the Projects.” That’s where I went to school after they closed down Village Green Elementary School. Later, we, and all the graduating fifth graders from a bunch of elementary schools — …
This song is a wordy bugger, so I have little more to add about it here in this space. The subject matter of this one is not one looking far back, as with the last song, Heckscher Park. It is more from the point of view of the present. Musically, though, it reminds me a little of New …
I hit my first and last home run on opening day of my final season of my little league career, with one month left in my 13th year. I was stretching the boundaries of eligibility. I was in junior high already. Some of my friends were playing ball for the school. I was not …
New Song: “Heckscher Park” (Click Title to Read Post) Read More »
The first song from my new solo collection. Please click post title to read post. Or just click the player to listen.
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:
