Yesterday I made “an announcement” to 3 friends as we traveled the back roads from Pittsburg, KS to Springfield. Maybe only 2 of them heard me; Bruce mighta been snoozing at the time. We were coming home after a fantastic house concert by Paul Thorn at the Coda Concert House in Joplin and a fabulous…
I’ve seen the Truckers several times in the past few years. I had never listened to them before I moved into The Abbey in fall of 2011. I’m sure glad that I took a friend’s recommendation and gave them a listen. (Thanks Gray!!) The Truckers can be profound & loud. I like that. Loud is…
“You are what you listen to…” appears in the title of 3 of my blog posts. Assuming there is some validity to those 6 words, what you recommend REALLY must say something!! The other day I mailed a flash drive to the first person who became a friend after moving to Orygun in 1976. Kevin…
It was another weekend with LOTS of favorite things. This time it was me asking Shelly the question: “What was your favorite thing this weekend?” Before she could answer I gave her my answer: “My favorite thing was glancing over at Tom and Gloria at Piney River as Bob&Jeff sang ‘Like Dogs.’” It coulda been…
It is right up there on my list of favorite “questions from Shelly.” There have been some doozies. The one at the top of the list has been there since our first date. (What’s said in the Corolla on 10/13/12, with The Rainmakers album “25 on” playing, stays in the Corolla….) When she asked the…
DIDL: 2017-4 Chicago The first time I saw Chicago in concert I was a PFC, stationed at Ft. Bragg. It was just after they had released their third album. Their count now is 31, including a bunch of double albums. Our seats back in 1971 were up in the rafters and behind the band at…
Well, that was the best show I’ve seen in awhile. Dawes at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa. March 21, 2017. David Letterman got it right: “if you’re looking for a rock-n-roll band, this is pretty much all you need…” Tight band, with a fellow who is Duane Allan’s namesake and Dicky Betts’ son sharing lead guitar…
The acronym usually means Throwback Thursday, but it might also be short for truth be told, today’s big thing or turn back time…. On 3/9/17 it had a different meaning for me: “Ticket Buying Thursday.” I’ve never been much on making resolutions, but last weekend I decided that 2017 should be the year of LOTS…
The first evening of winter (meteorologically speaking….a story for another day) was pretty special this Dec. 1, 2016: the Bottle Rockets at Lindberg’s…a Great band at the oldest tavern in Springfield. Several friends in attendance to share the evening with made it an even more special night. Marshall Crenshaw was there too, but the evening…
I’ve had had a few “heroes” in my life. Not so much anymore. I’m old now, but I do still have a hero or two…in addition to the fellow whose picture just took that “place of honor” on FB once again as my Profile photo. Many of my childhood heroes were sports figures, and most…