Okee dokee folks… WBRU used to be my favorite radio station. I would always hear an eclectic mix of music played and I was introduced to many new artists this way. I listened to that station for decades. I would always tune in while driving or working on outdoor projects. It was sad when they […]
Okee dokee folks… In 1994 I produced the first Hear In Rhode Island music festival. Though I had worked other fests before, this was my first time producing one on my own. Originally this was a big showcase for members of the Rhode Island Songwriters Association. It was quite the undertaking. Back then I was […]
Okee dokee folks… AS220 is celebrating 40 years, and 40 years ago I played my first real gig at AS220 in Providence. Up until then, I had only performed in front of people at a couple of house parties and when I auditioned for “The Gong Show” at Warwick Mall, but I don’t count those. […]
Okee dokee folks… Legendary musician, Graham Nash, of Hollies and CSN/CSNY fame performed a memorable, sold out concert last Friday night at Plymouth Memorial Hall in Plymouth, MA.Nash hobbled to a seat on the stage with the assist of a cane and exclaimed, “I’m 83 years old and evidently I don’t know how to walk […]
Okee dokee folks…While setting up for my show the other day I had a conversation with the sound person about music. I was shocked to find out that he didn’t think much of a lot of today’s music. As surprised as I was, I agreed with him. He is 25 years old and I never […]
Okee dokee folks… Summer is officially here, my least favorite time of the year. Look, Mom, I made a rhyme! It’s the heat and humidity. If it didn’t get so stupidly hot then I might like summer. Climate change is really taking hold on the planet and you can deny it all you want but […]
Okee dokee folks… Some of you may know that I have started performing a Cat Stevens tribute called CatMoonShadow. I do this in spite of never having seen Cat play live. Not for lack of wanting to. Back in the mid 1970s he came to the Providence Civic Center on his Majikat Earth tour. I […]
Okee dokee folks… “Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m 64?” Well, the lyrics of this Beatles’ song went through my head a couple of weeks ago. I turned 64. I don’t celebrate my birthday, haven’t in decades, but this getting old thing is tough. My father turned 90 a […]
Okee dokee folks… I realized that I am now in my 40th year of being a performing songwriter. My first real gig was at AS220 in Providence in March of 1985. This was the original 220 Weybosset Street location in downtown Providence, above the Providence Performing Arts Center. I made $1. I still might have […]
Okee dokee folks… I had the pleasure of performing at the Rhode Island Songwriters Association (RISA) Songwriters In The Round (SITR) show a couple of weeks ago. Our theme was “Holding Back.” Because my brain is preoccupied with the ongoing destruction of this country, my contribution wound up being a protest/socially conscious song called “The […]