Confessions of a Fanboy

I was all set to listen to some Muddy Waters this morning and even started listening to the Complete Chess Masters Vol. 2 when I came across the news that today is blues legend Charlie Musselwhite’s 64th birthday. That changes everything then, doesn’t it?

I knew the name Charlie Musselwhite before last year but I […]

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I bought the Beck deluxe edition of Odelay yesterday. Without re-reviewing an album that’s universally embraced as a classic, let me just say I had a lot of fun remembering why I like this record so much. To borrow from an old commercial: the question isn’t is this album good enough for […]

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I woke up this morning with Queensryche’s “Anybody Listening?” in my head; I haven’t listened to Empire in ages so I don’t know where that came from. I dismissed the notion and listened to John Lee Hooker this morning, but “Anybody Listening?” was still lurking. I listened to it and went back […]

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Bad title and blatant cash grab aspirations of the Chess brothers aside, I’m having a lot of fun listening to this record this morning.
Chess Records released Folk Blues compilations for Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Hooker in an attempt to attract the folkies of the ’60s. That’s fair enough if the […]

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I have been meaning to talk about this all week and I just haven’t had a fucking chance to sit and write about it, so file this away in your “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” folder.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers are, as I reported on the site earlier, playing the halftime show at […]

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And in the silence…
Yes, the world has stopped spinning for five minutes and I’m filled with enough energy and inspiration to commit words to page. TheWifeToWhomI’mMarried is off to visit her family and I’m home from work with nothing but three cats, 1,000 CDs, and some time. This is not a bad way […]

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I’m back at work again today, grinding out a few more dollars to pay for my music habit. The good news? Today’s tasks are fairly easy and monotonous. There is plenty of time to let my mind wander while still getting some needed work done. In fact, I’m listening to and […]

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One good turn deserves another is how I believe the saying goes. I’m not sure it applies but it seemed a good way to open this post.
After talking about listening to David Bowie’s Earthling, which was part of my Bowie Box Set, I’ve started listening to Hours. Friend o’ the site Tom Johnson […]

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I opened the program last night talking about the feeling of being a kid in a candy store. By the end of last night, I felt like I owned the fuckin’ candy store. In the 34+ years I’ve been circling the sun, last night goes down as one of the best nights of […]

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Drummer, composer, and independent label owner Barrett Martin will join me on the B-Sides Concept Album program on Blogcritics channel on Blog Talk Radio tonight at 10 PM EST/9 PM CST.
Before going solo and founding his Fast Horse Recordings label, Martin drummed for the seminal ’90s band Screaming Trees and was also the drummer for […]

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