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 told you in the Blues Round Up that Watermelon Slim’s new disc, The Wheel Man, is in stores April 17. There is nothing about having connections that doesn’t rule. I got an advance of Slim’s new album and I listened to it from beginning to end three times within the first 12 hours of […]

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The daily scorecard of what I listened to, provided as a public service. See anything you like? Anything you’ve forgotten? What did you listen to?
Girlfriend | Sweet, Matthew | Time Capsule|The Best Of Matthew Sweet 1990-2000
Today | The Smashing Pumpkins | Greatest Hits|Smashing Pumpkins
Creep | Radiohead | Pablo Honey
Ansaphone [Demo] | Pulp […]

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It’s all Pico’s fault!
I was having a very nice morning with some Guster and some Foo Fighters (The Colour and The Shape) when he reminded me of “Church is Out” from the multi-BMA winning album Delta Hardware. Now I am required by law — actually it’s something deeper than a mere law — to […]

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Fanboy Post #300, a major milestone. Pretty cool, huh?
As I was driving in to work this morning, I realized I had forgotten to reset my Let’s Talk About My iPod playlist on my iPod. I realized this right about the time I put Guster’s Lost and Gone Forever in my CD player to […]

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I tried learning guitar in college, never got very far with it. I’m sure if I’d tried longer than 20 minutes I could have learned to do something with it. I probably could have learned how to play a Muddy Waters tune if I’d dedicated and applied myself. I could have learned […]

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I can now put myself to bed secure in the knowledge that I succeeded in my efforts to make tonight a working night. Translation: I got a lot of work done.
I wrote a preview of the upcoming Stones’ DVD set. I also finished the rough draft of my review of Muddy Waters’ […]

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I had one of the stranger nights of sleep in recent memory. I shall not share the particulars with you as I can only imagine they’d cause massive scarring to all of you, my dear readers.
I’m not sure what impact that bizarre night had on my decision to start the day with Charlie Musselwhite’s […]

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My iPod is bursting with new music and I’ve done none of it justice. I’ve listened now to everything I recently bought/received at least once, but have not had the chance to properly immerse myself in the joy of this bounty. I’m anticipating having some time around the desk tomorrow and I’ll certainly […]

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I became familiar with the work of Charlie Musselwhite beginning with his most recent album, Delta Hardware; an album that would go on to win Album of the Year at the 2007 Blues Music Awards. That leaves nowhere to go but backwards, and the next couple Musselwhite records I bought have been of the […]

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