Confessions of a Fanboy

In every genre of music, you have the titans, the heavyweights, the big names. Every genre has those artists who are synonymous with the style of music they make. People who don’t like country music know who Garth Brooks is. People who don’t like rap music have heard of Snoop Dogg. [...]

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When I learned of Nick Moss’ participation in Daniel Pearl World Music Days yesterday I was reminded of the interview I did with him on my BlogTalkRadio program last year shortly after his Play It ‘Til Tomorrow record was released.  We discussed a song from that album, “Mistakes From The Past,” a place where the [...]

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I’m not helping my own cause.  I am supposed to be working on some Dylan and Oasis content, but talk of Nick Moss had me lisetning to Play It ‘Til Tomorrow and that has led me back to Gerry Hundt’s great Since Way Back record.
I can almost guarantee none of you have a record like [...]

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So I’m having a birthday this week then, and that makes it a good time to remember I’m going to die.  At least that’s what my employer thinks.  Every year, they “encourage” us to take these health assessment tests.  By “encourage” I don’t mean coerce.  I mean bribe.
If we take the test, we get a [...]

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I’ve spent most of the day listening to the new Bittersweets’ record under the guise of working on my review.  I’ve done more listening than working.  I have some disjointed paragraphs and a few ideas, but the flow just isn’t happening so I’ve stepped away from it for the moment in an effort to clear [...]

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This, people, is why I get fuck all done.  I should be listening to and working on my Scarpulla and Bittersweets reviews, but I’m pumping my fist in the air listening to Muddy Waters’ impossibly high octane take on “Mannish Boy” from the Johnny Winter-produced Hard Again.
I need to be working, but Muddy- he don’t [...]

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One down, too many to go.
I just finished my review of Magic Slim & The Teardrops’ Midnight Blues CD.  I’m holding it until Monday or Tuesday to time it with the release date, so in the meantime here’s a preview/excerpt/appetizer for the full review.

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This is going to come as a great shock to longtime readers, but I am once again behind on my reviews.  Take a look to the left.  It’s a nice problem to have, actually.  What you see there is a hell of a lot of damn good music, and you’re going to be hearing about [...]

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I’ll be going Jellyfish-ing again today.  I can feel it.  It’s Friday and Jellyfish, my new BFF, are clearly Friday music.  I’m going Jellyfishing again today, just as soon as I finish obsessing over B.B. King’s “See That My Grave Is Kept Clean.”
“Grave” is the first song on King’s new album One Kind Favor.  The [...]

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I have now finished listening to One Kind Favor and my initial reaction seems to be holding.  I like this record.
I’ve started an outline of a full-length review of the album, focusing on some of the broad themes that occurred to me as I was listening.  I didn’t make detailed, track-by-track notes so I’m still thinking [...]

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