sweet gertrude, sweet lowdown
At Hugh’s Room there were two men seated directly before me, the front row, where I could not avoid them though in truth I did, blinded as I was by […]
Performing
boys are getting stinko
Soon the weather will be changing. Sudbury was incredible converted theatre formerly Gothic church. Beautiful sight lines. Best piano so far a C7. Eighty people is impressive but a little […]
my favourite part of the Judee Sill movie
“But it hurt so much to play stand up bass. I’ve got real thin fingers. Stand up bass is really hard. I used to shoot heroin and be able to […]
sellers and newell
In the Blue Rodeo life I used to play long improvisational solos framed by the organ and drums. A zillion nights doing that with Cleave Anderson and later Mark French. […]
sing a song fighter
The Stockholm shows and recording in September are now confirmed. A little bittersweet, since I’ll already be across the ocean, a shame there aren’t other countries lined up to wander […]
33/45/78
This morning I heard the interview Mike and I did for CIUT. I liked the choices of songs the interviewer, Steve, placed within the conversation and his show has the […]
setlist bhadji
Just made my fourth batch of onion bhadji. It’s still hit or miss, but that’s part of the excitement. The best part is working with the spice mill – grinding […]
bilingual
I found a way to play a couple other guitar songs on piano. It is rewarding transposing one to the other. About as close as I’ll ever get to understanding […]
paul dutton
The last time I saw Paul Dutton we were standing on Bloor and he was excited about my PhD addressing an improviser who wasn’t good. He had great magic improvising […]
The modern dance
David Thomas died. I had no idea. That man, that modern dance, that whole style – a chapter unto itself. So big in my heart, the voice that surfed that […]