notems
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A dear friend reminded me that today is Robin Trower's birthday. 🎂HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBIN!!!🎈  I wish you another 76 years. Are you sitting at the bottom of the stairs? I want to share a song with you that you shared with us many years ago: Birthday Boy.
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5 Jan, 2021
I have a dear friend named David R. who's recently become a huge blues rock guitar fan. In fact, he purchased a newer ZZ Top CD and an older Johnny Winter/Rick Derringer live album circa 1970 to turn me on to what are some of his favorites. I would like to return the favor. However, since he travels a lot and does not have access to a fine CD player (I am a HiFi snob) and because ...
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Back in the early 90’s, I was living in Columbus, Ohio working as a chemical analyst.  Sounds fun doesn’t it?  Well, I too thought it was inanely boring:  the job and the town.  So what was a young man to do but pursue a career in music.  But unlike attending The Ohio State University for a doctorate in Chemistry, the only way to make this career happen was by way of street cred:  pen
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6 Oct, 2020
I can't believe Eddie Van Halen passed away today. Like others, many others, his passing marks the end of my youth and a once youthful era that celebrated big hair, spandex, shoulder pads, parties (beer and cigarettes especially), fast and loud cars and Rock-n-Roll.  When I first heard his playing, it scared me. The sounds that were emitted from his signature guitar were ...
