Song Writing is a gift and a craft . An enduring spirit that has its own language . Many musical prodigies are not allowed in that room as great writers are not allowed in theirs. To write you have to woodshed and do nothing else . Periods of complete solitude. No companionship.
Listen to that pre sub bass and drums on “ The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac . Ken Callait who mixed was a master of illusion on this record . Mick Fleetwood and John McVie were the loudest instruments on the biggest record of all times. But john was loyder than Mick . Pre Sub Bass
You never know when the person answering the phone weather they be an assistant or executive assistant, can change the course of your life . How a cold-call w some persistence, determination and some divine intervention, lead me to some vital recordings via Gail Pierson . Love
From my old spot in DC on 9th and O Street . Naylor Court . Lived there in 98 . Secured a demo deal there and called in some of the guys I read about on the credits . Wrote the majority of my debut here after being dropped off of Capitol Records having to come up with new songs
The latest from Andrea Elliott @nytimes nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
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Hermann Hesse on discovering the soul beneath the self and the key to finding peace themarginalian.org/2026/09/2…
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Across the abyss between one consciousness and another, between one frame of reference and another, we go on searching for an organizing principle to fathom the ultimate questions:
What is life?
What is death?
What makes a body a person?
What makes a planet a world?
Over and over, we discover that it is all one question, that there might just be a single answer: love. Our love of knowledge. Our love of mystery. Our love of beauty transcending the vanity of ambition. Our love of truth prevailing over the howling hunger for power. Our love for each other — each of us a festival of particles and probabilities, a living question, a perishable miracle composed of chemistry and culture, of passion and chance. themarginalian.org/2026/01/0…
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John Coltrane, born 100 years ago today, on creativity, perseverance against rejection, and how hardship fuels art themarginalian.org/2021/07/0…
Yesterday was the 22nd Anniversary of The Clarence Greenwood Recordings being released . Great times . Blessed and grateful . If you have any memories past or present, please share them if you like . Love
Would love to revisit Norma Rae on the streaming sites . Doesn’t look
Like its available on anything .
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You can’t win if you don’t fight.
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🚨 Today is the day! Keb' Mo's new album The Breakdown is out NOW.
Watch Keb's solo performance of the single, “They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To.” On the album, the track features backing vocals from the incredible @take6official. Link in bio to video & album! @ConcordJazz
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“Thanks for paving the way for so many.”💗
@TheWarrenHaynes shared a heartfelt tribute to Frank Beard before Gov’t Mule honored the ZZ Top drummer onstage @ Pine Creek Lodge.
Read Haynes' touching remembrance + see how Mule honored Beard in Montana ...
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Ella Langley has the song of the Summer . They are playin’ that everywhere. Congratulations.
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Harold Beane fuzz guitar , Isaac Hayes genius Production and Arrangement . James Alexander bass guitar . Willie Hall on Drums . Memphis artists and musicians really had their own thing . Drummers from there have a unique pocket . Nobody else can do that. Thank you ! “Walk On By”
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