Don’t Drink The Water ~ A troubadour of the first order.

An Acoustic Evening With Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds At The MGM Grand

Matthews is a hell of a showman. I have a number of live versions of this song done fully-kitted out with a full complement of musicians. He and his band let it all hang out on stage and, as they say, the crowd goes wild. Which makes the essential power […]

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Letting go, moving on, going forward ~ Camel and Ice

Camel ~ I Can See Your House From Here

Camel’s lilting, melancholic and epic instrumental, Ice is among my favourite pieces of music. Discovered on a late-night college radio station in 1979 in Rochester, New York, it stands out on the album I Can See Your House From Here (despite the DJ’s touting of Remote Romance as, “Best on […]

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Fusion for the jazzily inclined :: Shakti, Brand-X, Return to Forever & Pat Metheny

Brand X ~ Moroccan Roll

OK. With not one but two false starts at identifying some jazz fusion music most folks can enjoy, here are a few examples from the genre I really hope you will like … maybe even love. Remember Shakti :: Lotus Feet One of my favourite pieces of music in any […]

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I Can See Your House From Here. It’s made of Ice, and there’s a Camel parked outside.

Camel ~ I Can See Your House From Here

I first heard this song on campus radio late one night in 1979 at Rochester Institute of Technology, where I was studying photography and living the Art House residence hall. In the next room — good buddy Steve “The Rockin’ Guru” Guy. It was my first year in school, my […]

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Traveling to Los Angeles to Las Vegas

Stevie Ray Vaughn ~ Double Trouble ~ Little Wing

The pipeline from Los Angeles to Las Vegas is a well-traveled route for sportsbook enthusiasts, but it’s also home to some of the busiest sportsbooks in the world, thankfully bettors can now visit websites like FanDuel and place their bets from home. While a big bet can move the dollar […]

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