The Best Job I Ever Had

The Best Job I Ever Had

by | Feb 6, 2024 | Meditations, Music

On a typical day at Tower Records there was sex, there were drugs and there was most definitely rock and roll. Rock stars and movie stars were regular customers, members of the San Francisco Giants and 49ers could be spied browsing the racks. Famous bands would make...
The Marriage of Music and the Movies

The Marriage of Music and the Movies

by | Jan 30, 2024 | Music

Since the dawn of cinema, music and the movies have been integral to one another. Even before the advent of sound, films would be accompanied by live musicians in the theater. Back then a movie theater was a palace, the viewing of a film a shared experience in the...
Penny Lane

Penny Lane

by | Nov 15, 2023 | Music

  I have yet to fully mine the depths of my love for the music of The Beatles. Since I was six years old, The Beatles have been an integral part of my life. I was there from the beginning. My older brother Ray and I bought every Beatles record as soon as it came out....
My Next Guest Is…

My Next Guest Is…

by | Nov 11, 2023 | Music

The guest star is a time honored tradition in rock and roll. Whether it’s during a live performance or in the recording studio, the appearance of an unannounced guest is always a pleasant surprise. I’ve seen thousands of concerts, from intimate nightclubs to baseball...
James, Cat and Carole

James, Cat and Carole

by | Sep 7, 2023 | Music

  I listened to Jim Croce today and America and Seals and Crofts. Harry Chapin? You betcha! England Dan and John Ford Coley? Why not? Hell, I even sat through Bread’s syrupy confection Make It With You. You know what, I loved it all! Sirius XM station #17 is...
My Main Inspirer

My Main Inspirer

by | Jul 19, 2023 | Music

By now the anticipation level was pretty high. Think kid in a candy store. Think six year old at Christmas. Over the past week I’ve tried to keep my expectations in check but sitting here at UC Berkeley’s Greek Theater, the scene of so many evenings dancing to the...