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The Art World

Published: Fri, 04/29/22

I saw a lot of Te as musicians play when I lived in New York. I've never been able to work out what direction the vibrational magnetism was working in…

Show Gerbils

Published: Wed, 04/27/22

About si months ago I got myself these green suede high-top sneakers. I have learned a thing or two about footwear in my decades upon this planet,…

Insufferable Hubris

Published: Mon, 04/25/22

"Frankie And Johnny" has never been one of my favorite blues tunes, despite having spent my share of time around versions by Taj Mahal and Mississippi…

The Loud Business

Published: Fri, 04/22/22

One of my favorite guitarists, Mike Bloomfield, was once trying to e plain how, for the first few years, he wasn't able to do much of anything. But…

Les Chips

Published: Fri, 04/15/22

According to Frank Zappa, "You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or…

Breathe

Published: Fri, 04/08/22

and yet for a time he kept a note taped to his guitar that had just one word on it: "Breathe." Sometimes when I'm improvising and I feel myself trying…

Doughnuts and Turnarounds

Published: Fri, 04/01/22

get a Dunkin' Donut in Austin. This is not something I have taken the trouble to do, mostly because I am conditioned to get my powdered-torus fi when…

On Playing It Right

Published: Fri, 03/25/22

A couple of weeks ago on my way to the studio, I was thinking about a conversation I'd had the day before with my friend Rob Anderlik, a very talented…

The 6 O'Clock Reminder

Published: Fri, 03/11/22

Cool, we can have one of those in a few hours, but right now, it's the Si O'Clock Reminder. If you've considered attending tomorrow's workshop on…

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