Recent content by Mr._Graybeard

I don't think I posted to this thread before, but if it's a duplicate, I apologize. I recently bought an 8-season boxed DVD set of the USA series "Burn Notice." It is such a well-put together series, a semi-spy thriller with lots of action and an irreverent flavor. Jeffrey Donavan is Michael...

This is a global phenomenon, according to an NOAA researcher. The sweltering seas are proving perilous for the world’s corals, living structures that support roughly 25 percent of all known marine species. When stressed by rising temperatures, corals expel the vibrant photosynthetic algae that...

I do some volunteer work for a nonprofit Madison radio station called WORT. They have some great genre-specific programming, including a Saturday night show called "Two for the Blues." It's accessible on the station's online programming archives. wort Archive

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The Hot Tuna reference reminds me of a song they covered by Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell called "How Long Blues." It was a popular tune in the late 1920s by the duo, who were based in Indianapolis. They had great success until the moody Blackwell split with Carr over money and song credits...

Hopkins and T-Bone Walker were contemporaries from rural east Texas who both knew Blind Lemon Jefferson as children. It's interesting how the two diverged in style as both gained immortality in the blues genre. Edit: Uh, make that immortality.

I bought that album in about 1970. Kaukonen has a concert scheduled at a local venue in May. I heard another one about that time called "Jamming with Edward." The Stones put it out with Ry Cooder and Nicky Hopkins while Keith Richards was in rehab. To me, Cooder is about the most versatile...

West Helena, Ark., has a blues festival in August. You might want to add that to your intinerary. I've never been to it, but it looks interesting. In the '80s I went to several Chicago Blues Festivals. Little Milton was there one year.

Right, that option ended for people born after Jan. 1, 1954.

You could say the same about rockabilly. By 1964, Carl Perkins was viewed as a has-been and even Elvis was struggling outside the big screen. The Beatles recorded two Perkins tunes ("Honey Don't" and "Everybody's Trying to be My Baby") for their '65 album. Of course, rockabilly itself is an...

DW was born before Jan. 2, 1954, and I think that is the last date when you could do this (correct me if I'm wrong, SS specialists). Using OpenSocialSecurity.com, we learned that we'd get the best payout if I claimed earlier (I did it on my 67th birthday), enabling DW to claim spousal benefits...

Absolutely. The British Invasion of the '60s rode on a blues revival wave. Animals, Yardbirds, Stones. "British blues" was a common musical category back then. A Finnish friend sent me a CD a while back of an accordion artist who likes to play Cajun and Norteno music. The Tex-Mex master Flaco...

Yeah, with "new" I was thinking 21st-century vs. other artists I've mentioned. I do like Jake -- he is also in a Steve Buscemi film, I think. I caught his act in an unusual venue in Madison, Wis., Kiki's House of Righteous Music. It's a basement in a woman's '50s-era ranch home.

I remember Leroy Airmaster well. They did a regular show at the old Murray Tap on Milwaukee's east side. Steve Cohen was the front man, similar to Corky Siegel in the '70s. Another white kid playing the blues was Jim Liban, who fronted a band called Short Stuff. Google turns up a brief New York...

Paris was hot in Milwaukee circa 1970. His band opened for the Grateful Dead in March 1971. He's still active in New York, AFAIK.