by admin | Jul 24, 2019 | Thoughts
Despite previous news to the contrary, the fantastic music venue, The Backstage Lounge on Granville Island is still open! I’m sending this message to all my Vancouver & area fans. News to me, the Backstage Lounge didn’t close as was reported in 2017. It was all a...
by admin | Jul 4, 2018 | Thoughts
Summer’s here, and that means festivals and touring for me! I hit the road in August for my 2018 Summer Festival Tour, starting in Revelstoke at the Last Drop Pub, ending Labour Day at the Morissey Pub at Sun Peaks near Kamloops. In between I’m in Fernie,...
by admin | Apr 16, 2018 | Thoughts
John Prine is an alchemist – turns a voice like gravel into a song of pure love. He’s so inspiring to me – nothing fancy, nothing flashy, no tricks, what you see there is John Prine pure and simple. He sings from the heart, and it infuses his music...
by admin | Mar 31, 2018 | Thoughts
I like this interview with John Prine here in Rolling Stone magazine. His voice really comes through, he talks like he writes! Since breaking through in 1971 with a classic album he wrote as a mailman in Illinois, John Prine has created some of the strangest,...
by admin | Mar 18, 2018 | Thoughts
“It honestly and delicately express(es), in a full, tangible way, what it mean(s) to be alive. A crucial aspect of the world that (can) only be expressed through the medium of music.” Haruki Murakami...
by admin | Mar 12, 2017 | Thoughts
Oh yes, he can. Check this out. I found out about it reading Robbie Robertson’s biography. Robbie states unequivocally that after watching Bob on stage for years he’s one of the best singers in rock. This song, Bob hadn’t even been on stage for...
