Category Archives: nola

Seasons of the Mitch; or Woods that it were so simple

Posted on April 27, 2019 by markweiss86

Someone sent me an old photo from 1991 with Mitch Woods, Johnny Sansone two others and Bob Margolin. I also shot Mitch Woods last year in downtown Palo Alto. In between, from his website, promoting a new life album, are … Continue reading →

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A nice thing

Posted on April 12, 2019 by markweiss86
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Tantalizing blues double header two hours from my home today: Corey ‘Roar He’ w ‘Ruthie Truth She’

Posted on September 23, 2018 by markweiss86

  Corey Harris (and Guy Davis) are playing the Sebastopol community center tonite. Thirty miles south east, but same neck of the woods, three hours earlier, at 4, Ruthie Foster stirs it up at Rancho Nicasio. Although I have been … Continue reading →

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Pinetop and Henry announce four-hand residency* at The Gatehouse: stone angels weep, then ‘boogie’

Posted on August 23, 2018 by markweiss86

*nina Simone appears on some dates. Always call venue day of show to confirm. Limited seating.

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Henry Butler, 69

Posted on July 16, 2018 by markweiss86

It’s appropriate if the New York Times ran Henry’s obituary on July 4 because he was an American original. I just sent out some thoughts to another of his former agents or managers, and left two voice mail to total … Continue reading →

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May 24 Willie Mays

Posted on May 24, 2018 by markweiss86

Willie Mays by David Leventhal by Plastic Alto

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Fake news about Trombone Shorty

Posted on August 17, 2017 by markweiss86

Or, ‘WYSIATI’ is the new ‘Where Y’at?’ BIG EASY STAR ALIGNS WITH BLUE NOTE RECORDS Emergency-preparedness-workers and volunteers are prepping for “the big one”, the confluence of the Trombone Shorty show at Mountain Winery (12 miles from San Andreas Fault) … Continue reading →

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Allen Touissant, 1938-2015

Posted on November 11, 2015 by markweiss86

(I heard a KPFA dj named Tim Lynch back-announce a set of Toussaint covers last night and immediately pulled over in my car to find via hand-held the announcemnet in Times of New York and then drove by a magazine … Continue reading →

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1234 Big Chief want wood cube D4 alarm clock

Posted on March 5, 2015 by markweiss86

$30 at kikkerland 8668225571 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IOyBwrvOKA

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Superchunk Meets Dan Pritzker Silent Satchmo Boychik

Posted on December 31, 2011 by markweiss86

(Play both of these simultaneous for full FX; with apologies to Ken Vandermark, Jem Cohen, John Corbett, Charles Ives, Trombone Shorty, Ralph Carney, John Zorn “Spy vs. Spy”, Christian Marclay, Mal Sharpe, Charles Mingus “Cumbia and Jazz Fusion”, Wurster and … Continue reading →

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