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Nina Simone tribute, ‘Skin’ by Sabyne Pierre
Posted in art, words
Tagged billy taylor, henry butler, ledisi, nina simone, Sabyne pierre
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While this guitar gently weeps
In the R District of Sacramento is an artist loft and retail mall including a record store run by Marty DeAnda the founder of Dig Records. On the wall near the reg is a small guitar signed, it claims by … Continue reading
Posted in music
Tagged deborah coleman, dig records, elvin Bishop, henry butler, roy tyler, sacramento
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Their music lives on, and my versions of their stories
Veronica DeJesus recently created a series of portraits, of musicians who I knew from my work as Earthwise Productions, which started in 1994 and continues, although my last concert was March 13 2020, having, like virtually everyone and everything on … Continue reading
Posted in art
Tagged bill doss, candye kane, henry butler, Lance hahn, lisa fay beatty, lynette knackstedt, mia zapata, pinetop perkins, steve lacy, veronica deJesus
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Matthew Whitaker, right wing VS Matthew Whitaker, right hand
I just got news of a jazz rising star named Matthew Whitaker, who plays piano. But when I tried to find more information, I was reminded of a former football player for Iowa who apparently took too many hits to … Continue reading
First of the Mohegans
I just think that we offer an escape. That people are tired of watching the news. They are so disgusted with the negativity, the daily 24/7 media bombardment of what is wrong; that they can’t wait to have fun, and … Continue reading
Posted in filthy lucre, music, this blue marble
Tagged charlie musselwhite, elvin Bishop, henry butler, Mohegan Sun Casino, Tom Cantone, uncasville
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14 piano players with whom I’vry worked
Taylor been paid since his days of underoos — which is actually a Biggie Smalls line; which I copped from Spider-Man Spider Verse; and sample Herb Alpert. andand: I just got off the phone, eight minutes, with the advertising … Continue reading
Pinetop and Henry announce four-hand residency* at The Gatehouse: stone angels weep, then ‘boogie’
*nina Simone appears on some dates. Always call venue day of show to confirm. Limited seating.
I wish I knew how it would feel to be free
Billy Taylor wrote “I Wish I Knew” in 1963, before I was born. Nina Simone recorded the most famous version, in 1967, on “Silk and Sumpin’”, released as a single, later used in recent times out of context by some … Continue reading
Posted in music, Plato's Republic, sex, Uncategorized
Tagged henry butler, mississippi, nina simone, Palo Alto
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Henry Butler, 69
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
Posted in music, nola, sex, Uncategorized
Tagged clermont-ferrand, heaven, henry butler
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