MORE DREAMS ~

Patsy Cline

unbelievably, she was gone by age 30. a private plane crash, and this after surviving two auto wrecks, one nearly fatal. the harsh climate of life on the road. like sam cooke, she'll be forever known for her brilliant vocals and interpretations beyond measure.

DREAMS ~

Joe Brown

azeryouth.org

first heard this gem on the concert film for george harrison; later went to a store to hunt up some of his records the same time a legendary brooklyn cowboy was doing the same ~ the two of us, the lone proprietor, and a cowboy hat, were the only things moving in the place

MY WORLD ~

Maria de Barros

born in dakar, senegal, and raised in nouakchott and rhode island, this singer is somehow cape verdean to the bone, the land of her parents.

AFRICA ~

Franco ( Luambo Makiadi )

afropop.org

the sorcerer of the guitar, as he was known to millions, is a major figure in 20th c. congolese music; though he only toured the usa once near the end of his life. when he died (1938-1989) in a belgian clinic, his body was returned to his native zaire where the government declared four days of national mouring, and state radio played only franco's songs.

LOVE IS PLEASIN' ~

Shirley Collins & Davy Graham

a duo like never again

WANDERER ~

Steve Young

www.steveyoung.net

only a little bird who's been everywhere, sung with many, received little notice and yet kept on singing, could have written this song

PREZ ~

Lester Young

the unparalleled bridge builder of the tenor sax ~ gone to hard living by age 49
go thru the night

RABBIT ~

Johnny Hodges

in the big band era, with duke ellington, or solo, johnny hodges was one of the bridge builders on the alto saxophone

for dobree

WHA' HAPPENED? ~

Randolph Scott

remember when you had good manners?
if you still have them, good for you!

LAW ~

William Burroughs

the master groveler putting the screws on a snitch

GOOD NEWS ~

Otis Rush

one of chicago's backbone bluesmakers ~ with sterling guitar & voice at once

BUDDY ~

Buddy Guy

when clocked in, few touch buddy guy's many-storied blues

GHOST RIDERS ~

Dick Dale at Surfer's Stomp, Palladium Hollywood

photo : richarddowdy.com

dream concert: hendrix & dale playing a carousel turning concert stage
back to back!

THIRD STONE ~

Jimi Hendrix

hendrix and manager chas chandler were sci-fi buffs ~
nice that someone kept the open mic playing

the greatest rock guitarist, ever, shows his sweeping marvelous

CHORAL ~

Hildegard von Bingen "Work Gottes"










"Hildegard of Bingen was a preacher at a time when canon law forbade women to preach, a named composer when most music was anonymous, a visionary, a theologian, a writer, an artist, a hagiographer, a prolific letter-writer and an early scientist, botanist, herbalist, physician and healer - she even invented her own coded language. This German Benedictine anchorite who lived in the twelfth century was in the fullest sense a polymath. Yet she was an enclosed nun, until mid-life her only contact with the outside world being through a single window."
saieditor.com





cultivating the cosmic tree





The Cosmic Egg



"woman may be made from man, but no man can be made without a woman". HVB

LET ME GO ~

The Pogues

If yr going to celebrate ~ you invite The Pogues

GOIN' ~

Barbara Dane, Newport Folk Festival, 1965

photo : photography.si.edu

born in 1927, barbara dane, since high school, has sung at demonstrations for racial equality and economic justice around the world. there is no one quite like her in the blues & folk tradition.

BE~BOP ~

Jack Kerouac reads with Steve Allen on piano
November 1959

At Steve Allen's expense he (Kerouac) traveled in luxury via passenger train from the East Coast and stayed in California for ten days. With Steve Allen accompanying him on the piano, Jack read a beautiful passage from Visions of Cody. Since the producers wanted him to read from On the Road, he taped the sheet from Cody into the back of the Road book, and no one ever knew the difference.

~ Bill Morgan from Beat Atlas (City Lights)

IN MY HEAD SWIRLING ~

This song suddenly popped into my head today and put a skip into my step while outdoors doing chores. "The Blue Jeans" backup singers were famed Darlene Love and Fanita James, also of The Blossoms, and all strung through the mighty Phil Spector wall of sound.

GOOD ADVICE ~

Annie Ross

there's no one in the jazz world like annie ross ~ an English jazz singer, chanteuse and actress, best known as a member of the trio
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross ~ she became a US citizen in 2001

CANYON ~

Jessi Colter

planetlyrics.com

once married to duane eddy, and long time singing companion & wife of Waylon Jennings and mother of musician Shooter Jennings, Jessi Colter has an everlasting singer's soul to true country music. Maybe her most recent album out of the ashes is her finest work ever.

IN THE DARK ~

Allison Moore & Steve Earle

Moorer gave birth to the couples (with Steve Earle) first child, John Henry Earle, on April 5, 2010.

AH ~

Lura

there are never enough cape verdean singers! ~ M'bem di fora (2006) is Lura's 4th album