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Speaking Through Music
“It takes a very warm person to say the things that this song says. And, you know, it’s plain; it’s not difficult. You don’t have to be a scholar to understand it.”-Ray Charles ON Jacques Brel! (Song...
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“You Got to Dig It to Dig…You Dig???”-Thelonious Monk
If you’ve read about Thelonious Monk or even listened to his music, you know right away he continues to be one of a kind. A comprehensive book to read would be Robin Kelley’s: Thelonious Monk: The...
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Man With a Horn
“Men Have Died for This Music. You Can’t Get More Serious Than Than.”-Dizzy Gillespie Today, in 1917, the GREAT Jazz and Be-bop horn player, Dizzy Gillespie was born in South Carolina. I saw him as a...
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Certainly a “Leader of the Pack”
“[Spoken:] Is she really going out with him? Well, there she is. Let’s ask her. Betty, is that Jimmy’s ring you’re wearing? Mm-hmm Gee, it must be great riding with him Is he picking you up after...
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“The Times They Are A-(STILL) Changin’”- Bob Dylan
“If you take whatever there is to the song away – the beat, the melody – I could still recite it.”-Bob Dylan 1965LA Free Press Interview Today, in 1963, a young Bobby Dylan (Phil Ochs referred to...
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RIP Lou Reed
So Sad, not shocked, but so very sad. RIP Lou Reed… “I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it.” -Lou Reed
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“The Poets They Studied Rules of Verse.”-Lou Reed
Lou didn’t follow anyone’s rules. Oh…Sweet Jane!!!!
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“…Things You Do and Say Do Make a Difference.”-Jimmy Webb
Two beautiful songs were certified gold today in 1968 when I was 15 years old and I know I loved them then and continue to love them now. To be certified gold means that half a million singles had...
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“I Have Arrived Safely in Meridian, Mississippi.”-Andrew Goodman
“I think of Andy in the cold wet clay Those three are on my mind With his comrades down beside him On that brutal day Those three are on my mind”-Frances Taylor &Pete Seeger Today we remember the...
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In These Cold Times
“A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.”-Carl Reiner In these cold times, “Think it o-o-ver,” it’s nice to have warm memories. I was 12 when The Supremes recorded...
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“I’m Not Perfect… But I’m Enough.”-Dr. Carl Rogers
“People, don’t you understand The child needs a helping hand Or he’ll grow to be an angry young man some day Take a look at you and me, Are we too blind to see, Do we simply turn our heads And look...
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“There’s Nothing to Prove; Ev”rything’s Still the Same.”-Bob Dylan, Farewell...
“My concern has always been for the people who are victimized, unable to speak for themselves and who need outside help.”-Joan Baez Today I so celebrate the beautiful Joan Baez and all of her...
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Synonyms for Literate: Educated, Well-Read, Informed
“What’s Another Word for Thesaurus?”-Steven Wright, American Comic How many of us have a worn paperback or hardback copy of Roget’s Thesaurus? I know I do…somewhere. Roget’s Thesaurus and a...
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Renewal
“For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal… has always been the work of other actors.”-Daniel Day Lewis It has been just about 1 year since I started...
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“I Feel That My Whole Life is a Contribution.”-Pete Seeger
“Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”-Pete Seeger The world has lost a beautiful flower, one of the Greatest Humanitarians it has ever seen or will see again: Pete Seeger. His life, his whole...
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“How Are Things In Glocca Morra?”-Burton Lane and E.Y. Harburg
“When I got finished, Gershwin paid me the ultimate compliment. He said, ‘Boy, even I couldn’t do that.”-Burton Lane Composer and lyricist, Burton Lane was born today in NYC in 1912 and he is...
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“I Have But One Passion…
to enlighten those who have been kept in the dark, in the name of humanity…” -Emile Zola As a young woman, I devoured the books by French novelist, Emile Zola…they were soap operas; they took on the...
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Takin’ A Break
“Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.”-Maya Angelou Haven’t...
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