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Hot Tuna jammed at the Grove Pub on a Sunday afternoon once. It was packed. The place to be. Miami news was shooting. They were using Bethlehem Asylum’s equipment with reluctant acquiesance from the Asylum band members. These guys were … Continue reading →

Otis Redding’s people contacted us, so I went up to Georgia. Duane Allman was playing slide on a mandolin. His scuffed boots were kicked up on the dashboard of his new Winnebago, parked outside a saloon on a desolate country … Continue reading →

Duane Allman’s mouth dropped open. I could see it all the way from up on the stage. His long blonde muttonchops dipped down, almost dusting his paisley pointed shirt collar. He could not believe what he was seeing. He had … Continue reading →

“No second Chance” is definitely the front runner of all my CDs posted on CDbaby and iTunes. Its getting used for soundtracks as well as streams and downloads. I recorded this as a tribute to the greatest martial arts teacher … Continue reading →

Jerry Wexler, Aretha Franklin’s producer sat in the empty theater, fourth row, center. “Play another one.” He said mildly. Bethlehem Asylum surveyed the bleak results of their first self promoted concert in Coconut Grove. One guy. “Okay.” We had many … Continue reading →

Music is fulfilling different roles than it used to. Healing is a big growth market. Thinking about having a hit song in the healing music market is odd, inappopriate. More like drumming therapies that can be streamed at a moment’s … Continue reading →

Thanks to Barbara Nicolazzo It was on this day in 1935 that George Gershwin officially completed the score for the opera Porgy and Bess. Nine years earlier, during tryouts for his musical Oh, Kay! (1926), Gershwin picked up the novel … Continue reading →