A Christmas Toast. . .
It is the Christmas season. Multiple holidays I suppose in today’s world. Regardless, the thing I most enjoy about this season? The carols. Songs such as Joy to the World, Little Drummer Boy, Oh Little...
Category: Torme
All things Bernie Torme, and there has been a good number of them over the years. I think.
Betrayal
Both NME and Variety reported recently that Pledge Music, the crowdfunding site dedicated to musicians will shortly announce it is going into administration, the British equivalent of bankruptcy. Pledge Music was a very cool crowdfunding...
A Farewell
He will be missed.
Innovative Jam / Chaos Theory
In many a Bernie Torme album there is an epic song. I am not sure what else to call them. Typically, they start with some acoustic playing, perhaps some violin, leading to layers of guitar,...
What to call this stuff? They ain’t ballads. . .
There is a collection of tunes from various artists that just resonate with me. They have for years. Many have some type of classical component to them. All are a slower tempo at moments. Most...
Bernie Torme and yes in the UK. . .
Bernie Torme’s new album Dublin Cowboy is available from http://bernietorme.bandcamp.com/ Some upcoming Gigs & ticketlinks: 9th Sept ONBOARD THE CRAFT Festival Bromsgrove Tickets: https://www.skiddle.com/festivals/onboard-the-craft/ 25th Nov WINTERSTORM Festival Troon Scotland Tickets: https://www.winterstorm.co.uk/en/tickets-2017/ 30th Nov SOUTH SHIELDS Queen Vic Tickets:https://www.ents24.com/south-shields-events/the-quee… See...
Wow – Look What we Found – 10 years later!
In a search of the web I came across this. . . It was roughly ten years ago we tried to make this fly. Sadly before pledgemusic.com or kickstarter.com. For the original: https://www.send2press.com/newswire/2006-03-0329-004.shtml Or just check out...
Recollections on two shows and how the Wild West began. . .
Originally published back on December 10th, 2005. There has been ten years of various projects at the Wild West. Some successful, some not. Through the ups and downs of the Wild West, the Western Front...
Gillan in Concert – December 12, 1980 – the 2nd of the three. . .
A continuation of the post from December 11th, exploring three shows, two from December of 1980 and the other happening on December 14 at Don Hills in New York. This post looks at the show...
Three Shows- Two Past and One Present
Twenty-five years ago this December 12th I was lucky enough to see a band called Gillan. It was a show that has haunted me ever since. Gillan was the project of Ian Gillan, who was...