Archive for July 2014
Richard Addrisi: “Never My Love”
“If people tell me they’ve never heard “Never My Love,” I say, ‘That means you’ve never been in an elevator or a supermarket.’ You can’t escape the song. It’s just there.“ March 11, 2002 By phone from his home in Los Angeles In…
Read MoreJohnny Winter’s Coming Out Party
When I heard that Johnny Winter had died on Wednesday, I flashed back to the first time I heard him play. But then whenever I thought of Johnny Winter, I thought back to that night – December 13, 1968 – which I am sure was just as…
Read MoreCelia Cruz
“I’m the queen because there is no one else!” April, 2, 2002 By phone from her home in Fort Lee, New Jersey I traveled to Cuba for ten days in late 2001, an eye, ear and mind opening journey. It…
Read MoreMark Sandman of Morphine
“Our attitude is every tour could be our last tour.” At the Middle East Restaurant, Cambridge, Massachusetts February 10, 1997 As much as I (and many others) liked Morphine’s music, it was not a band anyone ever expected to see sign…
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