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Rock in the Time of Corona: On feeling stupid and contagious

Posted on January 28, 2021 by sethink

On Leap Day of last year, my rock band played to a packed Hard Rock in Georgetown, Guyana. Three days later, a general election threw the country into political turmoil. Not a week later, amidst ongoing high-stakes political jockeying and … Continue reading →

Posted in Experiences, Music | Tagged "Angel of Death", "I Don't Want to Die (In the Hospital)", " I Can See Clearly Now", "2021", "Alone", "And it Spread", "Best of All Possible Worlds", "Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out)", "Cabin Down Below", "Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)", "Death is not the End", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "Don't Stand So Close to Me", "Don't Want to Die in Georgia", "Done Changed My Way of Living", "Fever", "Flowers on the Wall", "Get Better", "Get the Funk Out Ma Face", "Hard Times Come and Go", "Hard Times", "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands", "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans", "I'm Sick Y'all", "I'm Tired Joey Boy", "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You", "In My Room", "It's the End of the World as We Know It", "Keep Your Distance", "Living in a Ghost Town", "Long December", "Lou's Got the Flu", "Middle of the Night", "Midnight Train to Georgia", "Moonshadow", "Oh My God", "Ole Man Trouble", "Pneumonia Blues", "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie-Woogie Flu", "Sign on the Window", "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Someday", "Stayin' Alive", "Stranded", "The End of the World", "The World is Going Wrong", "Those Were the Days", "Trapped", "Wash Away", "We Don't Live Here Anymore", "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", "We'll Make it Through", "When the Devil's Loose", "When the World's on Fire", "You Can Make It If You Try", "You Got Me Singing", "You Got to Walk that Lonesome Valley", A.A. Bondy, Atlanta, Avett Brothers, Bob Dylan, Brewer and Shipley, Bruce Springsteen, Canada Joe and The Dipnotes, Cat Stevens, Champion Jack Dupree, Citizen King, Conor Oberst, corona virus, Counting Crows, Covid-19, Cracker, Frank Sinatra, Georgetown, Georgia, Guyana, Hard Rock Cafe, Harry Connick Jr, honeyhoney, Ida Maria, Jakob Dylan, Joe Purdy, Johnny Cash, Johnny Nash, Johnny Rivers, Juke Ross, Kris Kristofferson, Langhorne Slim, Leonard Cohen, Lightnin' Hawkins, Loudon Wainwright III, M.I.A., Mary Hopkins, Mates of State, Mississippi John Hurt, Mississippi Sheiks, Nick Cave, Nina Simone, Nirvana, Otis Redding, pandemic, Peggy Lee, Pokey LaFarge, R.E.M., Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs, Richard Thompson, Roger Miller, Sarah Jarosz, Skeeter Davis, Spotify, Stephen Foster, Sting, Taj Mahal, The Animals, The Beach Boys, The Bee Gees, The Brothers Johnson, The Byrds, The Carter Family, The Dipnotes, The Offspring, The Police, The Rolling Stones, The Statler Brothers, Tom Petty, Trampled by Turtles, Vampire Weekend, Van Morrison, WhatsApp, You Ain't Going Nowhere | Leave a comment

You Ain’t Going Nowhere: Quarantine Travels with Bob

Posted on December 4, 2020 by sethink

Since we are stuck at home for the holidays, and missing all the excitement of travel, here are a few musical journeys – some to exotic locations and some closer to home – that you can take from the safety … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, travel, Uncategorized | Tagged "Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie", "Let Me Die in My Footsteps", Acapulco, Austin, Australia, Basement Tapes, Blind Willie McTell, Bob Dylan, Bootleg Series Volume 1-3, Bringing it All Back Home, Carbondale, Covid-19, Desire, Duquesne Whistle, Durango, Florida, Fort Worth, Goin' to Acapulco, Grand Canyon, Harry S. Truman, Houston, If You Ever Go to Houston, Infidels, Key West, Key West (Philosopher Pirate), Mozambique, Outlaw Blues, Pittsburg, Romance in Durango, San Antonio, Santa Fe, Tennessee, Texas, You Ain't Going Nowhere | Leave a comment

While calypso singers laugh at them: Satire in the music of Guyana and the West Indies

Posted on February 5, 2018 by sethink

Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot Fighting in the captain’s tower While calypso singers laugh at them And fishermen hold flowers – Bob Dylan, from “Desolation Row”, 1965 The calypso poets phrased much differently than the rest of the English … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, travel | Tagged A Man is a Man, Abigail James, Alabama (reggae artist), Augustus Hinds, Back to Back Belly to Belly, Barbados, Bargie, BBC, Be-bop Calypso, Berbice, Berlin on a Donkey, BG Bargee, Big Nose Herald, Bill Rogers, Black But Sweet, Blind Blake, Bob Dylan, British Guiana, Cafe de Paris, calypso, Calypso Crazy, Calypso Is Like So..., Calypso Monarch, Calypso Rose, Carnival, Charlie Binger's Six, Charlie Parker, Chatter Box Sparros, Cheddi Jagan, Chico Chico, Chinese Restaurant, chutney, Chutney Monarch, chutney soca, Come Back With Me Wife Nightie, comedy, Congo Man, Count Lasher, Count Sticky, Cowboy Sparrow, De Professor, Demerara, Desolation Row, Dictator, Dis Is Guyana, Dr. Kitch, Drink a Rum, Edward VIII, Elizabeth II, English Diplomacy, Eric Cartman, Eric von Schmidt, Etheopia, Ezra Pound, Fast Wine, Feeling Hot Hot Hot, Fight Down, Fix It, Georgetown, Gimme Moh Chutney, Girish Gupta, Goaty, God Nah Sleep, Guyana, Harry Belafonte, Hold Him Joe, Housewives, If You Wanna Be Happy, If You're Brown, If your Not White Your Black, Iron Duke in the Land, Jamaica, Jimmy Soul, John Cowley, Johnny Cash, Joshua Gone Barbados, Juan and the Speaker, Julian Whiterose, Jumbie Jamboree, kaiso, Ken "Snakehips" Johnson, King Parai, Kingston Trio, Kitch Take It Easy, Kongo people, London, Lord, Lord Beginner, Lord Blakie, Lord Caresser, Lord Cobra, Lord Commander, Lord Executer, Lord Executor, Lord Flea, Lord Invader, Lord Kitchener, Lord Lebby, Lord Melody, Lord Shorty, Lord Spoon and David, Louis Farrakhan, Love Only Love, Machel Montano, Magistrate Try Himself, Mama Look I See a Booboo, Man Pyabba, Man Smart - Woman Smarter, Mash, Mashrimani, Mathematical Brother, Maya Angelou, mento, Mighty Dictator, Mighty Panther, Mighty Sparrow, Mighty Spoiler, Miles Davis, Miss Calypso, Miss Constance, Mother, Muriel and the Bug, My Experience in the Reeperbahn, My Intention is War, Negro Heart, New York, New York Times, Niomi Alsopp, No Crime No Law, No Doctor No (The Situation in Trinidad), No Ole Time Calypso, One Morning, Picong Duel, Port of Spain, Queen Salote, Ras Shorty I, Rastafari, reggae, Reply to Lord Melody, Road March Song, Roaring Lion, Robert Mitchem, Roger Hinds, Rum and Coca-Cola, Russel Lancaster, Russian Sattelite, satire, Sauerkraut Calypso, Shirley "Calypso" Williams, Short Little Shorts, Sloop John B., Soca, Soca Monarch, South Park, Sparrow's Dream, Stone Cold Dead in the Market, Suriname, Sydney Bechet, Sālote Tupou III, T.S. Eliot, The Andrew Sisters, The Beach Boys, The Bedbug Song, The Big Bamboo, The Charmer, The Duke of Iron, The Electrician, The Naughty Little Flea, The Situation in Trinidad, The Weed Song, They Say I Reign Too Long, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, Ugly Woman, vaudeville, Wife and Mother, Wilmoth Houdini, Woman A Love in the Night Time, Woman's Figure | 3 Comments

A playlist from Jah

Posted on January 24, 2018 by sethink

While walking on the beach in Georgetown – along Kingston not far from the Pegasus – a glint in the sand caught my eye. There, half buried, I found a CD labeled by hand with a marker, Jah! Rastafari. Guessing … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, travel | Tagged Dadawah, Holy Mount Zion, New Name, raggae, Ras Michael & The Sons of Negus, Rastafari, Zion Land | 4 Comments

A Dylan Groupie Reports on a Weekend of Concerts

Posted on May 12, 2015 by sethink

A few notes about the Dylan concerts I attended over the weekend. To the best of my recollection, this was my 8th and 9th time seeing Dylan perform and the first time in nearly six years. For my 24th birthday, … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Autumn Leaves, Big Joe Turner, Bob Dylan, Bootleg Series Volume 1-3, Catoosa, Charley Patton, concerts, Forgetful Heart, Frank Sinatra, Hard Rock Casino, High Water (For Charley Patton), Hurricane, Kansas City Music Hall, Kansas City Star, Oklahoma, Pay in Blood, Reuben Carter, Scarlet Town, Simple Twist of Fate, Stay With Me, Tempest, The Joint, Things Have Changed, Tim Finn, Time Out of Mind, Tulsa, Tulsa City-County Library, Wendy Combs, World Gone Wrong | Leave a comment

No Other Love

Posted on May 28, 2013 by sethink

This photograph is from a collection curated by photographer, Sandy Carson, from vintage slides, negatives, and super 8’s she collected (navigate the collection slideshow at the link with the right and left arrow keys). The circa 1950’s collection – in … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Music | Tagged "No Other Love", "Yet By No Means", Amanda Gorence, Feature Shoot, Frédéric Chopin, Jo Stafford, Lang Lang, Oh Land, Paul Thomas Anderson, photography, Sandy Carson, The Master | Leave a comment

Quote for the day: Ray Charles on Jacques Brel

Posted on January 22, 2013 by sethink

“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, interviewed by the French media … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged "Ne me quitte pas", Jacques Brel, Ray Charles | Leave a comment

What I brought home from the Harvest

Posted on October 29, 2012 by sethink

I had the pleasure of attending Harvest Music Festival in Arkansas this month with my wife and a couple of other friends. We camped on the festival grounds and took in three full days of live performances. This was my … Continue reading →

Posted in Experiences, Music | Tagged "Angel of Death", "Ballad of Donna and Bill", "Bottom of the River", "Golden Apple Dance", "Goldfish", "Jellyrollin' All Over Heaven", "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms", "Lost Highway", "Movement and Location", "Rig or Cross", "Rye Whiskey", Chris Thile, Delta Rae, Fire, Hank Williams, Harvest Music Festival, honeyhoney, Joe Purdy, MacArthur Foundation, Mulberry Mountain, North Mississippi Allstars, Ozark AR, Porchlight, Split Lip Rayfield, The Giving Tree Band, The Punch Brothers, Tornado Rider, William Eliot Whitmore | Leave a comment

Quotes for the Day: Tech N9ne and Bob Dylan on musical theater

Posted on April 2, 2012 by sethink

In order to bring you all this rawness I have learned from earth I hide behind face paint I can be who I want to be And I know its still me But I’m totally free with my face … Continue reading →

Posted in Experiences, Music | Tagged "Bill Brownlee", "Face Paint", "Isis", "Subterranean Homesick Blues", "Who Do I Catch?", Bob Dylan, concerts, David Dark, Identity Theory, Matt Okie, Tech N9ne, The Midland | Leave a comment

Quote for the Day: Hannah Montana on Verlaine and Rimbaud

Posted on February 4, 2012 by sethink

Relationships have all been bad. Mine’ve been like Verlaine’s and Rimbaud. Miley Cyrus’s cover of “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go” stands out as a surprise highlight on the new Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go", Amnesty International, Arthur Rimbaud, Bob Dylan, Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International, Miley Cyrus, Paul Verlaine | 1 Comment

Category Archives: Music

Rock in the Time of Corona: On feeling stupid and contagious

You Ain’t Going Nowhere: Quarantine Travels with Bob

While calypso singers laugh at them: Satire in the music of Guyana and the West Indies

A playlist from Jah

A Dylan Groupie Reports on a Weekend of Concerts

No Other Love

Quote for the day: Ray Charles on Jacques Brel

What I brought home from the Harvest

Quotes for the Day: Tech N9ne and Bob Dylan on musical theater

Quote for the Day: Hannah Montana on Verlaine and Rimbaud

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