That was great, Greg!  And a weird thought hit me while listening to it:  When Croce died at 30 I thought "Well, at least he had a long life" (I was 17, and the traditional age for rock-star death was already established 27).

My youngest son, a mere lad, is now several years older than that.....

Peter (who not only dug Croce, but thinks Maury Muehleisen is one of the most egregiously under-rated guitarists ever)

Stray Cats!  Thanks!

Enjoyed the "Right Back Where I Started Again".

Some of you, perhaps most, have heard Bohemian Rhapsody played maybe a bit too many times, but here's one that's worth listening to; a very nice instrumental arrangement for four acoustic guitars:

Even acoustically I couldn't stop myself from doing the Wayne and Garth head bop!   

Susan Tedeschi from her 2005 album covering Jerry Merrick's Follow (most notably covered by Richie Havens).

Gilad Hekselman...VBlues

https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=56&v=H9koZReS66Y

Cool Bohemian Rhapsody, David....and Susan Tedeski is always great to hear, Paul! 

Still got "Reckoning" stuck in the CD player in my gig-mobile... "Cassidy" got played a bunch on the way home from the gig last night.

Loved the Gilad Hekselman; thanks!

very cool 40 fingers! Hadn't heard that before.

So music is weird, right?
The fabric of our lives, weaved through time with memories attached to specific songs and phrases heard in everyday conversation directly link to lyrics, etc. etc. (or maybe there is something wrong with me  ).


In a different thread Roger pointed out that two days ago was a very special day.  So naturally my mind linked to this song...
10 Years Gone.

Greg, I went to the show on 10/31/80 (and several others that run).  We were a bunch of kids, rented a bus, and had a rolling Halloween party!  Needless to say that bus company vowed never to rent to us again... hee, hee, hee.....the bus came by and I got on, that's when it all began...    

   I'd like to hear those stories sometime.


I missed the Dead when they came to Roanoke in 1987, (7/7-8) but I was working right down the street from the Civic Center, and I remember the hubbub well. I couldn't possibly have cared any less at the time... I had just graduated high school, broke up with my girl, and got myself an old Kay bass and a gig in a bluegrass outfit. Livin' the dream! It seems funny to think, the guys I'm gigging with now (Harwell-Grice Band) were scarecly toddlers then, and grew up to love exactly that era of Grateful Dead music. Me... can't really call it the proverbial "long, strange trip". I just took the scenic route getting here. 

Arch Echo - Daybreak

This is wonderful.  Composition, mix, musicianship.  Progressive instrumental.