B.B. King

The first band I was ever in was a Blues band, I played guitar, I didn’t sing. ‘Lazy Dog Blues Band’ was our name; the singer and I both worked at the same record shop. We both came from different musical roots, but we both LOVED blues music, so we decided to form a band. We would agonise over which songs to include in our set, but of course B.B. King had hold over the both of us, so we had to include one of his standards. I still occasionally throw ‘Rock Me Baby’ into my set because of B.B. King’s influence on me.

Anyway, I’m sure you’ve already heard that B.B. King died; and I’m displeased with entropy, as usual. I’m glad I saw him live a couple of times, it was like higher education.

At least we have him recorded and his soul can still be heard forever, here’s a tremendous version of ‘Stormy Monday’, B.B. King showing us how it’s done:

Happy Equinox – With Joni, Mama, And Mary

We’ll have pretty much equal parts day and equal parts night on this lovely September equinox Sunday. I will put it to good use with a little bit of writing, maybe I’ll ruminate on the virtues of balance.

Enjoy Joni Mitchell, Mama Cass, and Mary Travers singing ‘I Shall Be Released’, their harmonies might make your soul explode:

Best,

SJ