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Four “Under My Radar” Blues Harp Players (Part 1)

Favrizio Poggi one of the four under my radar blues harp players

 Last week I was listening to Memphis Lights the latest release from blues harp player Tomislav Goluban. It was pretty good. Anyway, this morning when I went to Spotify to find some music to listen to on my trip to Trader Joe’s among the albums recommended for me was a group of albums and artist “similar to” Tomislav Goluban. I listened briefly to four of the artists whose names were unfamiliar to me.They were: Fabrizio Poggi and the Chicken Mambo, Dave Nevling, Grant Dermody, and The 44’s. I created a quick playlist grabbing a few songs from each of these blues harp players and I was on my way!! Read More

Thoughts of Ten Years After and Chick Churchill on His Birthday

Undead Showcases the keyboard chops of Chicjk Churchill

It’s Chick Churchil’s Birthday – January 2nd (1946)

While I browsed around the Internet to discover what happened on past January 2nds, I discovered today is the birthday of  Chick Churchill. Chick is a member of Ten Years After one my favorite bands from the 60s and 70s. Churchill was/and is the keyboard player for the band. The other original  band members included guitarist extraordinaire Alvin Lee, bassist Leo Lyons and drummer Ric Lee. Read More

Thoughts of Two Eggs Sends My Mind to “Navajo Rug”

Thoughts of Two Eggs Sends My Mind to “Navajo Rug”

So I have this habit that when I hear certain names a special   songs pop into my head. For example, when I am introduced to someone named Jennifer, my mind zooms to Tom Paxton’s song written for his first daughter Jennifer – “Jennifer’s Rabbit” Oh and if I am introduced to a Kate or Katy my mind goes to the song Tom wrote for his other daughter Katy! Read More