33 1/3 is better than 45

This is what I was watching on TV when I was a kid. Psychedelic twist on the grooviest boy band there ever was! Will they ever break free?

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Peace is Not an Awful Lot to Ask

Oh, David Crosby and Graham Nash – thank you! So inspiring!

I have been to Occupy Tucson and it was exciting. I can’t imagine how it would be at Wall Street. There is definitely a shift in the air . . . a newness, a vitality. A good time to be a musician and an artist again – a good time to be human.

“This is a whole country waking up and saying, ‘Hey, we were supposed to have a vote, we were supposed to have a say . . . ‘”

I wonder who they are/The men who really run this land/And I wonder why they run it/With such a thoughtless hand/Tell me what are their names/And on what street do they live/I’d like to ride right over this afternoon and give them a piece of my mind/About peace for mankind/Peace is not an awful lot to ask

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Treasure in a Book on a Saturday Afternoon

In the book I found not one, but two, band flyers from when I played with the Moldy Dogs in 1999. The Moldy Dogs had been around in different incarnations since the 70s (maybe even the late 60s). This version was Paul Major, Wolf Roxon, and me.

Paul Major and Wolf Roxon are two of the most talented and prolific songwriters and musicians I have ever met, let alone played with. Between the two of them, I’d say that they have about 2000 original songs. They are both incredible guitar players – and man – they can sing harmonies! We had a lot of three-part harmonies happening, and if the key wasn’t the best for my voice, they’d just change the key! Wow! What a concept! No bitching and moaning, or telling me that the key of D is what sounds best for guitar.

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