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It's Too Bad Enviro-METAL Never Caught On
FIGHTING FOR THE EARTH - written by Warrior guitarist Joe Floyd Face to face, eye to eye Wielding the axe, the mighty must die Highest...
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Nov 11, 20232 min read
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Phish 7/23/99 Set II Polaris Amphitheater - Columbus, Ohio
The '90s were my heyday for going to see Phish. My first show was in May of 1992, and possibly the best show I ever saw by them was...
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Nov 10, 20232 min read
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SOUNDS Record Store in St. Mark's Place - 1995
In the summer of 1995, I worked at a record store called Sounds in Greenwich Village. One of my co-workers was a classic New York City...
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Nov 9, 20231 min read
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FLORIDA ROAD TRIP WITH MY DAD - November 2005
Joey Votto and Ray Dean James in Florida Ten years before complications from Parkinson’s killed my Dad in 2015, he and I took a road...
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Nov 8, 202310 min read
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Drink And Drugs - PART ONE
In the spring of 2023 I cut back about 90% of my alcohol intake. I had been drinking a couple of high octane Double IPA 16 oz. beers...
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Nov 7, 20236 min read
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Already Letting Those Things Go
ALREADY LETTING THOSE THINGS GO Sometimes in the morning Hear the blender and come running Already letting those things go Later in the...
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Nov 6, 20231 min read
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Jon Herington interview 2014 part deux
* This is PART TWO of an interview that originally appeared on themusicroom.me in 2014 Special thanks to Tony Keefer Dishing With Jon:...
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Nov 5, 20238 min read
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Jon Herington interview 2014 part 1
* This interview originally appeared on themusicroom.me in 2014 Special thanks to Tony Keefer Dishing With Jon: Health and Happiness On...
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Nov 4, 20238 min read
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Gala Was The Mastermind
In this mortal coil Sal had no business Gala was his enlightened witness He was a head of his time Gala was the mastermind Sal close his...
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Nov 3, 20231 min read
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Memories of Sudsy Malone's
Here's a random sampling of my personal favorite moments at Sudsy Malone's, in no particular order: Listen, when the bass player chick...
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Nov 2, 20235 min read
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All Of These Things But None of Them
ALL OF THESE THINGS (BUT NONE OF THEM) My opposing opinion I did not Disrespectfully blurt, Yet surprisingly some so-called Punks Were...
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Nov 1, 20232 min read
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Not Your House But Your Head
55 years old and feverishly creative, I spend every spare moment trying to make something or read material that will influence the things...
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Jun 26, 20231 min read
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"HERE'S TO THE BIZ"
This tune was really just a lark. And only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the rampant corruption, hypocrisy, and bloodless money...
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Jun 21, 20231 min read
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BONNAROO 2013: Ten Years Ago This Week
ALL PHOTOS BY CHUCK MADDEN Jim James of My Morning Jacket This writer had the blessed fortune to cover the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival...
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Jun 14, 20237 min read
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STILL A LITTLE GAS IN THE TANK: Grateful Dead 1993 Chapter 2
2/21/93 After the killer trio of gigs to kick off 1993 in January of that year, the Grateful Dead returned once again to the Oakland...
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Jun 7, 20238 min read
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STILL A LITTLE GAS IN THE TANK: Grateful Dead 1993 Chapter 1
1/24/93 After their usual holiday break at the end of 1992 The Grateful Dead resumed live concert touring on January 24, 1993 with a...
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Jun 1, 20238 min read
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Ray Dean James LIVE at Stein's Hideaway in 1961
Elsewhere on this blog I have written about my father's life, including a transcript of autobiographical writings he left behind. After...
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May 25, 20232 min read
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A Million Memories of Mole's
How do you even begin to tell the story of a place that feels like it has always been there? As a teenager I was very fortunate to get a...
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May 20, 20238 min read
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William Parker Quartet - Sound Unity (2005)
Arguably one of America’s most important cultural contributions of the 20th century, Jazz now languishes in relative obscurity. Still...
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May 9, 20232 min read
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Be The Tree
BE THE TREE Fresh as a morning flower in your grandmother's garden Solid as a Colorado Mountain Vast as the expanse of outer space,...
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May 2, 20231 min read
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