Musical Appreciation

Ian Whitcomb ► Monday Musical Appreciation

Born on this day in 1941: Ian Whitcomb, still performing to this very day. Ian Timothy Whitcomb was born in Woking, Surrey, England, to a family that already had show biz in its blood. His grandfather Jack founded British Screen Classics, an early entry in the motion picture business, which eventually bankrupt him. Before that, Ian’s father Pat worked there, and even co-starred in the 1929 flick, Mr. Nobody (not to be confused with the 2009 SciFi film), a movie ...

Me vs The O’Jays ► The First Feud of 2014

Cover of 1975’s Family Reuinion LP falls under FAIR USE, too Well, that didn’t take long at all. It was only yesterday, in my Not Now Silly Year-Ender, that I said: ...

The Day I Met Bob Marley ► Part Two

As Part One of The Day I Met Bob Marley ended, I had just been given word by my boss at Island Records that instead of going to the two ...

The Day I Met Bob Marley ► Part One

I’ve dined out on this story among family and friends a few times over the years. However, I never told it in an official forum until interviewed for the wonderful ...

Happy Birthday Doc Pomus ► A Musical Appreciation

Doc Pomus singing at the Pied Piper with Uffe Bode, Sol Yaged, John Levy and Rex William Stuart (1947) Light 88 candles — the same as the number of keys on ...

Music Brings Our World Together For The First Time

Dateline June 25, 1967 – Our World is broadcast to the entire world, via the very first live, global, satellite hookup. Taking part in the broadcast were creative artists from ...

Les Paul ► The Man Who Made Rock and Roll Possible

Not Now Silly celebrates the birth of the man that made it all possible: Lester William Polsfuss, better known as Les Paul. Les Paul didn’t invent the guitar, which falls ...

John and Yoko and Frank and Flo and Eddie

John Lennon and Yoko One perform with Frank Zappa and The Mothers Dateline June 6, 1971 – Frank Zappa and his newly formed Mothers play a notorious gig at the Fillmore ...

Happy Birthday Chuck Barris

Today all of ‘Merka is celebrating the 84th birthday of game show producer, Gong Show Host, and paid CIA assassin Chuck Barris. Barris is often called the Father of Reality Television, ...

Happy Birthday Chuck Barris

Today all of ‘Merka is celebrating the 84th birthday of game show producer, Gong Show Host, and paid CIA assassin Chuck Barris. Barris is often called the Father of Reality Television, ...

The Day I Met Keith Emerson ► Nostalgia Ain’t What It Used To Be

I told this story on my facebook wall and someone asked, “Why didn’t you save that for your blog?” <facepalm> Of course!!! Here’s a slightly edited version: Over the years I’ve ...

A Tribute To Fats Waller ► A Musical Appreciation

If Fats Waller had only written “Honeysuckle Rose” he would have been famous. If Fats Waller had only written “Ain’t Misbehavin’” he would have been famous. If Fats Waller had ...

Bob Dylan Walks Out On Ed Sullivan

Dateline May 12, 1963 – Back in the day you couldn’t really say you were in Show Biz unless you had appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. As much as ...