For John Coltrane’s 100th birthday, I thought I’d share an email that I sent to friends roughly five years ago after listening to A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle, the rediscovered live performance of Coltrane’s masterpiece. This morning, I decided to walk with the dog up the mountain while listening to the new live versionContinue reading “A Walk with John Coltrane & A Bear”
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Mississippi
Written by Bill Halley, Jimmie Rodgers recorded the song “Miss the Mississippi” a year before his death in 1933: The song must have had some relevance for the so-called Father of Country Music as he was born and raised in Mississippi before setting off for a life on the road. The song is sentimental asContinue reading “Mississippi”
