Tag: jazz

Between

The time between Barbara’s passing and her celebration of life/memorial gave us enough time to plan something nice. But not the time to overthink it. When she was in hospice we were talking about a date in May. But by the time I returned to Hampden the new date was moved up a month to April 2nd. There were emails back and… Read more →

Open Mic Therapy Tour: Part 2

Every silver lining has a cloud. That is my way to say that I didn’t win the jackpot Powerball. I was going to cure Huntington’s Disease with what was left after paying my bills. I guess it will have to wait a while. And although I will be in Reno for a week or so, casinos are not my thing.… Read more →

Everything Takes Longer

MUSIC: This song is my personal addendum to Murphy’s Law. “Everything Takes Longer. Everything Costs More” is part of Lehndorff’s Law and the reason my design business is such a huge success. Oh, wait… But this song seems to be my mantra of the day. Love on the Line by Peter Lehndorff   Peter Lehndorff: guitar, vocals Jeff Pevar: electric… Read more →

My Two Cents Worth

MUSIC: This is one of my favorite tunes to play on the guitar. I was given a basic book of jazz guitar chords when I was photographing the great bass player Carole Kay, and one of the first exercises was this progression. I kept playing it and words came to me. This version has me doing most everything including my… Read more →

What goes around, comes around

MUSIC:  This song was inspired, sort-of, by listening to a bunch of Mark Erelli songs. Mark is one of my favorite songwriters and I was fortunate enough to design his first two CDs on Signature Sounds. He tells stories with many of his songs and somehow it inspired me to come up with one of my own. This is one… Read more →