Little Richard’s Horn Section
As so often seems to happen, this morning what I find myself writing about is very different than the idea I started out with. This …
Rock
An Alto Player Who Will Blow You Away
Yesterday I spent the afternoon with my buddy Art. Art heads up Deception, the blues band that I’ve performed with for 6 years now. A …
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Another Pop Rock/New Wave Saxophone Solo From the 1980s
As my clock radio woke me up this morning, I awoke to the sounds of a saxophone solo. It was in a song I hadn’t …
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Rock ‘n Roll, Rotary Dial Phones, & Technology: How High School Grad Reunions Are A Snap-Shot Back In Time
It’s hard to believe that it was 1980, that Richie Cannata played the tenor sax solo in Billy Joel’s classic, It’s Still Rock And Rock …
The Yakety King Curtis
This week I was shedding some King Curtis. Specifically, I was working out the solo he played on the 1958 song Yakety Yak, that was performed …
