Holdsworth

Awoke to a Facebook post from Louise Holdsworth that her father, guitarist-extraordinaire and hero of my youth (and beyond), passed away yesterday.

NAMM

 

Through an amazing stroke of luck and an act of kindness, I got a pass to the annual N.A.M.M.

Speer Street Sessions

Before bidding an final farewell to our Spear Street rehearsal space (formerly a.k.a. “Arty’s Mom’s Place”), we did a mad dash of demo recording.

Bowie, Part 2

Fell asleep last night with my 5.1 headphones on listening to the surround mix of Bowie’s Reality (one of my favorites of the recent batch of his albums). Stirred long enough to take them off and switch off the player, then sleep took me.

The alarm clock went off with a familiar voice from NPR News saying 4 words that immediately shocked me awake: “David Bowie has died.”

A day of disbelief and sadness but also an invitation to assess David Bowie and his influence on me.

Some other day soon.