"We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King Jr.
Happy Birthday, @Yer Ol' Uncle D.
Thank you for your frequent noteworthy quotes and generosity these past few years. The forum is much better with you here.
"Sometimes only poetry can say it. I think there's just this deeper language and a way of putting your world back together again and breaking through barriers." - Laura Nyro, born this day in 1947.
Western NC is full of independent music venues that were totally devastated by Helene. Help if you can. Link at the top of the article. Thanks, friends.
Helene ravaged western North Carolina last weekend, bringing devastation and destruction to homes and businesses throughout the region. This event has caused major harm to the entire area, which of course includes the music scene.
"Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high school. When he starts playing jazz it's like going on to college, to a school of higher learning." - B. B. King, born this day in 1925.
"If you want to be a singer, you've got to concentrate on it twenty-four hours a day. You can't be a well driller, too. You've got to concentrate on the business of entertaining and writing songs. Always think different from the next person. Don't ever do a song as you heard somebody else do it." - Otis Redding, born this day in 1941.
"I just block out the demons. I sing. I block them away. I put my pain into my music. I paint. I make my own videos. I direct myself. No one directs me anymore. I am in charge of my destiny." - Dolores O'Riordan, born this day in 1971.
I'm giving away another year of free records beginning in a couple days. Head over here and capitalize on my unsmartness. All the cool kids are taking advantage of me. It's quite fun...