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3/3/2024 2:52:06 AM
Which Side of the Brain Do You Write With?

2/6/2024 1:50:17 AM
This is what Happens When I write on Electric Guitar

1/12/2024 1:21:04 AM
Anyone Read Dylan's Book on Popular Song?

1/4/2024 1:52:04 AM
What's a Favorite Old TV theme of Yours?

12/13/2023 10:39:14 PM
Kind of an Odd Song

10/16/2023 2:10:15 AM
A New Love Song

9/12/2023 12:11:21 AM
I Need a Delete Button in My Head

6/26/2023 11:56:36 PM
Most Insincere Song Ever?

6/15/2023 2:48:41 AM
A Song Should Be One of Two Things ...

6/3/2023 1:43:09 AM
A New Song About an Old Subject

5/2/2023 1:49:46 AM
Finishing a Song is like Solving a Crossword Puzzle

3/21/2023 2:41:43 AM
Some Thoughts on the Electric Guitar

1/8/2023 12:45:42 AM
One More Time ...

1/3/2023 1:44:21 AM
The Joy of Taking One's Time

12/19/2022 2:22:04 AM
Possibly the Worst Hook Ever

12/13/2022 2:34:33 AM
And if I ever lose my hands ...

11/6/2022 1:05:37 AM
And the Song Goes On

10/5/2022 3:45:02 AM
Favorite Voice of the 20th Century?

8/27/2022 4:00:09 AM
A Sad Question

7/26/2022 9:31:38 PM
Wrote This Song Six Months Ago

5/29/2022 2:38:18 AM
Ultimate Make-Out Song?

5/29/2022 1:40:00 AM
The Value of Live Music

5/3/2022 2:41:43 AM
Music is So Mysterious

4/19/2022 3:21:31 AM
Musical Joke Thread

1/13/2022 12:16:32 AM
A Song to Make You Smile

12/25/2021 8:32:57 PM
And Now for Something Completely Different ...

10/16/2021 3:44:13 AM
A New Song - "Glad We Came"

8/5/2021 2:05:47 AM
What's your Favorite Love Song?

5/22/2021 3:18:39 AM
It's a Love Thing (New Song)

5/15/2021 2:25:36 AM
How Do You Think Primitive Music Started?

4/30/2021 4:28:30 AM
At first, it was the chicks.

4/23/2021 1:41:38 PM
Tribute to a Fallen Brother (New Song)

3/27/2021 3:33:11 AM
Ready for a Slow Dance?

3/6/2021 2:25:33 AM
I think I'm a pretty good musician, until ...

2/20/2021 3:30:32 AM
Yet Another Love song

2/14/2021 3:44:58 AM
A realization about songwriting

1/22/2021 3:29:40 AM
I have this theory ...

1/11/2021 2:33:41 AM
A fun little groove

12/29/2020 9:06:24 PM
In the end she used me, but the falling sure was nice

12/21/2020 1:47:09 AM
A song inspired by my 95 year old father

10/18/2020 4:27:05 AM
Overheard a 20-something saying that the Beatles were overrated

10/13/2020 10:29:55 PM
A Feel-Good Song

10/4/2020 1:54:19 AM
Why do you write?

9/25/2020 2:36:43 AM
An easy late night jazz tune

9/2/2020 2:21:37 AM
Love is the Key

8/1/2020 3:36:53 AM
Any advice on recording a tambourine?

6/23/2020 4:16:14 PM
An odd new song

3/8/2020 3:32:39 AM
New Song

11/19/2019 4:38:20 PM
Why Wonder Why?

6/30/2018 3:03:34 AM
What do you think of Steely Dan?

5/8/2018 11:31:12 PM
Shopping Music

5/3/2018 2:06:57 PM
New Song

7/25/2017 2:55:33 PM
The MonLisa Twins

7/22/2017 9:08:31 PM
Hello old friends and new

8/3/2014 6:07:01 PM
The origins of music

6/18/2014 5:20:14 PM
For the Want of You

5/25/2014 8:53:05 PM
Please give a listen!

2/24/2014 5:25:29 PM
It has been awhile ...

9/22/2013 7:07:18 PM
I've been so out-of-touch lately - here's a new song

8/8/2013 12:36:50 PM
A new mix - your comments welcome

8/3/2013 11:07:19 AM
Was Hank Williams rock 'n' roll?

7/18/2013 10:45:05 AM
All Over Again

6/26/2013 2:26:45 PM
Get your producer hat on

5/14/2013 5:17:34 PM
A rough of a new song

4/15/2013 10:00:19 PM
I'm not sure if I should post this, but ...

4/12/2013 8:04:57 PM
Why I love IAC

3/23/2013 2:58:51 PM
The singer as actor

2/15/2013 10:31:59 AM
I've been hiding again

2/3/2013 10:43:25 PM
This is kind of a crazy song

1/11/2013 11:19:46 AM
A simple love song

12/31/2012 9:32:10 AM
Do you get high?

12/18/2012 6:36:08 PM
A song about my childhood?

12/17/2012 6:50:36 PM
What I love about IAC

12/14/2012 7:25:29 PM
Is virtuosity dead?

12/10/2012 7:51:04 PM
Tell me if this title is too cliche.

12/7/2012 7:15:12 PM
What dead artist do you wish you had seen live?

12/1/2012 7:45:12 PM
One of my favorite things

11/16/2012 8:54:00 PM
This song might have been a hit in 1932.

11/11/2012 9:46:12 AM
Some more new rock

11/2/2012 8:06:51 PM
Listen to a remix

10/21/2012 4:55:54 PM
Tom gets heavy

9/30/2012 2:26:37 PM
The Disappearing Heart (new song)

9/12/2012 2:29:09 PM
You like a little reggae/pop/ska?

8/28/2012 6:32:30 PM
Check out this new pop tune!

8/17/2012 7:56:46 PM
A new sound experiment

7/24/2012 8:36:08 PM
Something I'd overlooked

6/25/2012 8:32:17 PM
Where I've been hiding lately

5/20/2012 2:56:27 PM
A little jazz track

4/22/2012 8:54:46 AM
"Ordinary Girl" is just acoustic guitars and voices - give it a listen!

3/26/2012 4:25:20 PM
First new song in a while

2/25/2012 5:25:05 PM
Announcing our new album!

1/27/2012 12:52:57 PM
You're out there are your surfboard ...

12/30/2011 7:54:37 PM
My first live gig in a while

12/26/2011 2:48:08 PM
Can you help?

12/6/2011 4:00:04 PM
Your sheckles needed!

11/27/2011 12:20:31 PM
Your Roots They Go Down

11/15/2011 8:33:53 PM
A song about a survivor

10/16/2011 2:21:52 PM
New Song "Crush"

10/2/2011 12:38:13 PM
"Change the World"

9/18/2011 2:16:48 PM
Just in case you're interested

9/3/2011 8:36:16 PM
I Will Leave No Song Unsung

8/12/2011 12:52:46 PM
Passing of our beloved bunny

8/8/2011 8:57:07 PM
My girlfriend didn't like this song ...

8/8/2011 2:35:10 PM
Check out the Trip Poppies

8/5/2011 7:24:20 PM
Can we help who we are?

7/26/2011 11:01:54 AM
New groovy, moody song

7/13/2011 6:38:10 PM
Just thought of a new idea for IAC

7/1/2011 6:43:54 PM
Predominance of hot chicks on the Hitline

6/26/2011 8:04:32 AM
I was in a bit of a funk

6/18/2011 10:14:16 AM
Papa don't preach

6/12/2011 7:19:00 AM
Losing her virginity

6/6/2011 10:21:48 AM
Attention Seattle beer drinkers and art lovers

5/28/2011 1:52:17 PM
God Don't Care

4/17/2011 1:55:45 PM
Groove on this:

3/31/2011 1:29:05 PM
"Welcome to the Party"

3/21/2011 8:06:51 PM
I'm so wanting to upload my new song...

3/3/2011 9:09:49 AM
I have to beg your indulgence ...

1/30/2011 12:33:12 PM
Welcome back IAC!

12/17/2010 12:03:56 PM
A new social consciousness song

12/13/2010 11:43:34 AM
Christmas Muzak! Aaaaaargh!

12/4/2010 3:59:05 PM
This is your reminder ...

11/23/2010 3:46:54 PM
Just in time for Thanksgiving...

11/19/2010 7:49:19 PM
Am I reading this right?

11/17/2010 10:50:46 AM
Played my first open mic in quite some time

11/15/2010 9:18:34 AM
I've posted a new song ...

11/8/2010 10:17:07 AM
So, Rolling Stone rated "A Day in the Life" as the top Beatles' tune ...

11/7/2010 2:26:50 PM
The Buddha's Christmas video

11/1/2010 11:05:21 AM
Any art lovers out there?

10/25/2010 8:36:51 PM
Check out my new song - I promise it's not typical!

10/19/2010 6:49:39 PM
Just discovered the band "minipop."

10/16/2010 5:15:17 PM
And I don't even really like blues ...

10/9/2010 1:33:39 PM
I have a new song!

10/6/2010 5:42:52 PM
My song, "Beautiful Pain" is on the hitline!

9/29/2010 11:23:25 AM
Who are the big names at IAC?

9/25/2010 12:06:18 PM
"This Is the Moment" and "Broke My Brain"

9/17/2010 6:50:12 PM
Anyone familiar with ACM Records?

9/14/2010 5:43:20 PM
Re-mix of an older song

9/11/2010 3:10:49 PM
"When Push Comes to Love"

9/5/2010 12:11:38 PM
"Beautiful Pain"

8/29/2010 3:08:52 PM
A new pretty song

8/20/2010 7:39:33 PM
Voices that move you?

8/15/2010 12:15:45 PM
A new rockin' song!

8/10/2010 6:36:22 PM
Humdinger of a weekend!

8/1/2010 3:56:00 PM
Don't know what to say about this song ...

7/25/2010 1:27:28 PM
A bit of silliness.

7/20/2010 12:25:57 PM
Check out this fun pop tune, please!

7/9/2010 6:44:59 PM
First new release in a while

7/6/2010 10:11:52 AM
A Modest Proposal

6/15/2010 6:35:44 PM
The 10 second test

6/6/2010 1:44:09 PM
Finally cracked the top 100 in a genre!

6/6/2010 1:19:52 PM
What gives your life meaning?

5/18/2010 6:41:39 PM
Remember those free lyrics I offered?

5/14/2010 6:53:11 PM
Would you rather have a rockin' bod ...

4/30/2010 3:29:14 PM
Heading to Kauai

4/23/2010 8:41:57 PM
Wonky charts again

4/21/2010 11:36:28 AM
WIN ... FREE ... SEX

4/18/2010 3:20:25 PM
Check out this talent!

4/16/2010 8:53:13 PM
The story of music

4/9/2010 8:19:25 PM
Free Lyrics

4/4/2010 1:11:13 PM
What's the difference between a jazz guitarist and a rock guitarist?

3/31/2010 12:08:08 PM
What would you do with a million dollars ...

3/23/2010 9:11:14 PM
This site has seemed a little quiet lately.

3/16/2010 12:05:16 PM
She isn't Quite Not

3/9/2010 3:27:17 PM
And now for something completely different ...

3/8/2010 2:58:20 PM
I just want to write an "Under the Boardwalk"

3/1/2010 11:18:24 AM
Little by Little

2/22/2010 4:26:10 PM
Which is sexier - guitar or drums?

2/21/2010 4:11:50 PM
"When You're Looking Down" - another new song - Are you tired of me yet?

2/15/2010 3:22:26 PM
Groovy new tune for Valentine's Day

2/8/2010 12:33:35 PM
Dig This

1/22/2010 12:04:22 PM
A radical message

1/19/2010 3:52:57 PM
Alarming spike in listens?

1/10/2010 1:14:27 PM
Tell me if this song is too corny

1/4/2010 12:11:51 PM
How do I get on Neil Young's "Living with War Today" site?

1/1/2010 5:17:32 PM
Do you Brits prefer to called "English" or British?"

12/31/2009 3:48:26 PM
Worries of the World...

12/28/2009 8:14:39 PM
Do lyrics really matter?

12/27/2009 5:19:41 PM
Peace in the New Year to come

12/22/2009 10:15:40 AM
The Buddha's Christmas

12/20/2009 2:41:46 PM
An overlooked Christmas song

12/14/2009 8:53:44 PM
Petition to get "cuz" in the dictionary

12/6/2009 1:22:05 PM
OK, problem fixed (I hope) - now please give a listen to my new song.

12/3/2009 3:24:23 PM
New song to share

11/15/2009 3:11:32 PM
Any connections in the Seattle/Portland music scene?

11/6/2009 9:30:59 PM
Please listen to my new song, Digging This Ditch."

10/30/2009 9:15:39 PM
John or Paul?

10/23/2009 9:38:19 PM
Ever been "busted" at work?

10/17/2009 1:31:17 PM
New tune and free CD!

10/4/2009 4:19:58 PM
Little known fact: reindeer will eat fried chicken

9/26/2009 1:10:20 PM
Sad, but true, story

9/20/2009 4:26:19 PM
Please give my new song a listen?

9/16/2009 7:49:14 PM
Tooting my own horn

8/30/2009 11:58:18 PM
Any Crowded House fans out there?

8/29/2009 8:23:06 PM
Rough mix of a new tune

8/28/2009 6:53:41 PM
Which came first - rhythm or melody?

8/26/2009 1:45:42 AM
Bob Elliott and I have made the Underground 40!

8/21/2009 7:09:01 PM
Now with Drums!

8/17/2009 5:34:12 PM
Little Shot

8/14/2009 10:28:24 PM
Anyone seen my song?

8/14/2009 8:53:25 PM
New song to check out

8/8/2009 11:06:02 PM
This song will change your life...

7/30/2009 1:53:15 AM
I don't mean to whine but...

7/27/2009 5:48:37 PM
What's your reason for songwriting?

7/24/2009 8:37:17 PM
I like these lyrics - listen to the tune if you like them!

7/19/2009 7:57:49 PM
If you like rockabilly...

7/12/2009 9:17:13 PM
How do we vote?

7/2/2009 10:01:15 PM
My new favorite song - and it's my own!

6/24/2009 8:24:57 PM
Lyrics to entice you

6/17/2009 6:35:58 PM
Are you a happy person?

6/17/2009 1:51:16 AM
An interesting thought about race...

6/10/2009 1:22:49 AM
How important are titles?

6/8/2009 5:49:54 PM
Low volume tune

5/31/2009 11:41:35 PM
I don't get tattoos!

5/26/2009 8:36:56 PM
Is this a cliche?

5/26/2009 5:39:24 PM
A new old song

5/20/2009 5:49:10 PM
Who (besides yourself) should I listen?

5/19/2009 12:28:34 AM
Don't let the title put you off!

5/18/2009 5:44:41 PM
This is a dumb etiquette/technical question

5/10/2009 6:20:10 PM
Honored to be charted!

5/6/2009 7:02:31 PM
CDs for free!

5/6/2009 2:52:50 AM
The problem with apostrophes

4/30/2009 10:18:43 PM
For the visual among you

4/28/2009 5:16:11 PM
Just want to share my world



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Tom O'Brien

12/7/2012 7:15:12 PM

What dead artist do you wish you had seen live?
Ella Fitzgerald used to play San Francisco a lot when I lived there. I always intended to see her, but never did. She was an amazing lady.

Also Sinatra used to play Tahoe. My older brother saw him once and was in awe.

Before my time, but my mom once saw Nat King Cole in a little lounge in Tahoe and was about twenty feet from the stage.




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Chandra Moon

12/8/2012 1:41:16 AM


When I was young I saw so many of the greats - The Who, Santana, Led Zep and tons more but I never saw the late great Jimi Hendrix.....


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Richard Scotti

12/8/2012 4:22:59 AM ---- Updated 12/9/2012 7:22:33 AM


I've seen Sinatra and Hendrix and almost all the great artists live although I never saw Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, or John lennon live. I did see the other 3 Beatles live but I regret not being able to see Lennon. The song by Billie Holiday that you all should hear is "Strange Fruit." It's the most intense and haunting songs I've ever heard. I wish I had seen her sing it live. It's not only a song, it's a history lesson and a prayer, an amazing work of art. Here are the lyrics:

Songwriters: WIGGINS, DWAYNE P. / PEARL, MAURICE / ALLAN, LEWIS

Strange Fruit

Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

Pastoral scene of the gallant south,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.

Here is fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.


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Chandra Moon

12/8/2012 8:41:36 AM


Those lyrics made me cry. I haven't even listened yet.


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Hop On Pop

12/8/2012 7:03:28 PM


The Clash
(I saw Strummer solo, but it wasn't the same.)

Hendrix
Robert Quine (with the Voidoids)


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Bob Elliott

12/9/2012 8:58:29 AM


I haven't seen anybody hardly, live or dead.


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Steve Ison

12/9/2012 9:43:18 AM ---- Updated 12/9/2012 9:55:34 AM


The Beatles ! Hendrix,T.Rex
Never really go to see 'famous' live bands...I go to see The Beat (who had a few bug hits in the UK late 70s early 80s) -but thats only 'cos my best mate's their current guitarist and he gets me in for free lol

Had a chance to see an incarnation of Love a few years ago -but due to circumstances couldn't go...Then Arthur Lee died and i really regret it :(

Yeh Richard...Strange Fruit's an amazing spine-tingling track


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Stoneman

12/9/2012 11:54:02 AM


James Brown
Luther Vandross
Billy Preston
Jimi Hendrix
Charlie Parker
John Lennon
Michael Jackson

A word about Strange Fruit. I grew up listening to this song. My great grandmother use to always have tears in her eyes when she played it. She was 112 years old when she died. My great grandfather was tarred, feathered and lynched in the early 1900's. He was accused of land theft even though he held the title in his name. They took all the land from him and gave it the White people who lied and said he had stolen their land. Anyway, She never re-married and never got over it. I could always see the pain in her eyes. Consequently, my family always plays it at our reunions. We always cry...............


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Shoe City Sound

12/9/2012 1:49:11 PM ---- Updated 12/9/2012 1:50:49 PM


Stoneman, I have never heard of a person who's life was anything remotely like yours. I am dead serious when I say that if you haven't started it already, you MUST right a book.

Also, Strange Fruit is one of the most horrifying songs ever written and still it's beautiful. There are no words to describe the power of music.

Wish I had ever seen/heard Claude Debussy play anything he ever composed.


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Tom O'Brien

12/10/2012 7:23:01 PM


Yes, Strange Fruit is a powerful piece of music. And Billie sang it so hauntingly. I almost can't imagine any other voice having the same impact. You could feel how personal it was to her.

Stoneman, Whenever I hear stories of lynchings, I am embarrassed for this country. We still have a long way to go. My own father, I'm ashamed to say, is a bigot. He's a wonderful man in many ways, but he's got some old school prejudices. I'm glad to say that my brothers and sisters all looked to him as a negative example in that way. The current generation of O'Brien's really do judge people not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

Dolores, yes, I would've loved to see Debussy play Gymnopedie #3. It is so brilliant in its straightforward simplicity.

I also would've loved to see Paganini play the violin. Or hear Caruso sing.

I've never been an Elvis Presley fan, but I'm sure that would've been a memorable experience to see him.

Oh, and what about Buddy Holly?

Now I'm thinking of so many others - what about Andres Segovia? He only died fairly recently.


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Shoe City Sound

12/11/2012 10:07:14 AM


Tom I'm almost certain that the Gymnopedie were written by Eric Satie, but from your description, I'm sure we're talking about the same music here. I love that one too.


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Tom O'Brien

12/11/2012 6:38:23 PM


You're totally right, that was Satie. My mistake. The early 20th century was a great era for classical music.


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Steve April

12/12/2012 12:26:49 PM ---- Updated 12/12/2012 12:29:16 PM


I find m'satisfactions from listening to a diverse group of artists/muscians, many here on IAC, whom I consider to be explorerers, and consciousness raisers, like the august assenblage on this thread, includin' stoneman, tom, dolores, richard, chandra, and all.

however, I've been pleased to see/hear live and up close in the 80s, richie havens, rick danko, john phillips, jerry jeff walker, dave mason, shawn colvin, maria muldaur, to name a few.

The opening act for many of them, was me. lol...

My friend owned a music club, in upstate New York, and asked me to comanage with him.

I met Shawn Colvin before she was famous, she'd ride up on a greyhound bus, and I'd meet her at the station, she was shivering cold, and barely wore a coat.
Shawn was so very talented, and I remember her playing songs like "I Don't Know Why" (on her first album a few years later) a the club to an audience of 8 or so. Tough times for Shawn, I'm glad good things came her way.


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Stoneman

12/12/2012 12:34:26 PM


Wow Steve, that is an awesome list of artists that you have opened for.

Much Respect!


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Richard Scotti

12/12/2012 9:42:28 PM


I saw Segovia play at Carnegie Hall in NYC. I was very young and it totally blew my mind. It inspired me to become a true guitar devotee even before the rock music bug bit me. The precision and the nuanced sensitivity behind every note was breathtaking
and just as amazing was the fact that he was playing a nylon string guitar without any amplification and the quietest notes rang out to the very last rows with ease.


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Jesse Adams

12/13/2012 7:13:11 AM


Beethoven.


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Tom O'Brien

12/13/2012 6:32:30 PM


Steve,
I've completely forgotten about Shawn Colvin. I think she was an amazing songwriter! And a great artist. I wasn't aware she had died! A friend made me some tapes of her stuff back in the 90's and I couldn't believe she wasn't a bigger name. She deserved to be.


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Steve April

12/14/2012 7:37:58 PM ---- Updated 12/14/2012 7:39:34 PM


hi tom,

yeah, shawn's very good.

dunno about all their wherabouts now, hopefully shawn's out there makin' music, rick danko and john phillips passed away, that i know.

i remember takin' a walk with shawn on a snowy winter night, after she did her set at our club, up to a kinda ol barn, where they did local rock'n roll. the place was packed. I told her, when she said she was depressed, "things will get better for you." she was havin' trouble findin' a place to live, gettin' gigs, she came up doin' folk music in n.y. city. the next day, we threw a football around.








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Tom O'Brien

12/15/2012 8:06:39 PM


Thanks for the vid. I'd never even seen her before. Love that song. "If there were no music, then I would not get through." Right?


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Bob Elliott

12/17/2012 4:29:22 PM


Sometimes it's hard for me to watch other people play on stage. If my and lived near me and we played out often it would not be hard.


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Tom O'Brien

12/17/2012 6:41:38 PM


You and I are going to have to go to a show in San Francisco. Maybe we'll bring Jay and Greg along. They'll know where to hear good unknowns.


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Voodoohead Productions

12/17/2012 7:14:23 PM


Used to hang with a buddy who loved trekking downtown and we went to concerts on a regular basis and managed to see a lot of rockers from Led Zep to Jackson Browne, Pat Benetar to Gary Numan many Canadian groups that you may not know of like April Wine and Trooper , and of course most know of BTO etc. so been fortunate to see just about every Genre there is,

But never got to see Elvis, that would have been cool


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