I say this with the certitude only someone who has taught a mere four classes over two days, can say. And, I was co-teaching! Robin Bienemann and I did it…
Gerald Dowd. I had seen him on stage. I had been on stage with him. But I had never really “seen” him, until a Christmas show hosted by Rachel Drew at Sylvie’s.
You remember the story of how Robin and I started going to FitzGeralds, right? How he lured me there and I went reluctantly, with the promise of meeting this one wonderful musical couple?
Dag Juhlin: the man, the myth, the legend. I snuck out of my house to see him play at the West End in The Slugs. When my mom found out, she grounded me for weeks. I snuck out the next…
FitzGerald’s is much more than a legendary venue that, under the leadership of Bill FitzGerald and the watchful eye of Kate FitzGerald, was the first to present artists like Clifton Chenier, Marcia Ball, Pat McLaughlin. It’s fans are legion, it’s…
When you get together with friends, and start talking, the line blurs between collaboration and life, doesn't it? If you've got the right friends, and if you're reading this blog I am quite sure that you do, chances are excellent…
All collaboration begins with a willingness to hear and know what you want to create. Willingness is the soil that allows an idea to germinate in your consciousness.
Maybe the idea got there through conscious cultivation, maybe through benign neglect…
I am lucky enough to be in a couple of songwriter groups, one based in Chicago and one with people from all over the US. The internet-based group is called The Tunesmiths, and I just spent September collaborating with two…