Day Two (August 8) of the craziness began just as Day One did, at Della’s After Dark, with Fil Pate, performing as Filoop, looping his guitar and mandolin in beautiful style. I am truly amazed that jazz was the most recent of his musical genre acquisitions. He had another stellar first set before I had…
The place was slammed for a Monday night. Any night, really. OK, it was 4/20, dude. But still. These Captain Green boys have been here so often you’d think they were house-hunting! Actually, they have made great connections here in Central Florida and are increasing their exposure, working to widen their geographical territory. They are…
When you ride a roller coaster, you expect ups and downs. In fact, you expect the ups and downs to even out. So what if you are on a roller coaster that only has ups, with maybe the occasional slight dip? How does that work? That’s what my musical life feels like right now. It…
Oh yes, it’s ladies’ night, oh what a night, oh what a night! Ok, it wasn’t just ladies’ night, but the ladies were first and foremost on this glorious Saturday night! I had never been to the Blueberry Patch in Gulfport (huge mistake), and at that I arrived late and missed a lot of music…