Thor Bendickson and Wayne Tagle host WMNF’s In the Groove program on Tuesday nights, spinning the best in studio and live jamband music. The dynamic duo have hosted a number of live musical events such as the Little Manatee Jam Fest and several Groovefests at Skipper’s Smokehouse. Those shows would include a half-dozen or more…
Photographer David Lee and I were covering The Big WHAT?, Big Something’s annual party, in Mebane NC in June. One of my great delights is in “discovering” bands I’ve never seen before, and that happened a dozen or more times while we were there, but perhaps none so much as Opposite Box. Here is what…
There are boatloads of motivational speakers shouting all sort of platitudes and encouragement and advice on how to make something of yourself. It wasn’t always that way, though. There were a few (think Norman Vincent Peale), but not many. On the other hand, there were plenty of curmudgeons around. There was a young lad of…
Music is life, and life is good. And sometimes, you just need to say Thank You. So… Thank you, Serotonic, for dedicating yourselves to your music. Thank you, Lovie, for hosting music at your wonderful establishment, the Manhattan Dolce Bar and Bistro. Thank you, Serotonic ladies, for allowing your boys to do what they do….
Are we the only ones not over there?!? That was Wayne, co-host of WMNF’s In the Groove, the jamband show, greeting Linda and me as we arrived (late) at the Independent, a great, relatively new place on Florida Avenue in Tampa. I knew exactly what he meant, although there were plenty of patrons there, inside…
Fifteen seconds. Fifteen seconds! That’s how long it took for the Lee Boys to get tears running down my face. Tears of joy. Psalm 100 says, “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord.” With the Lee Boys, that is an understatement. The Lee Boys, who hail from Perrine, a small community south of Miami, are…
I have finally figured out what the problem is. There is WAAAAY too much great music out there. OK, it’s only a problem because I cannot get to it all. But this weekend, I made three more great discoveries (for me). On Saturday, at WMNF’s Groovefest 4 (hosted by Thor at Skipper’s), the Heavy Pets…