“I have no more than I did before, but now I’ve got all that I need, for I love you and I know you love me.” It was clear from the start that Mike Nesmith was the most talented of the Monkees. For one thing, he was a songwriter, not just a musician, and heContinue reading “He traveled to the beat of a different drum”
Category Archives: Words and music
The NaNoWriMo Lure
The heroine of his story looked over from her exile. “Now, boss? You want to hear the rest of the story now?” “Pretty soon,” he promised. “Pretty soon.” … or WAS it a promise? He’d been here before — trying to figure out his impulse to procrastinate, the fear of accomplishing the task, the certaintyContinue reading “The NaNoWriMo Lure”
A perfect Carly Simon playlist
Carly Simon is one of those artists who makes you feel like you know her from listening to her songs. I have been captivated from the moment back in 1971 (!) that I heard her first hit single, “That’s The Way I Always Heard It Should Be.” It was intimate, it was painful, it wasContinue reading “A perfect Carly Simon playlist”
W.B.’s Book Report: Tommy James’ autobiography
The magic just grabs some people. My cousin’s dear one shared his copy of a book by Tommy James called Me, the Mob and the Music, and I raced through the first half last night. It’s quite a tale. It’s the story of a kid who was gripped by the magic early in life andContinue reading “W.B.’s Book Report: Tommy James’ autobiography”
Words and music and words about music
I restrung the 12-string guitar on Sunday. First I took the nine old strings off and wiped the dust from my old friend, who had been hanging on the wall for a long time. Something had made me wait. I looked up at her more than once in all this time, and I would takeContinue reading “Words and music and words about music”