#clarinetist／singer

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

💃 Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol (Postmodern Jukebox Cover) ft. Chloe Feoranzo clarinetist／singer 🎶

[aiiaiiiyo]

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The Drew Brothers

Here's more insight on the Drew brothers for my Mouse House AU, particularly what they do at work with a bit of backstory. The three of them have gone through a lot back at the studio when they were young and now that they grew up they try to make ends meet in Toon Town; one of them clearly dealing with things better than the others.

Here's what the text says below if it's not too legible, with corrections:

Bendy

Mouse House pianist/singer vocalist/performer (sometimes)

Too tired for shit

Suffers PTSD

Boris

Mouse House saxist & clarinetist

Nervous & shy around new people

Stress eats (generally likes food)

Whitexx

Mouse House vocalist/performer

Their more successful twin brother

Rizz king

[oloovia]

long poem "i hate myself"

literally just pouring out emotion here, bit of a lengthy one i hate myself so deeply within my soul that little girl inside is all i hear the knocking, knocking, knocking the scratching, begging, clawing for some sense of relief relief. what is relief? a sense of calm that lasts temporarily? the quietness that i so desire? does relief come in the form of a pill? can i get it injected into my brain? my veins? can i please just get some sort of fucking answer i am tired i am drained i am e x h a u s t e d  fuck, at this point i’ll take that sigh of relief writers write about a sigh is better than the mess my mind is right now as long as i get the silence i need without needing to be asleep. why does my mind never stop racing, rushing, running, wrapping around every single little thought just give. me. a. break. one second of peace is all i yearn for that second of peace will do more for me than any self-help, self- guided, self-studied therapist journal, video, meditation, coping technique has ever done. back to that little girl the one i failed so flawlessly i feel sorry for her she was once filled to the brim with hope and happiness dancer, actress, singer,  professional fucking clarinetist all dreams that died. all dreams that were unattainable to start with. and realized quickly. now i stay up until 3 am, screaming and shouting my heart and mind  into a keyboard and google docs. everyday is the fucking same wake up: 9:15 work: 10:00 lunch break (if taken): 13:00 get home: 18:00 if motivation is present (typically not): gym: 19:30 if motivation is not present (usual): doom scroll and nap intermittently: 18:00-0:00 shower (sometimes wait until morning): 00:00 journal (in between): 00:30-03:00 hate self with rage and stay in my brain: 00:30-03:00 find time to hate self via google docs poetry: 00:30-03:00 go to bed and repeat every. single. day. all i wish for is one second. just one.

[waterlemon-melon]

✨give it up for our clarinetist: apollo justice!✨

og text post | phoenix | miles | maya and pearl | franziska | mia

an update headcanon from the og post:

polly’s new to the orchestra!! very emotional, expressive but straightforward playing. he can be too loud sometimes (sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t). there is a certain naivety to his playing during aa4-1 plot. was a student under kristoph (learning performance). wanted to learn some soloist tips from phoenix but then shit went down (aa4-1).

his go-tos:

either of these gershwin pieces is apollo’s favourite to play bc he gets be loud (rhapsody in blue is his favourite to play in a symphony (he likes to warm up with that solo clarinet opening) and the 1st prelude is his go to chamber piece). but also i chose gershwin bc it’s more jazz heavy than classical and it’s similar to the actual aa4 music (which is more jazz/blues than the trilogy music). additionally, gershwin was actually denied studying under many famous people like ravel and nadia boulanger bc he already had such a distinct style (ravel even said that he would just make gershwin into a bad ravel if he were to teach him). i think it’s kinda similar to apollo who, unlike phoenix in aa1, has a distinct personality right from his debut (game mechanics wise) and phoenix basically did not mentor apollo at all and instead used him for his own gains

interestingly, i chose a mozart piece for apollo bc mozart is fairly straightforward, simple yet has that element of improvisation. which i think matches apollo’s tendencies in court: wanting everything to be straightforward but he can improvise his way through tricky situations like the end of aa4-4 to convict kristoph (with the help of phoenix, or lack there of). but this movement is actually slow and almost has that emotional aspect? which i think apollo likes that. (also hinting that connection with lamiroir (i think she would be an opera singer here) and clarinet being the closest thing to the human voice)

i actually kinda also associate him with tchaikovsky, very passionate, very emotional (apollo cares a lot!!). but since tchaik didn’t write much for solo clarinet, i put his violin concerto here since it has a clarinet (and oboe but mostly clarinet) opening in the 2nd movement

(also hint hint for sb in particular)

[lboogie1906]

Julius Edward McCullough was (born May 31, 1943) composer, clarinetist, conductor, political activist, and educator who was born in Norfolk to Julius Arthur McCullough and Bettye Frances Farmer McCullough. They had two children.

He graduated from Norfolk Division of Virginia State College with a BS. He studied Instrumental Musthe ic Education as his principal instruments were clarinet and piano. He was a Charter Member of Epsilon Zeta Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. He took a series of teaching positions in North Carolina and Virginia. He studied Music Supervision in the Temple University Graduate Program.

He was Band Director at Hine Junior High School and was a Union Representative to the Washington Teacher’s Union. He resumed graduate studies in Music Education at Virginia State College.

He married Laureese Shepherd Ebron. She died in 2011. There were no children.

He toured with the Duke Ellington Orchestra as a singer in the performance of his Sacred Concerts while serving as a Band Director with the Philadelphia School District. He became the first African American theater manager of a major American professional theater, The Valley Forge Music Fair, the sister theater to the Westbury Music Fair.

He was a Resident Composer and Artistic Consultant for Bushfire Theater Company, Charisma One Modeling Studio, and the Freedom Theatre in Philadelphia. He conducted the Pit Stop Orchestra, Center City Nightlife Orchestra, The Family Orchestra, and The Philadelphia Story Band. He was the Music Director in the Performing Arts Department of the Franklin Learning Center High School for Creative and Performing Arts. He retired from the Philadelphia School District He was a professor of music at St. Paul’s Episcopal College. He became the Artistic Director/Conductor of the Boys Choir of Hampton Roads. His compositions focus on religious music. They include “The Lord’s Prayer”, “The Lord is My Shepherd”, and “My Lord, What A Morning.”

He is a member of Life Member of the NAACP and serves on the Executive Board of the Norfolk Branch. He is president of the Tidewater Branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[projazznet]

Charlie Gabriel – Eighty Nine

The debut album from beloved New Orleans saxophonist, clarinetist, and singer Charlie Gabriel, 2022’s Eighty Nine is a warm and intimate showcase for the longtime Preservation Hall bandmember.

[karerasakunamisstrap]

If jojo characters were in a symphonic orchestra;

THE JOJOS-

Jonathan, Cello 1

Joseph, Solo Tenor saxophone

Jotaro, Violin 2 (from his goodboy days)

Josuke4, Trombone

Giorno, Cello 1

Jolyne, Alto Sax 2

Johnny,

Jousk8, Bassoon 2

JOBROS/TEAMS/HOES

Speedwagon, Viola section chair

Erina Joestar, Flute section chair

Tonpetty, Violin 2

Dire, Euphonium

Straizo, Violin 1

Caesar Zeppeli, Clarinet 1

Lisa Lisa, Cello section chair

Suzi Q, Alto Sax 1

Stroheim, Horn ( & wagner tuba )

Holly Kujo, Viola 1

Kakyoin, Violin section chair

Polnareff, Violin 2

Koichi, Clarinet 2

Okuyasu, solo Bari sax

Rohan Kishibe, Oboe chair

Yukako, Clarinet 3 ( sits next to koichi

Abbachio, Euphonium

Fugo, Cello 2

Narancia, Auxilliary Percussion

Mista, Flute 1

Trish, Solo E flat Clarinet

Ermes, Timpani

Foo, trumpet

Weather, Piano

Anasui, Flute

Lucy steel, Viola 2

Diego, Bass clarinet Chair

Hot pants, Trumpet

Yasuho, Tuba

Rai, Trumpet

Joshu, "Percussion" grandpa made him do it

Karera, Bass

Kira8, Bassoon Chair (prefers french bassoons)

EXCEPTIONS SO FAR

Johnny doubles on Banjo and Guitar but hasn't played much.

Gyro plays the Lute for chamber music.

Will Zeppeli, Bruno, and Norisuke would all be the Conductors, each all playing piano and respectively maining on oboe, Tenor Voice and Viola.

Wekapipo is a baritone voice, and the orchestra has no choir.

Emporio is in the audience

Mountain tim plays the Guitar, and sings, around halfway between baritone and tenor.

Avdol Is in the audience, he plays the Duduk and has visited as a soloist but more frequently just spectates.

George Joestar I and Steven steel are the people setting this ensemble up and funding it.

Loggins and Messina are a Wham!, Hall and Oates, or Simon and Garfinkel type duo

VILLAINS, MINOR AND MAJOR

Dio brando. Visiting Violin Soloist

Tarkus & Bruford, trained in Natural horn ( one of the rings was a horn ) but currently playing Modern Horn

Jack the ripper, Violin 3 (trained for part 1 but put in 3 because everyone hates him and knows he'll be upset)

Doobie... Auxiliary percussion

Kars, opera bass

Esidesi is not allowed in the building or it will burn down, but he excels in handdrumming

Wamuu, expert in all things flute. doubles on piccolo and alto flute, for a little more range in the section

Wired Beck... Auxiliary percussion

Enya, former Clarinetist

Vanilla Ice, Cello 2

D'arby brothers, both on pitched percussion

N'Doul, Visiting piano soloist. very famous! like if stevie wonder preferred classical

Steely Dan, Trumpet 2

Yoshikage Kira, bass trombone. but he hasn't done much since college...

Yuya Fungami, Bass

Tonio, Oboe, but prefers his doubled Cor Angalis

Diavolo, Alto Clarinet & Bass Clarinet 2

Doppio, Contrabass Clarinet ( Rarely gets to play )

Risotto, Trombone chair

Ghiaccio, Piano ( every other instrument makes him angry about the design )

Prosciutto, Clarinet 2

Gwess, Flute, but she cares more about eating pussy than music. it's admirable to us all.

Pucci, organ

Lang Rangler... Snare drum

Blackmore, Violin 2

Magent Magent, Viola 2

Dr Ferdinand, Cello 2

Jobin, Trombone 3

Kei nijimura, Violin 3

Yotsuyu, Violin 2

Aisho, clarinet 2

Urban Guerilla, Viola 1

VILLAIN EXCEPTIONS

Hol horse plays the guitar

Akira Otoishi :)

Keicho certainly plays electric bass

Cioccolata is too busy being himself with his boyslave to do any music. he did learn violin once upon a time.

Squalo and Tiziano are jazzers

Leaky eye luca is a lounge singer

illuso is a famous singer/songwriter/musician and Formaggio plays bass for him

Pesci just goes fishing

Melone just games instead of playing any instruments

Johngalli A. is a dancer

all of dio's children are too lazy or just care about only other things

Miraschon had a habit of betting other musicians to play stuff for money and got kicked out by old joestar. played violin 2

Funny Valentine, Steel guitar

Ringo Roadagain, jaw harp and 12 string guitar

The eleven men are their own choir.

Sandman chooses not to participate in western music

Oyecomova plays the timbale drums ( yes, just like tito puente )

Tooru learned everything from guitar to flute over his very long life but just acts like a teenager right now and doesn't use much of it

Damo Tamaki, says he can play sax and can't

IN CONCLUSION; i need more things to do with my time. see you when i make a jazz group of jojo characters ❤️❤️

[mishalikessoundsandcolours]

Tumblr only allows one video per post so here's another one from the concert where me and one of our guitarists played as a sax/clarinet duo, it's a cover of Alles Bricht by Buntspecht (it's a really wonderful song, y'all should check out the original too)

This was the last time we played this one because our guitarist-clarinetist has finished school now and our singer as well :( I'm really gonna miss them both, we're gonna have a band karaoke party tomorrow to say goodbye properly

[jazzandother-blog]

Alice Babs and clarinetist Ove Lind performing ´´Jazz Fuga´´ live in 1963.

Alice Babs, born Hildur Alice Nilsson, was a Swedish singer and actress. As a singer, she dabbled in various genres, including folk, renaissance music and opera.

She had a long and productive period of collaboration with Duke Ellington, beginning in 1963. Among other works, Alice Babs participated in performances of Ellington's second and third Sacred Concerts that he had originally written for her. Her voice had a range of more than three octaves; Ellington said that when she did not sing the pieces he wrote for her, he had to use three different singers.

Alice Babs, nacida Hildur Alice Nilsson, fue una cantante y actriz sueca. Como cantante, incursionó en varios géneros, como el folklore, la música renacentista y la ópera.

Tuvo un largo y productivo período de colaboración con Duke Ellington, que comenzó en 1963. Entre otras obras, Alice Babs participó en representaciones del segundo y del tercer Sacred Concerts de Ellington que él había escrito originalmente para ella. Su voz tenía un alcance de más de tres octavas; Ellington dijo que cuando ella no cantaba las piezas que le escribió, tenía que usar tres cantantes diferentes.

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 9.30

Beer Birthdays

Frederick Wacker (1830)

Ludwig Narziss, a.k.a. Beer Pope (1925)

Alan Atha (1950)

Jesse Friedman

Five Favorite Birthdays

Robinson Crusoe; fictional character (1632)

Jenna Elfman; actor (1971)

Kate Fox; "Miss Match" (1976)

Buddy Rich; jazz drummer (1917)

Eric Stoltz; actor (1961)

Famous Birthdays

Trey Anastasio; rock guitarist (1964)

Monica Bellucci' Italian model, actor (1964)

Crystal Bernard; actor (1961)

Marc "T. Rex" Bolan; rock singer (1947)

Truman Capote; writer (1924)

Lacey Chabert; actor (1982)

Marion Cotillard; French actor (1975)

Angie Dickinson; actor (1931)

Fran Drescher; actor (1957)

Hans Geiger; physicist (1882)

Alan Hacker; English clarinetist (1938)

Deborah Kerr; actor (1921)

Johnny Mathis; singer (1935)

Marilyn McCoo; pop singer (1943)

W.S. Merwin; poet (1927)

Nevill Francis Mott; English physicist (1905)

Oscar Pettiford; jazz bassist, cellist (1922)

Michael Powell; film director (1905)

Robin Roberts; Philadelphia Phillies P (1926)

Jalal ud-Din Rumi; Afghan mystic, poet (1207)

Ryan Stout; comedian (1982)

Victoria Tennant; actor (1950)

Elie Wiesel; writer (1928)

Barry Williams; actor (1954)

William Wrigley; chewing gum tycoon (1861)

[7arami]

Over the Gotham Wall

Over the Garden Wall x DC

Lowkey surprised there isn’t any OtGW x DC content, or at least i haven’t been able to find it. Anywayssssss...

Okay so I’ve been thinking of Wirt, Greg, and Jason Funderburker (the frog of course) ending up on the shore of Gotham rather than back at their home town. Now Wirt and Greg are doing their best to navigate threw a much different but just as crazy environment. 

To make things more interesting what if at the last minute the beast transfers his essence from the lantern into Wirt. It’d be hard if Wirt had to deal with those giant wooden antlers that Beast!Wirt is usually depicted with in Gotham. So I’m thinking that Wirt’s beast side will flare up in times of extreme emotion. For example, Wirt, Greg, and Kitty are wondering around Gotham city, still soaked after fishing themselves out the harbor. They try to take a quick rest and try to make sense of everything. But, of course, because this is Gotham someone tries to mug them. This cause Wirt to panic, and leads to his beast side flaring up. Before Wirt even realizes his eyes are beginning to glow a vibrant blue, yellow, and red, an intricate formation of copper antlers sprout from his head, and Edelwood roots sprout from the ground capturing the mugger in a solid wooden cage. Wirt, absolutely terrified over what just happened, takes Greg and Greg Jr. and books it out of there. As he runs out of the alley he notices his antlers begin to wilt away and his eyes start to dim. That doesn’t stop him from running. The whole time Greg, perfect and wonderful Greg, is absolutely amazed over what he just witnessed. Wirt finally stops collapsing on the ground gasping for air after running full speed for quite awhile. The group find themselves in a park, luckily no one is around so they decide to settle there for now.

Basically I’m thinking of a very protective Beast!Wirt and the perfect angle Greg trying to find their way home while Gotham city and her inhabitants just make that as difficult as possible.

Now for a little extra sprinkle of drama maybe the bats begin to notice random bursts of an unknown wood that leaks of oil and reeks of magic.

Also I’m just thinking about Wirt getting depressed and going all old poet, and as he paces around roots of edelwood begin to sprout from the ground. Or one of the bats confront him (could be under the mask or as a civilian) and Wirt being the anxious worm he is begins to panic. This causes Wirt’s eyes to flare up again creating more suspicion.

I also think it would be cool if Wirt tries to call home only for the number to not exist or for it to be transferred to some random person, or maybe when he checks a map he notices that Gotham resides in the same place there town is suppose to be. They can’t even find their town on the map at all.

I have more ideas for this, hopefully I’ll add on to it later on.

Edit: okay so i just thought of this: what if because the beast transfered his essence into Wirt, Wirt now begins to here the beast's voice. And like the beast could reside within Wirts shadow. He could be whispering over Wirt's shoulder egging him on. And only Wirt is aware of his presence, or maybe Greg can also see him, whichever ends up being more fun.

Oh just thought of something else, I could totally see the gang taking advantage of Dr. Cucumber’s alluring pipes and becoming street performers to make some money. I feel it would be more Greg and Dr. Cucumber and Wirt is just observing, I mainly say that because he is a clarinetist and he doesn’t have a clarinet to play. Anyways I think it would be funny if somehow Damian came across and just became absolutely enraptured by Dr. Cucumber. Even becoming jealous of Greg and his pet frog. I think this could lead to some funny interactions between the gang and Damian.

Damian: Is this your frog?

Greg: Yup! His name is Dr. Cucumber! Greatest singer to croak and if he had fingernails he’d be rocking at the guitar! Traveled across the unknown and blessed the ears of many animals! He’s a star!       ｡*ﾟ✲*☆(๑òᆺó๑)｡*ﾟ✲*☆       

Damian: Uh yes, your frog is indeed quite talented. How much for him?

Greg: How dare you sir! Dr. Cucumber can not be bought he is a free soul!       ಠ_ಠ

Damian: I’ll give you $500, that’s more than plenty for a common frog.

Wirt: Woah wai-

Greg: How dare you, Dr. Cucumber is not a common frog! He is one of a kind!

Damian *growing increasingly frustrated* : Seriously, it’s just a frog. Fine! I’ll give you a thousand dollars.

Greg: He is not just a frog! Take your blood money elsewhere!

Damian: Blood money?!

Wirt: Okay look he really cares about this frog, I don’t think you’ll be able to separate them, sorry kid!

Damian *now extremely salty* : Don’t call me kid! I could incapacitate you in under 5 seconds if I wanted to!

Wirt: Oh no! Devil child! C’mon Greg we’re leaving.

This could lead to Damian becoming much more aware of the gangs presence during patrol and gaining suspicion of their weird habits.

I could totally see Damian pulling a Veruca Salt and telling daddy bruce he wants a frog, but not just any frog, that frog.

[cartermagazine]

Today In History

Sidney Bechet, a masterful soprano-saxophonist and clarinetist, was born in New Orleans, LA, on this date May 14, 1897.

A master at playing blues, Bechet was utilized on a variety of sessions organized by pianist Clarence Williams including with blues singers Sara Martin, Mamie Smith, Rosetta Crawford, Margaret Johnson, Virginia Liston, Sippie Wallace, and Alberta Hunter.

CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #cartermagazine #carter #staywoke #sidneybechet #jazz #blackhistorymonth #history #blackhistory

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Angel Bat Dawid - Requiem for Jazz - the audio document of her sweeping performance piece inspired by, and expounding on, the 1959 film The Cry of Jazz by Edward O. Bland (embedded below)

Composer, clarinetist, singer and educator Angel Bat Dawid announces the release of a new work, Requiem For Jazz. A 12-movement suite composed, arranged, and inspired in part by dialogue from Edward O. Bland’s 1959 film The Cry of Jazz, the album is a wide-ranging treatise on the African American story from one of its most astute narrators. Itself an incisive critique of racial politics in the USA, The Cry of Jazz draws formal comparisons between the structure of jazz music and the African American experience - as one of freedom and restraint, of joy and suffering - that manifests in the triumph of spirit over the crushing prejudice of daily life. Cutting together archive reels from Black neighborhoods in Chicago with live performance footage from Sun Ra and his Arkestra among others, the film remains a radical and prescient evocation of Black pride and its roots in the history of jazz, from spirituals to blues and beyond. As South African writer Nombuso Mathibela captures in the album’s liner notes: [Music is our weapon of struggle] that radiantly holds our positive aspiration, group pride and determination as Black people. Sonics! our beautiful fire that gave light to the world. And a world that gave us blues. The blues that gave us Black in jazz Drawing a through line to today’s vibrant avant-garde, Angel Bat Dawid’s Requiem For Jazz picks up the liberation work laid out by Bland’s film, taking the message of joy and suffering within the Black classical tradition into a contemporary setting. Music from the project was originally premiered at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival in Chicago in 2019, where Angel conducted a multigenerational fifteen-piece instrumental ensemble of Black musicians from across Chicago’s creative community, alongside a four-person choir (featuring singers from Black Monument Ensemble) as well as dancers and visual artists. Recordings from the performance were then mixed and post-produced by Angel, who added interludes, vocals and additional sounds. As well as transcribing a piece from the film, Requiem For Jazz also alludes to The Cry of Jazz through contributions from the Sun Ra Arkestra’s Marshall Allen and Knoel Scott on the album’s final movement, which were recorded remotely at the historic Arkestral Institute of Sun Ra in Philadelphia in late 2020. “I want us to have this very wonderful conversation that Ed Bland started over 50 years ago and I want to continue the conversation; because this is a loving conversation that we need to have with each other” - Angel Bat Dawid, Feb 2023 creditsreleased March 24, 2023 Requiem for Jazz Composed, Arranged, Conducted & Mixed by Angel Bat Dawid except “My Rhapsody,” from the 1959 Ed Bland film “The Cry of Jazz,” composed by Paul Severson & Norman Leist (Glenayre Publishing Co. BMI), arranged by Angel Bat Dawid. Lyrics include extracts from “The Cry of Jazz” and the Roman Catholic Liturgical Requiem Missal. Requiem for Jazz Intros/Interludes Composed, Produced, Mixed & Performed by Angel Bat Dawid Requiem for Jazz premiered Sept, 30th 2019 at the Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts in Chicago, IL. Commissioned for the 2019 Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival.

[garudabluffs]

Peter Brötzmann on avant-garde, playing solo and radio

"Peter Brötzmann is a revered free jazz musician from West Germany whose over 50-year career has taken him from the interdisciplinary radicalism of the late 20th-century Fluxus art movement to extensive collaborative and solo recording and performance. Peter Brötzmann talked about learning from the ’60s avant-garde, why he doesn't believe in teaching jazz and how improvisation comes down to fitting or fighting in his lecture at RBMA Berlin 2018.

Primarily a saxophonist and clarinetist, Brötzmann has worked with experimental greats such as Dutch drummer Han Bennink, British fellow saxophone powerhouse Evan Parker, and Japanese sound artist Keiji Haino, exploring an avant-garde, largely improvisational style of free jazz with his signature rough timbre. His octet album Machine Gun remains a seminal free jazz album of the late ‘60s, a genre-expanding work that aurally articulated the anxieties surrounding the Vietnam War and his country’s uncertain future. With over 100 releases to his name, including some with jazz supergroup Last Exit, Brötzmann’s creative passions have not diminished. In 2017, he released Sex Tape with steel guitarist and singer/songwriter Heather Leigh and a live album with trombonist Steve Swell and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love."

41 Comments "Last Exit is one of the all time greatest bands period"

Peter Brötzmann, the heart — and lungs — of European free jazz, dead at 82

June 23, 2023 READ MORE https://www.npr.org/2023/06/23/1184005533/peter-brotzmann-the-heart-and-lungs-of-european-free-jazz-dead-at-82

"Brötzmann also recorded with titans like pianist Cecil Taylor, drummer Andrew Cyrille and guitarist Sonny Sharrock; a 1987 duo summit with Sharrock saw release roughly a decade ago, under a typically unprintable title."

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to The 1998 Khmer Rouge apology, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers’s first movie FLYING DOWN TO RIO (1932), Gali Atari, Baltimore artist Eric Block, Mayor Tom Bradley, singer-songwriter Ed Bruce, Pablo Casals, Bernard Cribbins, Rick Danko, Ted Danson, Yvonne Elliman, Marianne Faithfull, Neil "Spyder" Giraldo, New Orleans clarinetist Willie Humphrey, Scott Joplin’s 1902 song “The Entertainer,” Bollywood actor Rajesh Khanna, Jude Law, Franz Liszt’s 1857 symphonic poem "Die Hunnenschlacht,” jazz-Celtic singer Laurel Massé, Clyde McCoy, Dina Merrill, Mary Tyler Moore, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, cellist-composer Kiyoshi Nobutoki, Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket), Paula Poundstone, Cozy Powell, rockabilly DJ/singer-songwriter Glenn Reeves, Jim Reid, The San Francisco Symphony, Marco Antonio Solís, Barbara Steele, The Supremes’s 1965 single “My World is Empty Without You,” Ray Thomas (Moody Blues), “Billy” Tipton, Jo Van Fleet, Jon Voight, Roger Voudouris, and my friend and musical compadre “Easy” Mark Tomeo. I lack photos of Mark and I together, so I grabbed pivotal images from Mark’s fascinating career as a champion of pedal steel, resonator, and twang guitar + singer-songwriter. He was in the Grammy-nominated “New Wave cowboy” band Rubber Rodeo (shown here)—in the 80s RR played at Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco while I just happened to be lurking nearby. The world got smaller when Mark and I met in Pennsylvania, performing and recording with Ben Kaplan, some Badlees-spinoff projects, and extensively with the band Neon Cactus. Circa 2000 I was working with Davy Jones (Monkees) on his JUSTME series of original recordings. Davy wanted a pedal steel guitarist, and I summoned Mark. Here’s “Hold Me Tight,” a Tex-Mex samba we did; the Mike Nesmith-ian arrangement was Davy’s idea: 

Meanwhile HB EMT. By the time I get to Phoenix anything can happen…

#MarkTomeo #Easy #pedal #steel #guitar #resonatorguitar #DavyJones #Monkees #Neon #Cactus #Badlees #BenKaplan #RubberRodeo #pennsylvania #phoenix #arizona #Tex-Mex #samba #Mike #Nesmith #johnnyjblair #performing #recording