Several versions of a joke usually beginning something like, "A note walks into a bar...." are floating around the internet. Buddy DeFranco forwarded the most elaborate I've seen. The Rifftides management makes no claims about the reliability of the musicology in this tale: A C, an E-flat, and a G … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2006
Other Matters: An Indian Defense of VOA
Reaction to the Bush administration's cockeyed attempt to emasculate the Voice of America through budget cuts is getting shocked attention not only among policy analysts at home but also from members of the VOA's audience abroad. Here is part of a letter from a New Delhi man named Vijay Kranti to … [Read more...]
Comments: Stowell. Little Girls
John Stowell's solo on "Blues on the Corner" should be transcribed by every serious guitar player on the planet. On second thought, make that every serious player. Bill Kirchner Jeff Albert's story the other day about his daughter's innocently perceptive question brought this followup. Doug, My … [Read more...]
Thomas Wolfe Couldn’t Be Right All The Time
Not that you would, but don't miss Terry Teachout's essay about going home again. This will give you a hint of what it's about, although it's about much more. “Thanks, Carol, I'd love to, but…†But the truth is that I don't play anymore, Carol, I haven't touched a bass in years, it wouldn't be … [Read more...]
We Are Not Alone
You may be interested in where some of your fellow readers are following Rifftides. A recent check of the site meter finds them all over the world, in places including: â–ªMickleover, Derby, United Kingdom â–ªMere, Warrington, United Kingdom â–ªBrussels, Belgium â–ªBarcelona, Spain â–ªArche, … [Read more...]