Category Archive: Music
The DetroiterThe Detroiter blog is doing fantastic things to support the Detroit Art Community and they boost Retrokimmer as well.. Check their archives and you’ll see my stories along with all the other fantastic events, performers, writers and artist…
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Had a great night shooting at The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor. I was invited by my friend Fran Doman. Fran manages her sons’ band Domanation. Fran and I met some years ago when I was with Stanley T. Madhatter at a Jimmy McCarty gig I think…Fran and Kim…
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The I-94 BarThis story comes from Down Under in Australia. One of the first big music bloggers I met early on is the I-94 Barman… The Barman has taught me so much about various Australian bands and also American ones as well. Barman really knows hi…
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My favorite cover of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas was the Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters version. I had this tune on a 45 then 8 track and now mp3. I was totally thrilled when the Home Alone movie used it for Kevin’s shaving scene….The Drifter…
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It is just not Christmas for me without playing the soundtrack from ” A Charlie Brown Christmas”. The music of The Vince Guaraldi Trio cheers me to no end. Funny this year a Facebook friend wrote me to tell me this music depressed him. I thought are y…
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