Rerum Novarum

Briefly on a Blues Legend: Albert King (AK) died on December 21, 1992. He was without a doubt the blues musician who influenced rock playe...

Miscellaneous Musings: To touch briefly on a few subjects... --I must admit I am surprised and very pleasantly so that the Seattle Marin...

And for a haiku based on a variation of Albert King's Matchbox Blues -itself borrowing heavily from the work of Blind Lemon Jefferson.....

Remembering a Music Legend: As yesterday was the anniversary of the birth of blues master Freddie King{1}, I wanted to take a moment and rem...

If I wrote every year on the birthdays or the passing of those in my family, close friends, figures of varying influence in my life, there w...

Commemorating a Blues Classic: (Musings of your humble servant at  Rerum Novarum ) Born Under A Bad Sign Turns 40 As today is the fifte...

On Blogging in General, My Approaches To It, Remembering Two Musical Legends and Three Major Influences, Etc: (Musings of your humble serva...

As today would have been the 84th birthday of Albert King -a man who was one of the greatest innovators and influences in postwar electric b...

On the Blues and Painting a Lyrical Picture of Reality: (Musings of your humble servant at Rerum Novarum ) When listening to the blues Monda...

"Palace of the King" Dept.: A Tribute to Freddy: (Musings of your humble servant at  Rerum Novarum ) [Prefatory Note: While Fre...

Points to Ponder: (On Texas Music and the Blues) Even though Texas music in a lot of ways is rough-and-tumble, it also seems to me to be abo...

"I'll Play the Blues for You" Dept. -A Tribute to Albert King: (Musings of your humble servant at  Rerum Novarum ) [Prefato...

Rough Draft of an Album Review: (Musings of your humble servant at  Rerum Novarum ) ***** A Jam Session Well Worth Listening To... A...

Exhausted web reads Albert King solos wailing My chai almost gone

Miscellaneous Early Morning Notes: [Note: This response was written about a week ago at this time. - ISM] I'm shufflin' thru th...

"The Feeling is Gone" Dept. ("I won't be your fool again...") I just lost a lengthy blog entry before it could ...

"Some-times I Won-derrr...Would a Match-box Hold My Clooothes???" Dept: The source I am quoting can be read here. Not only d...

"I'll Play the Blues for You" Dept. If your down and out And you feel real hurt Come on oooover.... To the place where I wo...

To go along with Amazon's recent posting of my review of bluesmaster Albert Collins' compilation "Collins Mix" (see Septem...

"So many albums to critique, so little time" thinketh I as Albert 'the Iceman' Collins tears up his Telecaster on the tune...