G's Free Thoughts

His name was Tai. He was an abandoned mutt and ended up in a small cage at the Anti-Cruelty Society facility on LaSalle Street in Chicago. M...

Today's Humpday Happytrack is probably going to get your head bopping and cause you to wiggle in your seat. The intense syncopated funk ...

Well, I got distracted and stopped posting Humpday Happytracks for a few months. I'll try to be more consistent... When I was a mid-care...

Credit: William Ellis Today's Humpday Happytrack is a version of the good old blues standard, Goin' to Chicago.  This is a vocal due...

  Today's Humpday Happytrack is a cover of Bruce Springsteen's great song, Dancing in the Dark. The artist is Ruth Moody - she is be...

  My last post to this blog was back in December 2023.  Not coincidentally, this is when I started as volunteer music reporter for the Evans...

  I'm a harmonica guy. That means I am deeply interested in obscure musicians that play harmonica.  Many of these folks are mostly forgo...

  I haven't been paying much attention to writing in this blog for the past few months. Life events have diverted my attention - I moved...

  I spend way too much time thinking about, playing and listening to trombones and harmonicas. These two instruments grabbed me at different...

  The bass trombone is a fabulous instrument, and I'm not just saying that because I play it. The low register, well-played, by a skille...

  Anyone who is semi-serious about playing a musical instrument needs to have a skilled professional in their network to tweak, repair and i...

  Liquid Soul is a Chicago-based ensemble that was launched around 1993 - they are approaching the 30th anniversary of the group's birth...

This is my second post regarding female trombonists. I have talked about Melba Liston , the trailblazing artist that paved the way for so ma...

  Since I picked up my old trombone again back in February , I have been on a journey to re-learn what I used to know and try to improve bey...

  I am a fan of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.  I think he has more heart and than most celebrities, and he really found his voice on t...

  It's pretty easy to list aspects of music. It is ephemeral - you can't touch it. It only exists when it is heard by listeners. Whi...

  When I was a kid, I started playing the trombone. The instrument was not my first choice - I was home with a cold when the 5th graders got...

  The pandemic has truly sucked, but one of the bright spots for me over the past two years has been digging into music and artists that I s...

  I am the guardian of a small, one-eyed black dog named Tai. He has been a fine companion through this horrible pandemic, usually cheerful ...