G's Free Thoughts

This blog has been neglected for the past month. Unlike my other periods of inactivity, this time I have a decent excuse...my eldest daugh...

Bernard "Pretty" Purdie got some well-deserved press today in the New York Times. Here is a link to the article . I had the honor...

Daryl Coutts is one of my good friends and he often plays keyboards in my band. As an immensely talented musician, singer and keyboardist, ...

As a semi-dedicated oenophile, this day marks an important anniversary for me. On this day in 1860, a device which, officially, was called ...

Some days buzz by due to frenetic activities and excitement. Other days remind me of the old country song, "If the Phone Don't Rin...

Shuggie Otis is one of those musicians that other musicians know about. He hit the scene at fifteen years of age. His background was quite u...

Lester "Mad Dog" Davenport died last Tuesday - I missed the news because I was in New York. Lester was one of the best harmonica ...

The recession is deepening. Pink slips are abundant. Unemployment levels are headed north. This year is gonna suck, and 2010 might suck,...

Sounds like tonights show at Pearl at Commerce is going to be very HOT! Wish I could be there. If any of my readers are in Dallas, you sho...

I was in Dallas early last week and was at loose ends after dinner. After a little research, I discovered that there is now a music bar (bl...

Here is a great picture of the early 1970's version of Tower of Power. This band had a huge impact on me when I was an impressionable y...

So the Morse Theater's current management team managed their last show last Saturday night. I stopped by to check it out. There was a d...

It is a chilly Saturday night in Chicagoland, the last day of February. The Mystery Band had no gig this evening. I thought about hitting...

Yes, this is a photo of a young Dakota Fanning. I didn't know much about her, being a cretin when it comes to topical, current culture...

"I am an eternal optimist. That doesn't mean I am a sap." Barrack Obama, 44th President of the United States of America.

I opened the Chicago Tribune today and read bad news about the Morse - a dispute between the operators and the "silent partner" w...

It took 10 months, but the first CD by Mr. G and the Mystery Band is finished, packaged, manufactured and ready for consumption. It is on C...

The two pictures above represent the present and the past of the Morse Theater on Chicago's far north side. Opened in 1912 as a nicklel...

I was emailed a link to the obituary of a gent who made it to the ripe old age of 98. He sounds like a terrific person, and he understood ...

It is "survival of the fittest" weather. It is popsicle toes weather. It is weather suited for stoics and masochists. The temperat...