G's Free Thoughts

When I arrived in Evanston, Illinois on September 8, 1976, the first thing I purchased was a copy of the Chicago Tribune. That was how I got...

Pat Hall, the rollicking, rowdy keyboard man who has entertained Chicagoans for several decades, died on January 24. He was ill for a while...

We are into the second week of 2010, and I wanted to say my good-byes to ten of the great blues and jazz musicians that shuffled off this mo...

Many, many thanks to James "Skyy Dobro" Walker for his kind and generous comments..... Mr. G & The Mystery Band - It's A M...

Back in August 2003, the first "real" blues club in Chicago's northern suburbs opened its doors. On November 10, 2009, those d...

I posted about the great harmonica player and singer Norton Buffalo earlier this week and his battle with cancer. Well, its over now and we ...

It is one of those things that "everybody knows." In the United States, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poor...

Norton Buffalo is one of the best harmonica players of my generation. He is an old Oakland CA boy, came into his musical prime in the 1970...

I haven't been writing many entries for this blog lately. There have been many other things consuming my time, and a blog is a self-ind...

Jesse Fortune collapsed and died last night at Gene's Playmate Lounge, 4239 W. Cermak in Chicago. He was on stage, singing his heart ou...

Yep, I sweated quite a bit putting the first Mystery Band CD together. I financed it myself, no record company involved. I wrote all the son...

The media and the folks on the street are all focused on Michael Jackson's sudden death. With a comeback on the horizon, his death fee...

It always hurts to say good bye to a giant talent. I had the good luck to see Koko perform in her prime. She made the earth move. I am ve...

"The source of the problem is really quite simple: Give smart people go-for-broke incentives and they will go for broke. Duh." Al...

I picked up a copy of the May "Illinois Entertainer" yesterday and was pleased to see the that the publication wrote a reveiw of t...

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...