crawdaddy
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Musician/ A&D Counselor |
| Location | Knoxville, TN., United States |
| Introduction | I am a 50 year old (young at heart)harmonica/singer who trys to loves life to the fullest... I also love music. It has always been my main focus, as well as my hobby, my passion and a my personal savior for the past 30 some odd years (Praise be the medium shuffle in the key of f#). I've played the Harmonica since 1973 (Thanks to Randy" Nello" Nelson), but only religiously for the past 25 years. I also love people of all shapes and styles...dogs and cats living together, well that’s an experiment we are still trying to perfect.I have a strong faith in Higher Power,and a deep appreciation for my wife Gretchen, my awesome family (see Home for the Holidays post) , Buddha, Bill W, David Crane, Texas Tom Bucy (why I outta), the Dali Lama, B, Tall Paul and his awesome family...Tom Waits, Lennon and McCartney, The Glimmer Twins, Zimmerman, Pete Townsend, Detroit Dave, Dave Allen, Mike Russell, McKinley Morganfield, Chester Arthur Burnett, Little Walter, Mitch Kashmar, Tom Ball, Fingers Taylor... THANKS for all the inspiration and friendships throughout the years... |
| Interests | Music, film, running, coffee, my wife Gretchen, this blog, recovery, my animals, my yard.... and watching a documentary about music w/ my wife while drinking a homemade latte in the front yard while running & playing w/ my dogs sober :)~ yuck yuck mc |
| Favorite movies | Stewie Griffin: the untold story, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, One flew over Cuckoos nest, Crash, Hero, Crouching Tiger, The Wizard of Oz, all of Sidney Toler's Charlie Chan movies...,almost any Cagney, Bogart or Eddie G. flick, John Garfield and the list goes on. I am a "born in the Fifties TV junkie"..the stuff is hard to kick man |
| Favorite music | of course anything with Harmonica in it..well almost anything. Sonny Terry is my personal favorite harp player.. but the list is too long to mention... Beatles , Stones, The Who , the Kinks..., Muddy, Howlin', Little Walter, John Lee Hooker, Tom Waits, John Prine, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Ledbelly, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Tall Paul, Scott Miller, Hector Qirko, RB Morris, David Crane, Texas Tom Bucy aka/ Robert Thomas, Mitch Kashmar, Francis Albert, Harry Connick |
| Favorite books | Deep Blues by Robert Palmer, The five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom,Bob Dylan: A Biography by Anthony Scaduto (Author), Shout! : The Beatles in Their Generation by Philip Norman (Author), Cagney by Cagney by James Cagney (Author), |