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“Light At The End Of The Tunnel” . . : Another New Music Video

Here we are. Almost at the finish line. Here is the penultimate release of my year long project of releasing a new song every month till year’s end. As always, It would be greatly appreciated if you would give it

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More New Music and A Word For Phil Lesh (1940 – 2024)

Before going any further, I need to say something on the passing of Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh. To say that the man was a musical hero of mine would be an epic understatement. It started when my brother brought

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“Playing In The Band” . . : An Interactive GD Experience

This should of interest to all my fellow Deadheads out there. It’s obvious appeal is the musicians among you but I believe this would be illuminating to any fan of the music. It’s a new feature on the official Grateful

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“There were days. . .”: The lost final Grateful Dead studio album

This is sort of a continuation of my previous post. There I talked about the “missing” studio record that Grateful Dead never made as a follow-up to their classic 1970 albums Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty. The songs that would

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Bass Is The Place: How Being A Bassist Made Me A Better Musician

I play several different instruments but in the capacity of an actively performing musician, I am primarily a bassist. And like many bassists, I started out as a guitarist. I had been playing guitar for about five or six years

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Posted in Bass, Improvisation, Music Appreciation and Analysis
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