Category Archives: Music

Rock ‘n’ Roll Highway

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Roger

In a desperate attempt to drum up tourism, Route 67 through the mud flats of northeast Arkansas has been named the Rock ‘n’ Roll Highway. Several early artists of Rockabilly music played in the towns along the route in the … Continue reading →

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Grunts and Gettys

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Roger

We spent Saturday evening, October 27 in Chicago with our good friends. Our first stop was R.J. Grunts, the original Lettuce Entertain You Restaurant, across from Lincoln Park. The inside is decorated with photos of employees, past and present. Grunts … Continue reading →

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National Music Museum — Vermillion, South Dakota

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Roger

I plan our vacations. My wife is generally happy just to go where I take her. Which means that she’s gone to a lot of battlefields and places to see birds. I thought it would be nice to take her … Continue reading →

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Ravinia

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Roger

Huey Lewis I knew about, and could even name several of his songs. Joe Cocker, not so much. For much of the past several months, from the time when we bought the tickets until just a few days before Friday’s … Continue reading →

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100 Most Important American Musical Works of the 20th Century (by National Public Radio)

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Roger

ADAGIO FOR STRINGS, SAMUEL BARBER (prem. 1938) — 8/19/2015 (Slow. It built in intensity and volume in the middle, but never, in my uncultured, unmusical opinion, got interesting.) AIN’T THAT A SHAME, words/music FATS DOMINO (1955); as performed by FATS … Continue reading →

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