Terrence Houston Drum Solo.MOV (by jdoggtn7) The “Guardian of the Groove’ takes a solo at the George Porter Jr. concert last night
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3/18/11: Third Day of SXSW
For me, the third day of South By Southwest started with a breakfast at The Tavern on Lamar Boulevard just at the north end of …
3/17/2011: Second Day of SXSW
Day 2 of South By Southwest 2011 was also St. Patrick’s Day, which made everything all the more crowded, as well as a sea of …
3/16/11: First day of SXSW
My first day of South By Southwest each year tends to follow a pattern. I usually start the day with a visit to The Omelettry, …
7/3/09: Visiting with jazz drummer Aaron Walker
My friend Aaron Walker, the jazz drummer, was in town visitng his mother, so I picked him up and we rode downtown to the Westin …
Breakfast in Evansville, Coffee in Bloomington and Cheeseburgers in Paradise
With Jojo’s gone in Evansville, I had few breakfast choices, so I headed to the First Avenue Diner. a former Steak N Egg Kitchen that …
Storms and Tornadoes Disrupt the Urban Network Summit in Memphis
I got up early and ate breakfast downtown at the Marriott because the panel I was to speak on at the Urban Music Summit was …
Love in Porkopolis
I drove up to Cincinnati on Saturday morning to spend a day there before the Kymp Kamp Music Conference in Louisville the next day. The …
Flava in Winston Salem and the Hood on Lock in Greensboro
It was another grey and rainy day, and after checking out of the hotel, I drove down to a breakfast cafe near the hospitals, and …
Brecht in Chapel Hill and Offbeat in Durham
The morning was grey and overcast, and it had been raining, but it wasn’t at the time I checked out of the hotel. There was …