Classie Ballou and Barbara Lynn at The Continental and RIP Eddie Bo
Al Kapone and Sir Vince and I all went to Jim’s Restaurant for breakfast, and then Al had to go downtown for an interview. Vince …
Vinyl
The Early Bird Catches the Breakfast in Beaumont, Record Hunting in Houston, and the First Day of SXSW in Austin
I ate breakfast in Beaumont at the Early Bird Cafe on Washington Boulevard, and then I drove west to Houston, stopping at Black Dog Records …
A Requiem for Lee Street and the Death of Port Arthur
Al Kapone had arranged for me to get access to the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, where he was performing this year, so …
A Breakfast at Tucker’s in Over-The-Rhine and the Kymp Kamp Music Conference Meets in Louisville
Tucker’s Restaurant was in a rough-and-tumble ‘hood called Over The Rhine, and the endless blocks of vacant board-ups were anything but reassuring as I parked …
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 …
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 …
A Day of Record Promotion in Dallas
I drove up to Buzzbrews at Central Expressway and Fitzhugh for breakfast, and then headed over to CD Source on Greenville Avenue, where I found …
The Freddie Jones Quartet at the Brooklyn Jazz Cafe, Dallas
The Cupboard in West Memphis had started selling breakfast, so I stopped there on my way out of town, and then I continued west on …
Atlanta to Memphis by Way of Chattanooga
I checked out early from the Hyatt Regency, and had decided not to eat breakfast there because of the high prices. Instead, I used my …