Senate Seat for Sale – (sung to the tune of Love For Sale by Billie Holiday, Cole Porter) When the only sound in the empty seat, Is the beeping voicemail of the occasional visitor That belonged to an out-of-town Barack, I open shop. When the moon so long has been gazing down On the wayward […]
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Michael Brecker Tribute
Michael Brecker was the most wonderful musician; a jazz genius who had a huge impact on the world of music. He passed away this year, and this video is my small tribute to one of my all-time heros of music. The first tune is “Naima,” a Coltrane tune, and it’s just Michael playing all by […]
Rap Artist of the Week – DJ Puffy Bread Performs His H** S*NG
Puffy Bread’s latest song hits home with his community and resonates deep. Here’s a sample of the lyrics: I a* s* A*** W** E**** S* O*** M******** E**. Yeah – what? Yeah – what? B***** T*** Y** I l*** f** m*****. Yeah – what? Yeah – what? Recently BLRBS.com had the opportunity to sit down […]
Those Rebellious Seniors Strike Again
A senior citizen rendition of “My Generation” by The Who.
Crossing Street Musician Off Of My Career List
What would happen if you placed one of the world’s most acclaimed violinists (Joshua Bell) playing on an exquisite antique violin, in a busy D.C. subway station at rush hour, posing as a street musician? Not much! Click this link to see video. [Link] Hear the full audio file of his entire incognito performance at […]
Gary Willis Keeps Me Humble
OK – I’m a bassist (clue to my identity which remains anonymous) but Gary Willis is someone I listen to frequently to remind me to keep working on it! This guy is fun and can PLAY DA BASS!!!
The RIAA Casts Gloomy Web
The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has announced its decision on Internet radio royalty rates. Bottom line – Webcasters will now have to pay $500 per station annually, and about 1.28 cents per listener hour, retroactively to the beginning of 2006. For Live365.com, a service that allows individuals to legally run small Internet radio stations, the […]
The Capo Incident
OK – Guys. Wow. This is a musician thang but, visit this site and listen to what is commonly known as a TRAIN WRECK. It sounds way worse than it is. The only problem here is that the guitarist moved his capo to the wrong fret… which puts his guitar and voice in a different […]
Dixie Chicks Long Road of Great Suffering has Finally Come to an End
It has been four long grueling years for the Chicks since the American music-buying public had the audacity to stop wanting to hear their recordings. Forced to gut it out living simply on the royalty checks from their previous best-selling recordings Home and Wide Open Spaces, the Chicks managed to eke out an existence going […]
Dixie Chicks Had a Record Out This Year?
OK – as a musician I can tell you the buzz all year came as a result of John Mayer’s new recordings. Continuum is a solid, special recording, and I didn’t run into one musician all year who was buzzing about any Dixie Chicks record. I guess the Dixie Chicks did have a recording out […]