Paul Siebel wrote this song, and many other gems. He had a short career as a singer songwriter and recorded two albums in 1970 and 1971 and then disappeared. In addition to Leo, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Jerry Jeff Walker, Kate Wolf, Mary...

September 21st is the international day of peace. I was reminded of this song by my friend Bob Ortiz, who sang it at a Peace Day celebration, a day early, today. By making a small change in one line Bob, brought the image of the twin towers into the...

I wrote in a previous post about the traditional song, Stagolee which tells the story of the killing of one Billy Delions by a bad man, cruel Stagolee. I was able to find, quoted online, a newspaper from St. Louis, MO in 1895 regarding the shooting...

Pioneering acoustic guitarist and delta blues folklorist, creator of the Takoma record label John Fahey was born in Washington DC in 1939. His family moved to Takoma Park, a Washington suburb when he was six years old. Fahey grew up listening to the...

Frederick Russell Jones was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 2, 1930. When he was four years old his uncle challenged him to repeat what he, the uncle, was playing on the family's piano. Young Fritz was able to reproduce by ear everything his...