Stevie Wonder is renown for his writing a plethora of great tunes. And Jeff Beck is a master as taking ownership of other people’s songs by shaping and sculpturing the musical notes into a sound piece that causes the listener to want more. Wonder’s songs are renowned for being quite difficult to sing. He has [...]
OK music fans.. My friend Katy Lundeen turned me onto the Japanese orchestra performance of: Smoke On The Water by Deep Purple This is a very popular song because of its catchy chord combination: Pretty good, unique arrangement, and a big sound. But, then I desired to remember what really attracted me to the song [...]
Celebrating Life! That has been a major theme in my adventure finding happiness being a journey, not a destination. Along the way, in 1969 I discovered the Sons of Champlin (the Sons) a seven piece band with drums, guitars, keyboards, trumpet, alto sax, and vibraphone. They had been together since 1967, and by 1969 the [...]