Memories. Today’s birthday honoree is not a legendary musical artist; instead she is the ghost a jazz-influenced Allman Brothers classic. Sort of. As the story goes, guitarist Dickey Betts was inspired by a woman he was seeing in the group’s hometown of Macon,...
Imagine the sounds of incredible jazz musicians playing just beyond the balcony where you are sitting, sipping on a top shelf cocktail. Sound good to you? Us too. That’s why we are paying attention to every tiny detail when dreaming up our VIP lounge on the top...
People of a certain age remember Minnie Riperton for her five-octave range and the high notes on her 1975 #1 hit “Lovin’ You.” (Fun fact: When she sings “Maya, Maya, Maya,” she is cooing to her baby daughter Maya Rudolph, the future singer and “Saturday Night Live”...
What a musical coincidence! Two incredible artists sharing a birthday is no big deal, happens all the time. Today it’s jazz trumpeter Al Hirt (born in New Orleans; 1922-1999) and ethereal poet/songstress Joni Mitchell (born in Alberta, Canada; 77 today). But here’s...
Today is the day, in 1967, that Bob Dylan recorded “All Along The Watchtower” at Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. 12 lines. 130 words. It is a song that provides a fascinating glimpse into why, in 2016, the poet songsmith was awarded the Nobel Prize...
