Wait a minute! You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!

With the advent of the vhs in the 1980s, my father used to watch, “The Jolson Story”, “Jolson Sings again” and of course, “The Jazz Singer,” over and over again. I remember it so clearly how he would get so emotional during these movies. I wondered was he crying from the songs, the realities of […]

John Ono Lennon

In late November of 1980 I heard that John Lennon was releasing a new album. I was excited to hear what he had to say. The first song I heard was, “Starting Over” a love song about always remembering that there was a time when love was the binding force between 2 strangers. The next […]

Bob Dylan (Soundtracks from my Life)

One day I had the nerve to switch sides and put the album on side 2. My life changed… “Mr. Tambourine man.” I closed my eyes and listened to him and I was mesmerized; Then take me disappearin’ through the smoke rings of my mind Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves Let me forget about today until tomorrow…