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Dear Prudence

Thursday, December 23, 2010

John Lennon supposedly thought “Dear Prudence” was one of his best songs. Who can argue with him? I could make a case for it as the best song by the Beatles generally, which puts it in the running for the best song by anyone ever. The song was written about Mia Farrow’s sister Prudence, who [...]

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Good old Grateful Dead

Monday, October 12, 2009

See also a post about the Dead and electronic music. Whenever I play guitar, it comes out sounding a lot like Jerry Garcia. I can’t help it. From the ages of fifteen to twenty, my guitar-learning years, there was no musician I cared more about in the world than Jerry. It’s not about drugs; I’ve [...]

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