Born in Boston, got a bass, learned to make records, love Hendrix, Miles, Coltrane & Zeppelin. Lived in LA, Nashville and now SF. Still married and in love, two grown kids, proud Papa. The name drop:...

Read the All About Jazz review of This Is The One! (Raison D'êTre) by Frank Swart (2026). Expert analysis, ratings, and insight into one of jazz's finest recordings.

Let's Spin Some Vinyl! Episode 12

Funkwrench Blues - THIS IS THE ONE! (raison d'être) 12" Vinyl

This past Saturday, on the streets of our nation’s capital, an estimated 60,000 far-right morons marched to “reclaim the kingdom” or some nonsense. Coked-up Tommy Ten Names claimed it was millions. Lo...

YouTube video by Lael - Topic

Nathan Bell (aka The Right Reverend Crow) - American Gun (featuring Patty Griffin) from the album - Red, White And American Blues (can’t happen here)

Idris Ackamoor and The Pyramids - Truth To Power

**We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.** **Join Indivisible San Francisco, 50501SF, and many local organizers for No Kings San Francisco!** For all up-to-...

Goin Alan Lomax style with John Paul Hammond RIP