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Not For Coltrane

@notforcoltrane.com
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A guy with a guitar, from Bethlehem, PA. Acoustic rock and folk with evocative storytelling and humor, and no music whatsoever by John Coltrane. (Sorry!)

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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 03/03/2026
Come join in one last time and watch the #livestream tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m. ET - or anytime afterwards - at www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXm3... #music #webcast
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep52
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 03/03/2026
So let's wrap this up with a show featuring all #protestsongs: Bring your #nfcstumptheband requests for songs from across time and genres that speak to our current societal and political situation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXm3...
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep52
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 03/03/2026
... and so it marks the finale of this season, and possibly the finale of this entire webcast I've been doing, off and on, since 2018. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXm3...
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep52
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 03/03/2026
Though there are events of *far* greater import happening right now, this week also brings the 52nd #coltranetuesdays episode of this long, disjointed fifth season of shows ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXm3...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a protester holding a "No Kings" sign, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 24/02/2026
Watch the #livestream tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m. ET - or anytime afterwards - at www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwMJ... #nfcstumptheband #music #webcast
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep51
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 24/02/2026
So in addition to continuing the #LoveAndSingOfJustice series of #protestsongs, this week's episode will also include a tribute to Ivy - who, like Coltrane, was a very Good Dog indeed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwMJ...
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep51
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 24/02/2026
Folks who've been following the #coltranetuesdays show for a while may recall Ivy (the Dog), the sort-of successor to Coltrane (the Dog) who's been living with me for the past few years. Unfortunately, after a healthy span of dog-years, Ivy passed away this week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwMJ...
Colorful neckties - including two that each show images of black dogs - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 17/02/2026
And then we'll try to keep that social justice theme going when we play #nfcstumptheband. Watch the #livestream tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m. ET - or anytime afterwards - at www.youtube.com/watch?v=iip8... #music #webcast
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep50
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 17/02/2026
... we're spotlighting a more contemporary songwriter who happens to be a Black lesbian, as well as a tremendous social justice music-maker: Crys Matthews. @crysmatthews.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=iip8...
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep50
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 17/02/2026
The #coltranetuesdays #LoveAndSingOfJustice series on #protestsongs has so far focused on songs from the 1960s by straight white men - so this week, instead ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=iip8...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a photo of singer-songwriter Crys Matthews with a guitar, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 10/02/2026
The #livestream starts in just a bit - TODAY (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m. ET - or watch anytime afterwards at www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc47... #music #webcast
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep49
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 10/02/2026
The #coltranetuesdays #LoveAndSingOfJustice series of #protestsongs continues this week with a #StumpTheBandDoOver of a Bob Dylan anthem from 1964 that was requested last week. And then we'll try to keep that theme going when we play #nfcstumptheband. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc47...
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 03/02/2026
And I'm hoping we'll keep the protest song theme going when we play #nfcstumptheband. The #livestream starts in just a bit - TODAY (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m. ET - or watch anytime afterwards at www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cPg... #music #webcast
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep48
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 03/02/2026
For this month, the new #coltranetuesdays series will feature #protestsongs - I'm calling it #LoveAndSingOfJustice. We're starting with a controversial song that ended up going to number one on the charts in 1965; you can see what you think of my updated lyrics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cPg...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a black-and-white portrait photo of Barry McGuire from 1965, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 27/01/2026
We'll play a round of #nfcstumptheband, but I'm really hoping the request is for a protest song. Watch the #livestream tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m. ET - or anytime afterwards - at www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROBI... #music #webcast
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep47
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 27/01/2026
"How far you gonna go / Before you lose your way back home?" The #coltranetuesdays #JanU2esdays series continues tomorrow, following yet another difficult week in America. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROBI...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show detail of the cover of U2's "Achtung Baby" album, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 20/01/2026
And then we'll see what inspires us when we play #nfcstumptheband. The #livestream starts in just a bit - TODAY (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m. ET - or watch anytime afterwards at www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAch... #music #webcast
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep46
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 20/01/2026
The #coltranetuesdays #janU2esdays series continues this week with U2's tribute to a man who - much like MLK Jr. - devoted his life to the fight for freedom and equality. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAch...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a painting of Nelson Mandela, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 13/01/2026
The #livestream starts in just a bit - TODAY (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m. ET - or watch anytime afterwards at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrl_... #music #webcast
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep45
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 13/01/2026
So this week's #coltranetuesdays #JanU2esdays features a U2 song that decries the horrors of violence and armed conflict - and I'm hoping we continue that theme when we play #nfcstumptheband. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrl_...
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep45
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 13/01/2026
"I can't believe the news today / I can't close my eyes and make it go away." I've been thinking a lot about the killing of Renee Nicole Good, who was shot by an ICE officer last week in Minneapolis, and trying to figure out what to think, feel, and do in response. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrl_...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a cardboard protest sign with the words "This is not okay," and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 06/01/2026
And then we'll see what appropriate or inappropriate challenges you throw at me when we play #nfcstumptheband. Watch the #livestream tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m. ET - or anytime afterwards - at www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBAd... #music #webcast
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep44
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 06/01/2026
As we lurch ahead into 2026, the #coltranetuesdays #JanU2esdays tradition continues again this year with the band's most appropriate song for starting off a new year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBAd...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show four men with musical instruments standing in a snowy field, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 30/12/2025
And then we'll see what you decide to bring me when we play #nfcstumptheband. Watch the #livestream tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m. ET - or anytime afterwards - at www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlf9... #music #webcast
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep43
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 30/12/2025
For the #coltranetuesdays show on the penultimate day of 2025, we'll wrap up the #AuldAcquaintances series of songs I learned to play some 30 years ago with an original song that my songwriting partner brought to me while we were in high school. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlf9...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a deep-sea sponge, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 23/12/2025
And then we can see what else I remember - and what else I've forgotten - when we play a (seasonally-themed?) round of #nfcstumptheband. Watch the #livestream tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m. - or anytime afterwards - at www.youtube.com/watch?v=z407... #music #webcast
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep42
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 23/12/2025
I don't actually know when I first learned to play some version of the song I'll use to start off this week's #coltranetuesdays show, but it sure was a long time ago - and I'm judging that it's long enough ago that it works for this month's #AuldAcquaintances series. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z407...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show sleigh bells, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 16/12/2025
The #timeshifted episode goes up in just a few minutes, TODAY (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m. - or watch anytime after - at www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9_i... #music #webcast
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep41
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 16/12/2025
For this week's installment in the #coltranetuesdays #AuldAcquaintances series of songs I learned 30 years ago, I'm playing a cut that featured on iconic albums from 1991 and 1994. And then we'll see how un-iconic things get when we play #nfcstumptheband. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9_i...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a colorful parrot, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 09/12/2025
And then we'll test my rhythm and see what hits when we play #nfcstumptheband. Watch the #livestream tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m. - or anytime afterwards - at www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvca... #music #webcast
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep40
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 09/12/2025
This month's #coltranetuesdays #AuldAcquaintances series of songs I learned 30 years ago continues this week with a 1994 alternative rock hit that helped me learn to play rhythm guitar. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvca...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a woman's eye, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 02/12/2025
And we'll lead off with an allusion-heavy 1992 classic that asks how much we really know. Then we'll see how much *I* really know when we play #nfcstumptheband. Watch the #livestream tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m. - or anytime afterwards - at www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBLz... #music #webcast
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep39
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 02/12/2025
During this nostalgia-fueled season, this month's #coltranetuesdays shows will start off with some #AuldAcquaintances: Some of the first songs I learned to play on guitar, when I was in high school some 30 years ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBLz...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show an astronaut on the moon, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 25/11/2025
And then we'll see what else I don't play quite like the original when we play #nfcstumptheband. Check out the #livestream tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m. ET - or anytime afterwards - at www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXnC... #music #webcast
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep38
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 25/11/2025
For this holiday week, we're wrapping up the #coltranetuesdays #NewToMeVember series with a Thanksgiving classic. I can't play it quite like the original, so instead it will be in my signature under-rehearsed, semi-improvised style! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXnC...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a young Arlo Guthrie wearing a hat, a napkin across his chest, and no shirt, and another necktie with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 18/11/2025
Then we'll see how I get held up when we play #nfcstumptheband. The #timeshifted episode goes online tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m., or watch anytime after that, at www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tJu... #music #webcast
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep37
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 18/11/2025
The #coltranetuesdays #NewToMeVember series continues this week with a piece that was one of the first songs a certain beloved American songwriter wrote for Broadway back in the late 70s - and I think it still holds up today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tJu...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show an assortment of job titles, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 11/11/2025
So for this week's show, I'll attempt to play that song, and then we'll see if you hit me with something else that's new-to-me when we play #nfcstumptheband. Check out the #livestream TODAY (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m. - or anytime afterwards - at www.youtube.com/watch?v=uawE... #music #webcast
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep36
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 11/11/2025
One of my kids recently introduced me to a seasonally-appropriate song for mid-November by a performer I'd never heard of - making the song a pretty good fit for the #coltranetuesdays #NewToMeVember series! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uawE...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a man with a red shirt, a Santa hat, and a moustache, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 04/11/2025
And then we'll see how my improvisational skills stand up when we play #nfcstumptheband. Check out the #livestream tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. - or anytime afterwards - at www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLVw... #music #webcast
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep35
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 04/11/2025
In addition to Election Day, tomorrow (Tuesday) also marks the start of the #coltranetuesdays #NewToMeVember series: All month, I'll be leading off with songs I haven't tried to play before, and we're beginning with a 1973 classic about standing up & getting involved. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLVw...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a street protest with a person holding up an American flag, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 27/10/2025
Find a comfortable seat and tune in for this monstrosity of a #livestream tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct. 28) at 12:30 p.m., or watch anytime afterwards, at www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDEB... #music #webcast
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One-person "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" 2025 (#coltranetuesdays - s5ep34)
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 27/10/2025
When Dave Fry made an #nfcstumptheband request for this 17-minute psychedelic epic back in 2018, little did he know he'd help to inspire this yearly #StumpTheBandDoOver event. And as always, it promises to be intermittently Not Terrible, and definitely uncomfortably long.
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 27/10/2025
TOMORROW (Tuesday)! Come with me, take my hand, and join us In The Garden Of Eden: The 2025 #coltranetuesdays #Looptober series is set to wrap up with the annual one-person performance of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," featuring far more instruments than is reasonable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cwp...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a detail of Adam, Eve, and Jesus in "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Hieronymus Bosch, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 21/10/2025
Then see how under-rehearsed and possibly-terrible things get when we play #nfcstumptheband. Check out the #livestream tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m. - or anytime afterwards - at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfk5... #music #webcast
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep33
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 21/10/2025
The #coltranetuesdays #Looptober series continues this week with a song that requires me to attempt to play one of the most iconic bass guitar breaks of all time - which I fully intend to render in my characteristic, under-rehearsed, "not terrible" style! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfk5...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show repeated "Hello, my name is ..." nametag stickers, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 14/10/2025
Check out the #livestream tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m. - or anytime afterwards - at www.youtube.com/watch?v=l612... #music #webcast
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep32
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 14/10/2025
For this week's #coltranetuesdays, we'll continue our #Looptober series with a reliable crowd-pleaser that's nonetheless a bit outside my usual wheelhouse. And then we'll see how far out things get when we play #nfcstumptheband.
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a map of the US East Coast, with a jar of honey superimposed on North and South Carolina - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 07/10/2025
Check out the #livestream tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. - or anytime afterwards - at www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwJA... #music #webcast
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#coltranetuesdays - s5ep31
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Not For Coltrane @notforcoltrane.com · 07/10/2025
We've gone quite a while without a new #coltranetuesdays episode, so we're starting back up again tomorrow (Tuesday) - just in time for #Looptober! See what kind of loopy shenanigans I get up to with an astronomically-inspired song, and then start your own shenanigans when we play #nfcstumptheband.
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show an image of the Milky Way, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
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