Continuing the celebration of The Jukebox’s first year a Post that I am especially fond of for the artists featured and the memories it evoked of my own childhood. I hope it will resonate with ...
Some voices clutch at the heart. Some voices echo on and on in your soul. Some voices speak to you in the dawn’s early light. Some voices play softly in your mind through the long and speechles...
https://theimmortaljukebox.com/2017/05/31/for-arthur-alexander-a-ballad-in-blue/
To everything there is a season. Turn, turn, turn. Here in the woods Summer has now definitively turned into Autumn. U The last blaze of heat but an ember in the memory. Now, as the birds perform...
‘Dance when you are broken open. Dance if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re absolutely free.’ (Rumi) ‘We should co...
https://theimmortaljukebox.com/2016/07/01/chris-montez-lets-dance/
Regular readers of The Jukebox will know of my lifelong love and admiration for Muhammad Ali. Tens of millions of words will be written about his legendary life and career. Below is the heartfelt...
https://theimmortaljukebox.com/2016/06/05/fare-thee-well-muhammad-ali-fare-thee-well-champ/
‘He was a hero to me’ (David Crosby) ‘I would prefer not to’ (Bartleby the Scrivener- Herman Melville) Some artists songs reflect the busy world being born and dying all around them. Some...
https://theimmortaljukebox.com/2016/05/23/fred-neil-the-reluctant-guru-of-greenwich-village/
Paul Brady will be 69 this week. Here’s a tribute from the very early days of The Jukebox many of you may have missed. Bard: A tribal poet – singer skilled gifted in composing and reciting ve...
https://theimmortaljukebox.com/2016/05/18/happy-birthday-to-paul-brady-irish-folk-icon/
Whatever gets you through the night. That’s right John. Whatever gets you through. Gets you through. The days. The days you don’t own. You’re a prisoner of the days. A prisoner uniformed, n...
Ah youth, youth. When the blood sang in our veins. When there were worlds to be discovered, explored and thrillingly conquered. When we were almost sure, almost sure, we were immortal. Yet, in th...
https://theimmortaljukebox.com/2016/03/02/free-gloriously-blazing-too-far-too-high-too-soon/
When you get down to it, when you really get down to it – rhythm rules. Before you can utter a sound you can feel and respond to the rhythm of your mothers beating heart. And it’s your first ...
https://theimmortaljukebox.com/2016/02/09/bo-diddley-rhythm-rules-rhythm-rules/