With Love, From Ringo in Nashville
What do you get when an ex-Beatle travels to Nashville and sits in with the finest group of Country musicians this side of the...
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- Aug 25
- 3 min
ONE OF THE WONDERS OF POP MUSIC--THE LONDON HOWLIN' WOLF SESSIONS
The miracle of "The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions", is that they happened at all. The surprise of these sessions is that the music is...
- Aug 10
- 5 min
ONE OF THE WONDERS OF POP MUSIC -- "WHO'S NEXT"
Had the Marx Brothers been a Rock-n-Roll band, they would have been The Who, the edgy, mischievous British Blues-Rock band that in the...
- May 30
- 9 min
One of the Wonders of American Music--Howlin' Wolf
Chester Burnett, a.k.a. Howlin' Wolf, was a musical genius. Yes, as much a musical genius as Ludvig von Beethoven. The reason he didn't...
- May 25
- 3 min
Coffee and Our Third Place
Compared with beer or wine, coffee hasn’t been around all that long. Beer dates back to 5,000 BC. Discovered growing in Ethiopia, it was...
- May 14
- 5 min
Employment, ethics, and putting God first
After graduating from college, I worked in a retail store for a large company. There seemed to be few prospects for advancement, so I...
- May 9
- 6 min
book review: The Measure of a Man, by Sidney Poitier
The key to understanding Sidney Poitier's stellar film career, is that he was willing to walk away from a large movie contract, rather...
- Dec 24, 2023
- 1 min
The Nisley's 2023 Christmas Letter
"PEACE ON EARTH, GOOD WILL TO MAN" is the subject of the Nisley's 2023 Christmas Letter Ironically, many of the world's favorite...
- Dec 8, 2023
- 2 min
John Lennon's Christmas Carol to the World
Of all the Beatles, John Lennon was the most socially-minded of the four, as evident on such Beatles' classics as, "All You Need is...
- Dec 5, 2023
- 19 min
Paul's Church Without Wrinkle
All Bible scholars agree: without the missionary work of the Apostle Paul, Christianity would not have survived the First Century AD, as...
- Nov 25, 2023
- 7 min
One of the Wonders of Pop Music--"All Things Must Pass"
George Harrison was tired of being a Beatle. He was tired of working with John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who over the years had...
- Nov 25, 2023
- 8 min
In the Bleak Midwinter
If Christmas isn’t Christmas without snow, then you’ll appreciate the following story. It’s from “The Holly Tree” by Charles Dickens....
- Nov 21, 2023
- 7 min
Review: Three Hallmark Channel Christmas Movies
Every year the Hallmark Channel films about twenty Christmas stories for the Holiday Season. Mind you, these are not serious dramas, but...
- Sep 1, 2023
- 5 min
One of the Wonders of Pop Music--The Doors' L.A. Woman
It was all over. The Doors had had their run--and a very successful run it was--but it had run its course. It was clear the band was...
- Aug 22, 2023
- 3 min
One of the Wonders of Pop Music--Jackie DeShannon
Jackie DeShannon is best remembered for her 1965 smash hit, "What the World Needs Now is Love." Among those in the music industry she is...
- Jul 26, 2023
- 7 min
One of the Wonders of Pop Music--Anne Murray
Can a country girl from the Canadian Maritimes--who doesn't dress suggestively or act outrageously--make it as pop singer? That was Anne...
- Apr 17, 2023
- 3 min
The Silver Fox
It was a pivotal moment in Pop Music. Charlie Rich was in Memphis auditioning for Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Records who’d...
- Apr 17, 2023
- 5 min
The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll
Sun Records was little more than a storefront studio in a bad part of Memphis, Tennessee. Yet, it was here the first rock-n-roll record...
- Feb 27, 2023
- 10 min
Book Review: Ben Hogan -- An American Life
I first learned about Ben Hogan watching the Golf Channel. Oh, I'd heard his name before but other than that, I knew next to nothing...
- Dec 4, 2022
- 5 min
An Encyclopedia of Los Angeles
“There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl...
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