by Kevin Burton Silly me, I was just listening to the music. I was young for sure, but not that young. Still, I had to have it all spelled out for me, after the fact. The first person I ever heard utter the phrase “disco sucks,” years later turned out to be …
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Bonnie Raitt And Stoking The Beepball Fire
by Kevin Burton I’ve always turned to Bonnie Raitt to raise the temperature in all things beep baseball. Boy do I ever need the help just now. I mentioned last month on Page 7 that some friends invited me to join the new USA Legends beepball team (“Let’s Hear It For Geezer Beepball,” …
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Sedaka’s “Bad Blood” Still A Favorite
by Kevin Burton The night my beloved Cincinnati Reds became world champions for the first time in my lifetime, “Bad Blood” by Neil Sedaka was the number one song in the nation. It was number one for three weeks, then slid off the charts as all songs do. But it never did fall …
Letters From Hamburg: Sophomore Studies
by Kevin Burton Well here it is, go day for me, a musical milestone of sorts, at least I hope. This is the day I get into a local studio for an assessment of sixteen of my original songs. Publishing this post is one of the final things I will do before heading …
