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Rich & Kathy

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About Me

MUSIC SPREADS POSITIVE VIBRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE...Talk is cheap, but here are some more quotes anyway: "I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, 'The Beatles did.'" (Kurt Vonnegut)... "When you get confused, let the music play." (Robert Hunter)..."Give peace a chance." (John & Yoko)..."Keep on rockin' in the free world." (Neil Young)..."Antibiotics won't help me now!" (The Dials)..."All you need is Love." (John Lennon)Dave Specter Live--"Sweet Serenity" The Who-Live on the Smothers Brothers Show--"My Generation"George Harrison and Bob Dylan-"If not for you" from Bangla DeshGarbage-"I'm only happy when it rains"Muddy Waters Live 1971-"Got my mojo workin'"

My Interests

music, jamming, drawing, painting, the arts, guitars, poetry, books, hiking, biking, backpacking, Hinduism, Buddhism, Kabala, Jesus, Mohammad, conservation, the environment, release from suffering, Cubs, Sox, Bulls, Bears, Chicago, comedy, chess, turtles, tortoises, Universal Consciousness, Enlightenment, Yoga, meditation, entomology, astronomy, the wilderness

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Music:

Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Dave Specter, The Dials, Bang!Bang! Telenovela, Ali Farka Toure, Fareed Haque, Melanie, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Johnson, Grateful Dead, Tortoise, Jefferson Airplane, Rolling Stones, Traffic, Cream, Hendrix, Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Garbage, Angelfish, Al Kooper, Billie Holiday, Mike Bloomfield, Debra Dobkin, Joni Mitchell, Phil Ochs, Big Bill Broonzy, Patti Smith, Janis Joplin, Ten Years After, Johnny Winter, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dinah Washington, Blondie, The Pretenders, Donovan, Neil Young, The Who, B-52s, Go-Gos, The Band, Bob Gibson, Laura Nyro, Fiona Apple, High Violets, Regina Spektor, Count Basie, Smokey Robinson, Sly and the Family Stone, Bob Gibson, Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris, Paul Simon, John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, Carlos Santana, Earl Scruggs, Dusty Springfield, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Segovia, Cat Power, Telenovela, The Shirelles

Movies:

King of Hearts, A Thousand Clowns, Yellow Submarine, The Day the Earth Stood Still, 2001-A Space Odyssey, American Beauty

Television:

Curb Your Enthusiasm, George Lopez, Boston Legal, The Office

Books:

Everything by: Hermann Hesse, Kurt Vonnegut, J.D. Salinger, Ken Kesey, Ram Dass, Paramahansan Yogananda, Sarah Vowell, George Orwell... Especially: Siddhartha, Steppenwolf (Hesse), A Man Without a Country, Timequake, Slaughterhouse Five, Cat's Cradle, (Vonnegut), Catcher in the Rye, Franny and Zoey (Salinger), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Kesey), Be Here Now, Love Serve Remember, One Liners (Ram Dass), Autobiography of a Yogi (Yogananda) The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Assasination Vacation (Vowell), 1984 (Orwell)...Also: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

Heroes:

Thomas F. Brown, Ram Dass, George Harrison, Jerry Garcia, Bob Dylan, Ghandi, Bruce Helford, Debra Dobkin, Steve Gold, Bob Whitman, Barb Heidelbach, Mike Abrahamson, Mighty Mouse, Rocky the Flying Squirrel

My Blog

AMAZING PASTELS by our good friend Cheryl Ann Spran. Go to View My Pics / Cheryl's Pastels

For more information about these pastels you can email the artist at  [email protected]
Posted by Rich & Kathy on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:34:00 PST

DAVE SPECTER LIVE IN CHICAGO DVD/CD!!

SPRING 2008 DELMARK RELEASE for end of April, beginning of May:  1) We are thrilled with the return of outstanding blues guitarist Dave Specter to Delmark recording activity. This anticipat...
Posted by Rich & Kathy on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:27:00 PST

Dave Specter Live at Legends Wednesday Night

Go to www.davespecter.org or www.myspace.com/davespecter for the BEST IN CHICAGO BLUES The Hot Seat: Chan with more, Specter with less .. Article Publsih Date --> February 25, 2008.. Article By Line ...
Posted by Rich & Kathy on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:47:00 PST

Check out this video: Jake Shimabukuru While My Guitar Gently Weeps

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Posted by Rich & Kathy on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:30:00 PST

THE DIALS VIDEO: Take It To The Man

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Posted by Rich & Kathy on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:53:00 PST

Bang! Bang! at Beat Kitchen

A kinetic whirlwind surrounded the Beat Kitchen just before Bang!Bang! tore the house down.  Witnesses reported various objects, long and short, flying through the air.  Everyone attending w...
Posted by Rich & Kathy on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 03:28:00 PST

Show Reviews: The Dials; Dave Specters Blues/Jazz Summit

The Dials ironically produced more thermal energy than The Thermals who headlined Friday night's show at Subterranean.  Dave's Blues/Jazz Summit at Millenium Park was a resounding success.&...
Posted by Rich & Kathy on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:58:00 PST