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Greg

Me with Satchmo in Sarasota!

About Me

I'm nearly 50 years old and have been married to Kim for 28 years. I have two sons that are the great joys of my life. I love to read (mainly fiction--see profile) and I love music. I cut my musical teeth on the Beatles and the Beach Boys but I listen to almost everything and I've really enjoyed finding new bands on this site. I make a yearly pilgrimage to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival with a couple of my friends. If you love great music, delicious food, and the most wonderful people on Earth, get yourself down to Nawlins for The Fest, especially now when the people of Louisiana need us all to help them get the place up and running again!

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My Interests

Music, Books (Modern Fiction), Baseball

I'd like to meet:

I'd have loved to have met George Harrison and Richard Brautigan. I've been blessed to have met many of my "heroes", such as Brian Wilson, Bob Dylan, and Kurt Vonnegut.

Music:

You name it-- from the Beatles and Beach Boys to Miles and Coltrane!! Who Is Harry Nilsson?
RIP Danny Federici Check out this video of my friend, Miss Leah Chase, performing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2007: Randy Newman performs "Louisiana 1927" ..

In honor of Levon Helm, who gave me one of the great concert memories of all time a couple of nights ago!!

Books:

All Time Favorite Book- To Kill A Mockingbird. Also love Vonnegut, John Irving, Richard Brautigan, Haruki Murakami. Recent Favorites: The Time Travelers Wife (Audrey Niffenegger), The Miracle Life Of Edgar Mint (Brady Udall) and Carter Beats The Devil (Glen David Gold).

My Blog

Top Records Of 2006

Top Records Of 2006 Well, all of my friends did this, so I thought I'd give it a try. It was next to impossible to actually rank these. The best I could do was a top 7. The rest are in no particul...
Posted by Greg on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:49:00 PST

Jazz Fest Epilogue- The Lower 9th

It's taken me a couple of days to get to a place where I can write about the final day of my New Orleans visit. When we got down, Leah Chase offered to take us on a driving tour of the hurrican d...
Posted by Greg on Wed, 10 May 2006 11:20:00 PST

Jazz Fest-The Final Day

Just got back in from our traditional final dinner at NOLA in the quarter. For those of you who don't know, this is an Emeril Lagasse restaurant and it seemed to be operating at full force, even at 10...
Posted by Greg on Mon, 08 May 2006 10:37:00 PST

Jazz Fest Chapter 3

Well, just got back from Day 2 at the fairgrounds. I packed it in a little early today. Got over to the grounds at about noon today and unloaded by the Southern Comfort Blues Stage, which was formerly...
Posted by Greg on Sat, 06 May 2006 02:09:00 PST

Jazz Fest Part 2

Well, let me try this again. I had this totally written and ready to post when my computer hiccuped and it all disappeared! Anyway.........one more try. We got in from the Fest kinda late yesterday, a...
Posted by Greg on Sat, 06 May 2006 07:09:00 PST

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

Well, Greetings from Jazz Fest! This is my 14th year here now and this year it is a true blessing that it occurred at all, given Katrina's impact on the area. It's a testament to the will of the peopl...
Posted by Greg on Sat, 06 May 2006 04:26:00 PST

Jimmy Webb in Chicago

My wife and I decided to treat ourselves to a little Valentine's Day  trip to Chicago to see one of my personal musical heroes, Mr. Jimmy Webb. He played a supper club called the Black Orchid, a ...
Posted by Greg on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 05:57:00 PST