“In April 2016, Stubblefield revealed that Prince was secretly paid the $90,000 in medical bills the drummer accumulated while undergoing chemotherapy for bladder cancer. Prince considered Stubblefield one of his “drumming idols,” Stubblefield told Billboard following Prince’s death.” http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/clyde-stubblefield-james-browns-funky-drummer-dead-at-73-w467805
Read moreNew Musical
One of the best things about my job is the creative process. Watching people create new songs, invent new choreography, direct lighting, etc…it’s fascinating. I just started working on a new project. The show is being produced in conjunction with the Berkeley Rep Theater and we are rehearsing here at Second Stage in Times Square…
Read moreHard Living In The Big Easy: Housing Costs Push Musicians Out Of New Orleans
“Jazz vocalist John Boutté feels he can no longer afford to live in his hometown of New Orleans. He’s not alone. Rising housing costs are pushing many musicians and service workers — the backbone of New Orleans’ tourism economy — further and further outside the city limits. This suburbanization of the working class poses more…
Read moreA New Temptations Musical
It looks like I’ll be working on a new musical next month. The show is packed with some serious Broadway heavy hitters. I have a feeling that it will be pretty good. I can’t wait to get in on the ground floor of a new show. I love the process: http://www.playbill.com/article/jersey-boys-director-des-mcanuff-working-on-temptations-musical Tony Award-winning director…
Read moreNFL Star and Heinemann Trophy Winner Ricky Williams Harassed By Law Enforcement
Watch this. Just watch this and let me know if your blood doesn’t start to boil. Their job is to “enforce the law” – better known as “arrest as many people as they can so they look good.” You job is to say as little as possible. Theirs is to get you to say as…
Read morePicasso’s napkin
I just heard about an interesting story. I don’t know how true it is, but I think it’s important-especially for people who don’t understand how to put a value on your service or product. The story goes something like this: Picasso is sitting in a Paris café when a fan approaches the artist and…
Read moredonald trump’s Complicated Form – #borderwall
Trump echoed this theme in an interview with ABC News’ David Muir on Wednesday, insisting, “We will be in a form reimbursed by Mexico, which I’ve always said. (lie)” “We’ll be reimbursed at a later date from whatever transaction we make from Mexico,” Trump continued. “I’m just telling you there will be a payment. It…
Read moreBattered Voter Syndrome -#trump
I’m going to slightly paraphrase a comment I read recently: “Just a few things I’ve heard the last two months: 1. Give him a chance. 2. Maybe it won’t be that bad. 3. All politicians are horrible. 4. He’ll get better once in office. Just a few things I’ve heard from victims of domestic…
Read morePaul Hines
Paul Hines. He’s been one of my favorite drummers for over 30 years…and I never knew it. I heard from a colleague recently that the drummer on the songs below is a guy named Paul Hines. My friend was listening to the song “Chains” and told me that he felt that Paul is one the…
Read moreObamacare vs. Affordable Care Act
Yeah…. There are plenty of videos showing how stupid liberal college kids are. Well, it’s your turn to look just as dumb. Congrats to you fools. These are the people who voted in that idiot who is now president. Good luck when the GOP gets rid of that Obamacare thing (and your beloved Affordable Care…
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