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Another nailbiter in MLC tonight, this time with a (seemingly) improbable come from behind win by San Francisco. The baseball "equivalent" would be getting a walk off win in the bottom of the 9th after trailing by 15, or something like that. As a lifelong America sports fan, it's pretty much hard-wire into me that every game has a winner, and that the game ends the same day that it begins. So T-20 is a perfect for at for me, especially now that I'm familiar with the basic (and a few nuances of the game). MLC has thus far provided good, (mostly) competitive matches, and a home team that has looked good to this point. Looking into getting tickets for when SF comes to play us in Grand Prairie. Should be a good time! So far San Francisco looks like the team to beat - three games, three wins. and different hero each game. Yes, this is fun!🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

"Live" is pretty excellent, too. I was at the Great American Music Hall in SF for the April 12 show, too

Thanks for the kind sentiments, all. These circumstances are sad, but I hope that they provide an opportunity for people to revisit (or discover) Louis's music. I mean this with all sincerity - IMO, Louis was always at his best in Alex's company. Keep Your Heart Straight as an all-timer, and it stands out even among the many brilliant piano-drum duets that Louis essayed. Uplift the People is similarly masterful, and the seemingly indefatigable power of Louis's drumming on that record must surely rank among the best of his later career.  Clifford, I'm assuming you're familiar with the Old Stuff record on Cuneiform? It's the same band that appears on the America record. There's a version of "Rosmosis" on Old Stuff that is just unbelievable - a testament to how Louis could make a meal out of these repetitive, trancelike grooves. Having been lucky enough to know both Louis and Milford, I'm not an objective observer of this music - but their wildly different approaches service the music in profound ways. 

June 16 Tom Harrell - 1946

Bush Fire Foxes Fox etc RIP to the greatest drummer of the past 40-50 years that I never saw live sounded nothing like any other drummer. Some people here might know I have a thing for drummers of the very wide idiom called free music.      peace and blessings