Jim Alfredson

This is such a cool record. Bill Stewart, Larry Goldings, and Kevin Hayes. http://www.amazon.com/Incandescence-Bill-Stewart/dp/B0014Z3P02

I'll see you on the dark side of the moon...

Back to the future!

I should do this when I tune pianos. "Jim is now listening to C1." "Jim is now listening to C1 again." "Jim is still listening to C1." "Jim is now listening to C#1." And on and on for about 75 minutes.

The master.

Mike LeDonne's latest CD is killer! I heard a cut on WDET while driving to Detroit this past Saturday and about fell out of my van! You gotta grab this! http://mikeledonne.net/discography/albums/i-love-music/

Think any pizza joints are delivering? #blizzard2015

This is my jam today.

If he's speaking musically, then I'd have to agree.

"Tobias has endured chickenpox and whooping cough, though Ms. McMenimen said the latter seemed more like a common cold. She considered a tetanus shot after he cut himself on a wire fence but decided against it: “He has such a strong immune system.” To paraphrase Krusty The Klown: "You ma'am, are an idiot." From wiki: "Tetanus often begins with mild spasms in the jaw muscles—also known as lockjaw or trismus. The spasms can also affect the chest, neck, back, abdominal muscle...

Time for an Oberheim.

Here's a neat interview I did about the new THEO release. http://www.musicstreetjournal.com/index_interview_display.cfm?id=100690 There's a review on the site as well, which I will link in the comments.

Two thoughts on air travel today: 1) There is no way to avoid looking like a snooty, privileged imperialist while getting your shoes shined at those hallway shoe-shining stands and 2) The men's rooms always smell like the inside of a tauntaun.

Too many people to thank for such a great NAMM hang but let's see if I can remember most of them. First, my Hammond brethren: Gregory Gronowski, Scott May, Steve Simmons, Jack Maher, Jennifer Landeros, Jimmie N Davina Smith, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Brian Charette, Wil Blades, Abe Thomas, Ron Oswanski, Jon Hammond, Gary Swan & Ruben Agosto. And my CASIO family: Mike Martin, Paul Mouradjian, Kristian Terzić, Jerry Kovarsky, & Tom Brislin. And last but certainly not least, Stephen Fortner, Duffy...

I need pizza.

Phew! I made it to Anaheim after delays, delays, delays in Detroit and Chicago. Now I'm starving. Who's at the Hilton and wants to chow?

On my way to NAMM in Anaheim. Driving to Detroit Metro was a ball of fun. Yikes! Be careful out there! In other news, two new reviews of THEO came in today. One from neoprog.eu in French (4 1/2 out of 5 stars) and one from Midwest Records in English. "Wild stuff for restless young ears." I'll take it!

I'm deeply saddened by the passing of Bobby Watley. A true gentleman, master of the Hammond B3, and founder of Funk Inc. We never met in person but I treasure our interactions online. He was incredibly supportive of younger cats like me. Thank you, Bobby. I will miss you immensely.

So I'm playing at Libby's tonight and tomorrow night with Dirty Fingers. Jeff Shoup on drums, Ralph Tope on guitar (tonight), Lawrence Barris on guitar (tomorrow), and Jim Cooper on vibraphone. We start at 8pm. Libby's Jazz Club in Jackson.

Before Zora was born, I made up a name off the top of my head when Alison Alfredson and I were discussing potentials. My name? Jama'neesha-naysho'. Looks like she'd fit right in.

This is my SHIT. http://youtu.be/pz3rrESMnzI