6.06.2004

Musical Education

I want to surround my life with music. It has amazing powers to connect people, a phenomon I can barely begin to explain. Here's a list of things I need to do in my life to continue my musical education, in no particular order, but focused on the U.S. for now:

  • Visit Lubbock, Tx. to see where Buddy Holly came from. Visit Clear Lake, Iowa so I can pay my respects to Buddy, Ritchie Valens, and JP Richardson. They were so young, and did so much while they were here, that I feel we were all robbed. Their loss hits a raw nerve almost the same as does the assassination of MLK, Jr.
  • Go see the Rev. Al Green in Tennessee to hear him sermonize.
  • Go visit Graceland.
  • Go see a concert at Red Rocks in Colorado.
  • Walk in the Haight-Asbury district in San Francisco. I'll leave the flowers in the ground, though.
  • Go hear Bob Dylan live.
  • I would go visit Max Yasgur's farm where the Woodstock concert took place, but I think they ruined the memory with the two concerts in the 90s. So, this really shouldn't be on the list, should it? Oh well, I typed it already
  • Does the Whisky A GoGo still exist in L.A.? If so, I'll go check that out so I can see where the Doors got there start.
  • Go to the Otis Redding museum in Macon, Ga. Yes, there is a museum, as is only right.
  • Go to South by Southwest in Austin, Tx. to check out all the cool unsigned bands, and visit some sites where Stevie Ray Vaughan used to play.
  • Go see some cool Blues concert in Chicago.
  • Sit on the edge of the Pacific and listen to the Beach Boys.


I'm sure there's plenty else for me to do, but that's what I can think of now.

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