Tamarack Studios, California -2012

“I been Norman Mailered, Maxwell Taylored.I been John O’Hara’d, McNamara’d.I been Rolling Stoned and Beatled till I’m blind.I been Ayn Randed, nearly brandedCommunist, ’cause I’m left-handed.That’s the hand I use, well, never...

Los Feliz, California -2018

“I’m a wanderer on life’s highwayI’m not one of that great legion with their traveling careAnd though I haven’t much religionHere’s my only prayer.Give me the road, the wide winding highwayJust let me know the done beaten bywaysAnd...

Winnetka, California -2017

“I don’t know just how old I was, but when I was quite small I found an old piano who no one played at all I climbed the stool and tried the keys and soon I found a song And oh I knew right then and there, here’s where I belong. As long as I can keep on...

Cal Tjader-Stanford, California -1979

“In the middle of that hub I remember one jazz club Where we went to pat feet Down on fifty-secon’ street Everybody heard that word That they named it after Bird Where the rhythm swooped and swirled The jazz corner of the world An’ the cats they gigged in...