For all you trumpet aficionados out there…
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Music Fix: Wynton Marsalis “Cherokee” Trumpet Deluxe
Missin’ Miss Marcy Mondays, Goodbye Pearl
Goodbye to Pearl, a great blues club in Dallas, Texas whose owners have shut the doors after four years of providing top notch blues and jazz acts a great venue to play downtown. Victims of an economy in which many can’t afford to drive downtown, pay for parking and attend shows, the closing of Pearl is a tragic loss to the musical soul of Dallas.
>READ ON > See 2 videos from Miss Marcy & her Texas Sugardaddys >>
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Music Fix: Larry Carlton “Night Sweats”
Larry Carlton is simply an amazing guitarist whose work I first became aware of in the 70′s as the guy who played great solos on some of Steely Dan’s early recordings. He’s a “musician’s musician”, able to play with fluidity and grace in a wide variety of styles and formats. I’m particularly partial to his more electric jazz, rock and blues fusion bands but he’s also made his name in “smooth jazz” as an acoustic player. My favorites are ones like this.. NIGHT SWEATS.
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CD Release at Pearl!">Miss Marcy & her Texas SugarDaddys CD Release at Pearl!
Miss Marcy & her Texas SugarDaddys CD Release:
The stars are aligning in the muggy North Texas heat this week. Miss Marcy and her Texas SugarDaddys, a group of some of my favorite Dallas players are releasing new CD with a show at my favorite blues club in the world (and believe me I’ve been to a bunch) – PEARL in Dallas, Texas.
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Remembering Wayman Tisdale

On Thanksgiving evening 2008, TNT aired a profile piece on Wayman Tisdale, former NBA star who was battling bone cancer, with a love of music. The segment aired on the TNT program “Inside the NBA” with Charles Barkley.
The network contracted Bob Humphrey Video Services who hired Director of Photography Tracy Ready and Sound Technician Bob Fazio to work with TNT producer John O’Connor and Correspondent Jim Huber on the story.
Watch the story > Click here for “Wayman Tisdale Courage” from NBA on TNT
Note from Tracy Ready:
Sadly, Wayman Tisdale lost his battle to cancer, but he was a true champion of the spirit.
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