Here is one of my favorite Youtube videos. The pianist is good...he knows what not to play. Sometimes, the ear hears notes he doesn't even hit. When he take a chorus, he starts to swing- almost tongue in cheek- before falling back into straight ballad time. A little pedal point, basic harmonies and just the Read More
(NOTE: I wrote this before our recent, astonishing trip to ride bicycles in Death Valley.) At the end of our second complete calendar year since starting the Bike Touring News blog and store I can say; "I think this might work!" Enough people appreciate the value of what we do here that we have been Read More
This guy, Pat O'Bryan, has a complete understanding of the blues. This is in Terlingua, TX. outside of Big Bend National Park....outstanding music is only one of the reasons Texas is a great place to tour! http://youtu.be/irY-tr2TJ54 Read More
Anybody with a computer and an internet connection can have a blog. A cynic might assume that since the entry barriers are so low bloggers might be shallow and narcissistic and their blogs trivial and insignificant. And since traditional journalism has fact checkers and editors it is, in theory at least, reliable. What's to certify Read More
The Bike Hermit gets discouraged. Maybe too easily. He knows he's not the only one. Sometimes the most basic of tasks are hard to get started. What's the point after all? Typing on the computer is a struggle. The sentences come out short and clipped. What's the problem ? It appears, outwardly at least, that Read More
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