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Music Monday: Jam In The Van a few years ago with Nicki Bluhm

RichC | November 19, 2018

Music Monday posts are usually a reflection of what I’m listening to at the moment; this week it is not. The older music video below was trigger after seeing Nicki Bluhm‘s name on a concert listing when Brenda and I were at the Taft Theater in Cincinnati. I’ve mention Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers several […]

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Music: Run-Around from the 90s by Blues Traveler

RichC | October 7, 2015

Usually when posting about a song I’m listening to or talking about music, I drift back about four decades … surprise … this time I’m only going back TWO decades! The jam band Blues Traveler recorded the top 40 song “Run-Around” in 1994 which was written by their frontman John Popper … and this pop-like […]

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