Category: Little Epiphanies – Discover
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Jason Ricci: Naked Soul Playing with Fire
Note: I wrote this piece after hearing Jason Ricci, one of my harmonica heroes, play live in San Francisco back in 2009. It was an extraordinary experience being in a small club and seeing someone give everything they had for the music. That show, in a tiny, unsung club in SF, remains for me a…
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Big Guy with Earring: Brian Dessin Day
Note: This piece was originally written in 2005 when I first met Brian in Buenos Aires (you can read that here) and I was basking in the glow of our new friendship. I couldn’t believe my good fortune that he had chosen me to be his friend. His love fell like a blessing upon me.…
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Welcome to My World
Nothing is as it seems except the wind rustling the leaves in the trees.
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As I Am
I crave to be taken as I am Unvarnished Raw Contradictory Exploratory Unfinished I was brought into this world Raw and bathed in bodily fluids God knows I have chased the bodily fluids Merging mine with theirs Coveting the spontaneous combustion Of chest against chest Of lips against lips […]
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Honesty Turns Me On
It was a long time ago, another life really. We sat in a restaurant of starched white table cloths and talked. Long after our plates were removed and we were coaxing the last drops of champagne from the night, we talked. And talked. The other diners left. The waiters hovered at a safe distance, at…
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Jason Ricci: Stay in College
Jason Ricci shares his advice for hard-working, mid-level musicians who want to thrive in a tough business.
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Brian Dessin Day: Big Guy with Earring
Note: Brian passed away in 2008. I wrote an updated reflection and tribute to him here: https://kevincarrelfooter.com/brian-dessin-day/ The stories came one after the other. In each he was accompanied by a different exquisite girlfriend: Prague, the 210 motorcycles, the lecherous rock ‘n roll photographer, the train trip across a continent in search of absinthe. He…