Growing up, I was exposed to most types of music around. My mother loved classical music, my father loved jazz, and they both loved forties big band and Latin music. My mother is musical and played the piano by ear. When I was a child, my parents gave me and my sister piano lessons. I stuck with it for four years but still cannot play very well. My sister made it six months and quit. But despite my failing to learn an instrument, I have always enjoyed music.

This evening's music features one of the great blues harmonica players, George "Harmonica" Smith.

it's a bit cryptic.

go rec it if you if you still haunt the orange halls.

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I am just going to post a quickie Open Thread for today. It is not my regular day and we are still in need of someone to post the Open Thread for Tuesday Mornings. It can be as little or as much as you wish.

This evening's music features jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus.

Stock market is freaky and no Bob Swern.

This cannot stand.

Monday morning poetry