J.J. Cale – Page 2 – FIRST DATE, WORST DATE EVER!

Lady Tenor in a Sea of Men

May 23, 2018 Posted in best, California, chorus, humor, J.J. Cale, memoir, relationships, singing, sister1 Comment

My chorus just did two back-to-back performances this past weekend. There are 120 of us this semester, with only thirty men. The men sing the bass and tenor parts, and five of us women sing the higher tenor part with the men. Why, you ask? Because we five gals have a lower range than the… Continue reading Lady Tenor in a Sea of Men

Pennies from Heaven

January 9, 2018January 9, 2018 Posted in best, blues, coincidence, deceased, drugs, Eric Clapton, Google, head shop, high school, humor, Iowa, J.J. Cale, marijuana, memoir, music, relationships, singing, songwriterLeave a comment

When I was sixteen, I saved up my babysitting money and went downtown to Cottage Grove Avenue in Des Moines, where there was a head shop filled with incense, hanging beads, roach clips, and tie dye. Although I wasn’t a pothead, I enjoyed the ambience of the place and the way my hair smelled when… Continue reading Pennies from Heaven