Friday, April 1, 2022

A kind of gist

Last Saturday, we saw the old bluesman’s last concert 

He’s 88 now but we could not tell; the band blew our hub caps off

“Live music is so special,” she said, midway, touching me on the shoulder

On the way home, we played one of our favorite songs over and over 

—A tribute to Jimmy; and we just heard the opening band play “Little Wing” 

Everything's connected, it seems

What’s he singing? she asked about the notorious mumbler

I told her what I knew, but it didn’t matter 

There’s a kind of gist

The band we heard Saturday night:

German youngsters:

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sweet!

Hey your troll is gone!

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

  This ran in the Sunday December 24, 2023 edition of the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register : July 14, 1955 - November 20, 2...