Jeff Strahan – Monkey Around!

So on Sunday as I was doing some errands before the Eagles game I listened to a couple of new blues albums the first was Jeff Strahan‘s latest Monkey Around and Five Finger Discount from Soulstack. I enjoyed both  albums! Let’s start with Jeff Strahan first. From his website…… “Strahan is a fiery Texas spirit, a killer guitar player & piano pounder and singer, as wild as the high plains from which he hails, and as cool as the hill country where he lives. He’s as real & strong as lightning, I swear, and I love being around him, to…

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Life’s Soundtrack – Anders Osborne helps keep my Pace Up and the Effort Down with Peace!!

Well I proved tonight that Tuesday’s run was not just a result of having four days off!! I went into tonight’s run not expecting or really wanting to run as hard as I did on Tuesday! I had convinced myself that all I wanted to do was have a nice easy run. As I set out with those that thought in mind head and the music of Anders Osborne in my ears, I found myself holding a steady pace that was just under 10 minutes/mile and at times going down to 9:30 /mile. So I said ok let’s just let…

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Blues Wednesday – J Edwards – Lulu’s House

Ok so I hate the computer that I get to use most of the time! It’s an old slooow emachine and I spend half the night waiting for things to load! Anyway tonight I was looking over the Roots Music Report Blues Chart and I came across a name at number 36 that I didn’t recognize J Edwards and his album Lulu’s House. I listened to the second track “You Said You Loved Me” and it sounded pretty good! Then we lost the Internet connection and I’ve spent the rest of the night waiting for Rhapsody to reload! Anyway, as…

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