Category Archives: Music

Before he was dead, Jimi read

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Tom Warner

Or were we misled? [The approach of the Thanksgiving holiday (which this year will coincide with Hanukkah, making it Thanksgivukkah), got me thinking of the late great Jimi Hendrix, who was born in Seattle on November 27, 1942. And though … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Jimi Hendrix’s 71th Birthday

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Scott Huffines

Crosstown Traffic Alert: Train A Comin! by Tom Warner and Scott Huffines (November 5, 2013) – Tonight at 9 p.m. on PBS, American Masters will present a new two-hour documentary on pioneering rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix (Nov. 27, 1942 – … Continue reading →

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Beware the Snallygaster!

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Tom Warner

[As Halloween fast approaches, Frederick N. Rasmussen has written an excellent capsule history of this mythical local monster that appears in today's Baltimore Sun: "Spinning the tale of the Snallygaster." Check it out - and cautiously look to the skies … Continue reading →

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