theme thursday = glass

This is a copy of the original stained glass
at the Augsburg Cathedral, in Germany.
Windows in this cathedral date back to the 12 th century.

Around the corner from our store
was a little blues club called Blooeys.
When we opened,
one of the first business owners to introduce
themselves to us was Bill and Marianne.
We became instant friends and we'd like to think
we treated them as well as they treated us.
Bill Lupkin played at their club a few times.

If you click here, you'll see what else he does.

And here is one of Bills songs called Elgin Bounce.



He plays the harmonica.

Yesterday was Independent Record Store Day.

My 1st time in a record store was when some friends
and I rode our bikes into Westlake (Daly City, Ca)
which had a store with listening booths. We took
Napolean the VIII "Coming To Take Me Away"
45 into a booth to listen. We turned the record over
and it was the same song, but backwards. We were
hooked. When the Beatles "Sgt Peppers" came out,
KYA radio 1260 in SF was going to play the entire album
at midnight as a preview. I put my transistor radio
under my pillow and stayed awake for at least the
beginning of the album. At school the next day
everyone was talking about it. After school we went
and payed our $2.99 and went home and looked
at all the lyrics, photos etc. It was an exciting
time for music and albums, all affordable.

Now, like most things, there's no real excitement
and nothing visual or touchable when purchasing music.

Luckily, there are still some great shops for
Vinyl and people who know their music
and history.

Thanks to Tim here for being a friend and keeping
me up to date on the local history and upcoming
releases and all around music talk!

Rob & Susie, John Minton & Dave Kartholl

In Ft Wayne there's a local chain called "Wooden Nickel."
Yesterday, some friends (Rob & Susie Suraci) and their
group Possum Trot Orchestra were playing for this
world wide day of recognizing local record shops.

Also, John Minton, was selling his new book:

78 Blues, Folksongs and Phonographs
In The American South.

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John's a professor of Folklore at
Indiana/Purdue University in Ft Wayne.