Hello all and welcome to June! First off, a lot has gone on behind the scenes this past week: for upcoming shows and the general SATB infrastructure, which I don’t want to get too far ahead of myself in discussing publicly, except to say some good things are coming from unexpected places. Stay tuned once …
Hello folks, and welcome to all the new subscribers! First off, it’s Memorial Day in the US today: to all who gave this last full measure of devotion we owe a debt of gratitude, thanks and remembrance. There seems to be some common misunderstanding as to what exactly this is all about – it’s not …
Hello all; First off, I want to apologize to anyone who’s had trouble accessing the SATB site. My tech, who built it (and if it looks a little geocities to anyone, LMK – there’ll be a re-design!), is a fellow who’s suffered some health issues in the last month, taking him out of availability, though …
Hello all; Welcome to the second half year of the SATB Newsletter. I first want to thank everyone who has reached out with their response to episode 304, my conversation with Bob Jackson of Badfinger – it really seems to have touched a nerve with people on many levels, but as I’ve noted before: the show …
Hello all, I guess from the number of this newsletter it means that we’re half a year in – doesn’t feel like six months at all, but maybe that’s because fun things tend to go by fast. I really enjoy putting these together, even if it’s later in the day than maybe you are expecting, …
Hello folks, First off, because you are all here and appreciated for the ongoing support, I want to present something cool that I’ve shared in the past, but not in the newsletter. In 1975 – 50 years ago – I was a very, very young Beatles fan. People around at that time will tell you …
Hello all, Welcome to the SATB Newsletter, to subscribers new and legacy. Who knew this would become the year of the drummer? 2025 started strong with Ringo in Nashville with Look Up, his shows and TV special, before news of the death of Blondie’s Clem Burke (also Judas Priest’s Les Binks), coinciding with the announced …
Hello folks and welcome to Monday! (Though I acknowledge that it’s already Tuesday in some places this is being read…) Not a ton of new news to report but a couple of things warrant attention. First, buried in the shock of Clem Burke’s passing was news about another drummer: Pete Best. On Sunday April 6, …
Hello folks; Welcome to another week. I was hoping to make it two in a row without something sad to report but might as well get this out of the way now: the passing of drummer Clem Burke, best known for his work with Blondie (but he’s played with an astonishing array of artists nearly beyond …
Hello all; Since the newsletter doesn’t aspire to serve as Grim Reaper, we’ll save the casualties for last, shall we? Instead, we go with the current Beatles-in-the-news story, RE that “find” in Canada of a reel containing the January 1, 1962 Decca audition. The 15-song set has only officially been made available in excerpted form …
