Cracks in the Finish
Posts from October 2013
A blog by Jorma Kaukonen
Music And Life In the Old Country
International traveling is humbling at best… sort of like life sometimes. I drove from Laconia to Logan in Boston, flew to NY. Changed terminals, flew to Heathrow, changes terminals and planes and arrive in Helsinki with a suitcase and no guitar. I had faith though, and the guitar showed up early the next morning. Anyway, my cousin Tuula drove from Porvoo to Helsinki and took me back to her family farm for the afternoon. ‘I thought you had sheep,’ ...
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Memories From The Dawn Of Time
My Father served the U.S. Government in one way or the other all of his adult life. From 1956 to 1962 he was First Secretary of the American Embassy in Manila in what was then called the Philippine Islands. (Now it’s the Republic Of The Philippines) I went to the American School my junior year of high school. When I would return in 1961 after three quarters at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio I would attend the Ateneo ...
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Rory Block, Roy Book Binder And Marjorie Thompson Wrapped In Fall
As I was driving to ‘work’ at the Fur Peace Ranch on Friday I was really looking forward to spending the weekend with my dear friends and colleagues, Rory Block, Roy Book Binder, and Marjorie Thompson.
It is always good to get together with old friends and share some music.
Before getting to the Ranch, I had to stop by Dan Erlewine’s guitar shop so he could put some Fishman Electronics in the two Jorma Kaukonen M-30 Martins which I had ...
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Homecoming And Onward
Last Saturday was the Homecoming Parade in Athens, Ohio and The Psylodelic Gallery was represented in the persons of Vanessa, Treva, Ally and Hannah… we’ll get to that.
We look forward to the wonderful art and community involvement that the folks at Honey For The Heart bring. It is a wonderful involvement for folks of all ages.
I got to Court Street nice and early so I could get some nice shots of our ‘family.’
One great float after another came by.
Yeah… ...
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Chris, Patty And Onward…
It’s been almost a week since Chris Snither and Patty Larkin graced the Fur Peace Ranch and I just haven’t found the time to sit down and finish this post until now. It’s 0603 and Vanessa and I are having coffee together while I write this.
Fall is gently starting to wrap us in the fire of Autumn… It is still early foliage for us, but if wind and rain don’t strip the trees, it looks like it’s going to ...
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