Tag: soul

Junior Walker

My earliest memory of “Shotgun” by Junior Walker & the All Stars doesn’t actually involve the song, exactly.  I remember watching the Cosby Show with my family a lot as a kid, and I thought, when I was younger, that “Shotgun” was the theme song, at least for a couple of seasons.  As it turns […]

Talking with Colton Thomas

Colton and Booker T, July 2017 I first met Colton Thomas in Roseburg, Oregon last 4th of July.  Polyrhythmics had the amazing opportunity to open for Booker T at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, and Colton, who lives in the area, was there for the show.  Colton does A&R work for Transistor Sound, a record label […]

More Focused Listening

When David Bowie passed away, I was motivated to listen to more of his music, as I had really only heard his big hits previously.  As I have occasionally done with other artists in the past, I decided to start with his early albums and move through them chronologically (I wrote about this approach previously […]

Changes

Tonight I will be playing with the Shawna Locey Band for the last time, and this past Sunday I played my last show with Soul Kata. The motivations for the changes in both bands are somewhat similar. Although Soul Kata will continue, I didn’t see myself putting in the necessary effort and energy into getting […]