Bill Perry Passes
My old friend Bro Perry passed at his home. I grew up in Nyack and went to school with a bunch of Perry cousins and kin including Bill, known as Bro to his friends. Bill was amazingly talented. I first heard him play in his Hendrix cover band Isabella at a grungy bar at the outskirts of the West Nyack Dump about 30 years ago. I remember him bringing down the house with his version of Red House. He went on to do the music of Jimi in a Broadway show and then, after 20 years of doing rock and blues he was discovered for the great talent that he was.
He has been doing the "chitlin circuit" and I saw him a few times at local clubs, but not as often as I wish now I had.

Bro suffered from diabetes and other health problems. I heard that he fell and his manager found him, but it was too late.


Bill Berry at Blind Pig 
¶ Wednesday, July 18, 2007 0 Comments Links to this post

  Premier Amplifier Knobs
I collect premier harp amps and often I get them without knobs. I have accumulated a few spares from guitar shows and online auctions and I have paid anywhere from $3 to $7 for a knob. I was recently outbid on this set of knobs. I wanted them mainly because I don't have any yellow knobs. The knobs went for $12 each - $60 including postage.

Things, as ever, are getting out of hand.


 
¶ Monday, July 02, 2007 0 Comments Links to this post