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Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival 2009

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Thirty Years Ago

A typical scene.  College guys sitting in their dorm watching Monday Night Football.  Mohlson’s Golden Ale. Doritos.  Lots of cross-talk.  Somebody said, “Hold on, something’s happening.”  I hung on every word, and every word lasted an eternity,  hoping it would … Continue reading

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More Fear of Strangers

I recently found these videos on YouTube of my favorite bar band of all time, Fear of Strangers.  Back in the late seventies and early eighties there was a very vibrant arts scene in Albany on and around Lark Street, … Continue reading

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Shopping for a Dog

First they were “The Units.”  Then they were “Fear of Strangers.”  A great band that almost made it: Val Haynes, Steve Cohen, Todd Nelson and Al Kash.  There’s not much of a trace of them now, even on the Internet … Continue reading

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