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Dr John Dies at 77

The Iconic and innovative maestro of the Second Line voodoo gris gris; legend of NOLA, Dr John (Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr.) passed on today! https://www.nola.com/entertainment/2019/06/dr-john-a-true-new-orleans-music-legend-dies-at-age-77-report.html?fbclid=IwAR39j3WD01AzcRwTZGawqCkn1_lpqZuaF91s2AI-mXWv8aHkRaP33VRsSOM

The Cosmos with M63

A bright spiral galaxy of the northern sky, Messier 63 is about 25 million light-years distant in the loyal constellation Canes Venatici. Also cataloged as NGC 5055, the majestic island universe is nearly 100,000 light-years across. That’s about the size of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Known by the popular moniker, The Sunflower Galaxy, M63…

Steve Vai Day

Steven Siro Vai (/vaɪ/; born June 6, 1960) is an American guitarist, composer, singer, songwriter, and producer. A three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee, Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, and played in Zappa’s band from 1980 to 1983. He embarked on…

Monty Alexander Day

Montgomery Bernard “Monty” Alexander (born 6 June 1944) is a jazz pianist. His playing has a Caribbean influence and bright swinging feeling, with a strong vocabulary of bebop jazz and blues rooted melodies. He was influenced by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson, and Frank Sinatra. Alexander also sings and plays the…

Grant Green Day

Grant Green (June 6, 1935 – January 31, 1979) was an American jazz guitarist and composer. Recording prolifically and mainly for Blue Note Records as both leader and sideman, Green performed in the hard bop, soul jazz, bebop, and Latin-tinged idioms throughout his career. Critics Michael Erlewine and Ron Wynn write, “A severely underrated player…

Diego LaBriola Memorial & Vigil today 6-5-19

3932 Cedar Ave So tree side 10am-10pm born 9-23-95 died 6-5-02 Please stop by Vigil or visit Diegos web site today. Flowers, candles & incense welcome! Brief Visit is sufficient and helpful. https://diego-labriola.virtual-memorials.com/main.php…. On June 2nd of 2002 Diego LaBriola was struck by a vehicle in front of 3932 Cedar Ave in south Minneapolis, Minnesota;…

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