Published: Oct 30, 2020
Terrisa
featuring: Larry Bernard
During 1971, Larry played in thirteen different blues clubs in Chicago. He drummed over 300 nights, behind many greats like Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker, gaining a ton of skill through ...
Stories
Published: Oct 29, 2020
First Show
featuring: Larry Bernard
The first time Larry Bernard played the drums in front of a crowd was the late 1960s, in a club on the South Side of Chicago. He was under 18, and had ...
Published: Oct 28, 2020
I Want to be a Drummer, Too
featuring: Larry Bernard
After the show we sat at the bar; I was only drinking water and had returned to sobriety. He had over fifty years of experience playing on stages, making the drums thump, ...
Published: Oct 27, 2020
Whiskey and Water
featuring: Larry Bernard
Larry had agreed to talk with me any time after a show, I'd just have to stop by the bar and see him play first. I was drinking whiskey sours because I ...
Published: Oct 26, 2020
The Drummer
featuring: Larry Bernard
Behind the drums he looked short. I had been meaning to meet him for weeks now, but this or that thing in life had kept me from entering the bar. For some ...
Published: Oct 23, 2020
Ugly Clumps
featuring: Jeffry Adoms
Jeffry lay in the park, near the top of the sledding hill, watching the clouds float through the sky. He was having trouble seeing anything but blobs of puffy whiteness. His mind ...
Published: Oct 22, 2020
Two Weeks of Rain
featuring: Angela Moriss
It was raining. Again. Today would mark two weeks of rain, everyday, by Angela's count. Not rain every second during that time; there had been breaks, just rain each day at least ...
Published: Oct 21, 2020
View From Above
featuring: Angela Moriss
Angela looked down from the balcony to the street below. Tiny people moved about, cars flowed in a stop and go march from stop light to stop light, smaller than matchbox cars. ...
Published: Oct 20, 2020
On the Beach
featuring: Angela Moriss
She stood on the sand, watching the water swell in rows rolling toward the shore. They reached top speed, crested, turned to waves crashed down on the beach. The foamy remnants never ...
Published: Oct 19, 2020
Simon Plays Bass Guitar
featuring: Simon Dount
He played bass guitar, even though he was not any good. He played with his eyes closed and sweat on his face. Simon did not mind that he couldn't play worth a ...