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Author: Jeff Gemmill

I am not old, but middle-aged; not grey, though too many hairs are fading that way; and not feline, but a decidedly flawed human. I’m a middle-aged white guy with catholic tastes, in other words, a product of my times but not a prisoner of them. (While I subscribe to the George Santayana aphorism that “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” I also believe that those who only look in the rearview mirror are sure to drift into the median strip.) I launched this blog as occasional essays on the Hatboro-Horsham Patch in February 2012 and moved it to Wordpress.com in the summer of 2014, when it became a weekend endeavor. As the tag line indicates, it’s a mix of music reviews, reminisces and related ephemera. Years long ago, I wrote about TV for the black-and-white sections of the Cable Guide, Total TV, See and TV GUIDE magazines; I also oversaw the original Old Grey Cat website (1997-2006), primarily about Neil Young’s oeuvre, and co-founded a short-lived ‘zine, Da Boot, about collector CDs. I can be reached at oldgreycat [at] yahoo [dot] com.
  • by Jeff Gemmill
  • Posted on April 1, 2023April 1, 2023

First Impressions: All Roads Lead Home by Molina, Talbot, Lofgren & Young

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  • by Jeff Gemmill
  • Posted on March 26, 2023March 26, 2023

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band in Greensboro, NC (3/25/23) – A Review

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  • by Jeff Gemmill
  • Posted on March 19, 2023March 19, 2023

Songs du Jour, 3/19/23

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  • by Jeff Gemmill
  • Posted on March 12, 2023

First Impressions: September November by the Long Ryders

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  • Posted on March 11, 2023March 11, 2023

First Impressions: Aquarius Andromeda by the Three O’Clock

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  • Posted on March 5, 2023March 30, 2023

The Essentials: One for the Road by the Kinks

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At first glance, one might think that All Roads Lead Home, the “debut” album from Molina, Talbot, Lofgren & Young was a more egalitarian #NeilYoung & #CrazyHorse release, with the four jamming in the studio on songs. In fact, it’s a compilation of tracks that were recorded apart both before and during the pandemic, with Ralph Molina, Billy Talbot and Nils Lofgren each contributing three and Neil Young sharing one that’s just him, his acoustic guitar and harmonica. Yet, despite the time and distance, the songs flow the way one would expect from an in-studio collaboration—no doubt due to the musical DNA the four have long shared.
It’s been a while since I shared a pic of this angel. (Do I even need to say his name?!) #cats #catsofinstagram
Has it really been 38 years since my first #EmmylouHarris concert?! Yowza. My seventh-row seat set me back all of $15! This show, at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, was a wondrous night that spotlighted her then-current Ballad of Sally Rose LP. I didn’t put it in my #OfConcertsPast piece (link in bio), which I wrote 9 years ago, but - as happened a few other times - though we’d yet to meet, my wife was at the show, too! #concertmemories #livemusicisbetter
On today’s agenda: #NeilYoung and #CrazyHorse in Rotterdam circa 2001 via the #NeilYoungArchives. It’s a true cacophony of zen. #livemusicisbetter
Another #BruceSpringsteen picture from Greensboro. #concert #livemusicisbetter
Another shot of #BruceSpringsteen and the #EStreetBand in Greensboro last night. #concert #concertphoto #livemusicisbetter
Tonight in Greensboro… #brucespringsteen #springsteen
Our view of the stage. (Springsteen in Greensboro.)

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