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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.
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  • Posted on May 30, 2022May 30, 2022

The Essentials: Just a Stone’s Throw Away by Valerie Carter

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  • Posted on May 28, 2022

First Impressions: Second Day of Spring by Companion

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  • Posted on May 22, 2022May 22, 2022

First Impressions: Porchlight by Everett Wren

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  • Posted on May 21, 2022

First Impressions: Entre eux deux by Melody Gardot and Philippe Powell

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  • Posted on May 15, 2022

First Impressions: Wellswood by Thomas Dollbaum

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  • Posted on May 14, 2022June 1, 2022

The Essentials: Tap Root Manuscript by Neil Diamond

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On this date in 2015, June 21st, we had tickets to see #PaulMcCartney at the Wells Fargo barn in South Philly, but Diane was under the weather. So I took my mom! She was 75 at the time, not a McCartney/Beatles fan per se, though she remembered seeing them on Ed Sullivan, but a McCartney/Beatles fan by osmosis (when I was a kid, everyone in the house usually heard what I played). She loved the show, though she thought it a tad loud.
Happy #fathersday to all the dads out there.
Just call him angel of the morning… #cats #catsofinstgram
I write about the Dream Syndicate's new album, Ultraviolet Battle Hymns and True Confessions, on my blog today. (Link in bio.) It takes me back to the many hazy summer days and nights I spent in the ‘80s with headphones on and lyric sheet in hand, both deciphering the latest, greatest release from any of my many favorites and losing myself in it. If you remember a time when MTV first shoehorned the best music into a two-hour block called "120 Minutes," or even before, this album is for you. It’s my favorite release of the year, easy. (The pic is from L.A. Weekly in 1982.) #dreamsyndicate #thedreamsyndicate #salvationarmy #thethreeoclock #threeoclock #bangs #bangles #newrelease #newmusic #paisleyunderground
Said the final goodbye to my mother, who passed away last month, today. (This is us in, I think, ‘71 or ‘72.)
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away… (1986, I think)… #firstcar #chevette
I dig deep into Just a Stone's Throw Away, the 1977 debut album from #valeriecarter on my blog today. (Link in bio.) Although overlooked in its day, it's an amazing album that's well worth revisiting or, if you've never heard it, giving it a go. #lostclassics #losttreasures #overlookedalbums
Looking out on the morning sun… #cats #catsofinstagram

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