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What do the Rolling Stones and tree farming have in common? Keyboardist Chuck Leavell is a rock legend and a world warrior.
My neck and back had been hurting lately, and I visited my chiropractor. He suggested that since I use a laptop, the screen is in the wrong position. He advised me to put the computer up on phone books, and get a new keyboard. (Did you know that the proper height for your computer screen is for the top of the screen to be at eye level?) So off I went to Staples and came home...
Tommy Johnson may be the fastest Boogie Woogie man alive but no one knew it until he overcame his fear of the Internet and posted a video on YouTube. Now this 71-year-old keyboard wizard is having the time of his life and has fans all over the world.
I became a convert last night. After a lifetime of thinking myself a piano player (note I didn't say the high falutin' "pianist") courtesy of a few years of lessons in grade school and high school, and a maternal lifetime of hearing four kids practice for eight years of piano lessons and recitals and competitions each, I'd harbored no real affection for any other instrument. Even when my...
It wasn't until Susan Richards turned 45 that she picked up a pen and put it to paper (or in this case, put her fingers to a keyboard). And when she did, she wrote like she had done it all her life – her two books made her best-selling author.
Well, the trip down to Phoenix went smoothly, no snow, no ice and plenty of sunshine. Right after the Christmas program I was all packed and ready to go. I said my good-byes and headed to a much warmer climate. I arrived at my son Steven’s for the night and stayed until Christmas day. While there I managed to finish wrapping presents and sending off a few more cards. Steven and Eileen had...
Call me old fashioned… or call me an anal English major… that thinks the world is severely...