If you know me or followed this blog, then you know that I’ve been painting The Beatles since a trip to Monet’s Gardens in Giverny more than a decade ago and that I am a huge fan of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Well, 50 years ago, the album hit music stores (yes, there were [...]
We all need vacation time. And for Throwback Thursday, I’m going back to February of 1963 when The Beatles vacationed in Miami Beach. It was an impromptu affair. The band was supposed to return to England immediately after appearing for the second time on The Ed Sullivan Show. But Brian Epstein decided to let the boys [...]
We’re all familiar with Taps. It’s that lonesome bugle call played at military funerals across the country. It originated during the Civil War, but not in conjunction with funerals. Titled Extinguish the Lights, it was used to signal soldiers to put out the lights and go to sleep. And it wasn’t an American invention. It was [...]
