A story found its way to me via the world wide web a couple days ago. I dug it. So I'm sharing it. Not as profound as learning Van Halen's frontman is (sorta) bilingual, but pretty cool in its own right, and also related to music.
Josh Daniel is a career musician in Charlotte. He became unable to earn his normal living on March 17. That's that date NC Governor Roy Cooper announced COVID-related restrictions on restaurants, bars, music venues and other places. But Mr. Daniel still wanted to play. So he decided he would play and livestream it. And then he decided he would play every day until the lockdowns ended. And he is still going to this day.
Monday March 1st will be his 350th consecutive show. He has done them in his house, outside his front door and at the beach, among other locations. While things are improving with vaccinations, it appears likely he will keep his streak going for over a year.
I'm not posting about him because he's the best singer/songwriter in the world. He may not even match up with some of the finest musicians north of him in Magic City. But his effort and his diligence are noble and worth saluting. And his work supports good causes as well. He has raised $50K for charity, including Children's Craniofacial Association. Josh's son has a serious genetic disorder called Apert Syndrome.
His website is here: https://www.joshdanielmusic.com. You can get to his shows from there. The music is very chill and relaxing, the kind you'd enjoy hearing while getting an afternoon cocktail on an outside patio somewhere in warmer weather. Here's hoping the seasons and the vaccinations move ahead as planned, and we can all grab an outside cocktail sometime soon.
I like Josh Daniel more than Josh McDaniels.
ReplyDeleteI know another musician that Josh used to play with a lot as a duo, Mark Schmick. Mark is also doing a fair amount of live streaming via fb.
ReplyDeleteFor me, the pandemic has been nice for spending time advancing my skills on instruments I don't play well. Primarily fiddle, but I also got a Hammond M3 organ back into working condition around the first of the year, and it is really fun to play.
This is good background music, not bad and a good story. And Rootsy, I have picked up a new instrument or two this pandemic. Some mandolin coming on a Les Coole song in the works. Look out.
ReplyDeleteNice, Whit. With the organ I'll always take a stab at Green Onions, play around with a tune in progress, then put on something and wail along. The fiddle is a solitary and stoic endeavor. It will be weird to play it with any backup, but I look forward to trying it out. Eventually.
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ReplyDeleteAlex Smith looked like a pretty bad quarterback. And his body broke down. What do you want them to do? I imagine they’ll try to draft another one and/or sign a FA QB like Fitz.
ReplyDeleteVintage Snyder move would be to give up a ton to get someone like Drew Brees.
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