California

1969: UP IN MY ROOM< ON A ONE SPEAKER STEREO< JOHN MAYALL< JOHNNY ALMOND< JO MARK<STEVE THOMPSON & MY BALANCED ACTION TENOR<TOPPED OFF BY MY METAL BERG LARSEN 110/1 & ROYAL RICCO #4/5 EQUALED " PARADISE": FLOATING ALONG SIDE JOHNNY ALMOND"S SOLO TRACK< ALMOST NOTE FOR NOTE< WITH JUST THE FIGHT SOUND STRENGTH>HAD TO CUT CLASSES AT "HOFSTRA U> TO KEEP MY LIP IN SHAPE.

California

1969: UP IN MY ROOM< ON A ONE SPEAKER STEREO< JOHN MAYALL< JOHNNY ALMOND< JO MARK<STEVE THOMPSON & MY BALANCED ACTION TENOR<TOPPED OFF BY MY METAL BERG LARSEN 110/1 & ROYAL RICCO #4/5 EQUALED " PARADISE": FLOATING ALONG SIDE JOHNNY ALMOND"S SOLO TRACK< ALMOST NOTE FOR NOTE< WITH JUST THE FIGHT SOUND STRENGTH>HAD TO CUT CLASSES AT "HOFSTRA U> TO KEEP MY LIP IN SHAPE.

Harry Chapin - All 14 minutes of Taxi & Sequel

Harry Chapin - All 14 minutes of Taxi & SequelTRAVELING SO MANY PLACES IN MY " MIND", LISTENING, PLAYING ALONG, TO THE LIKESOF THE LATE "HARRY CHAPIN" AND SADLY, WAY TO MANY OTHERS, PREMATURELY, OR OTHER WISE ; LIFTING FROM THE DEPTHS OF PATHOS, AT TIMES CARRYING ME ALOFT TO DEGREES OF ECSTASY, THOUGH FLEETING, REDUCED QUICKLY TO MEMORIES, SADEST OF ALL(IMOHO), R MY TRUE LOVE BREAK UPS, & THE LOSS OF DEAR ONES & PETS.RETURNING TO THE PAST(DAN FOGELBERG'S " OLD ANG SINE" & "TAXI" & "SEQUEL" IS JUST A "RECORD, CD, CASSETTE OR YOU TUBE " AWAY. SUCH IS OUR(COLLECTIVE" " LOT IN LIFE LA LANIA" (FORGOT THE ACTUAL WORD USED). ALL MY " COMMENTS" WILL BE ERASHED(DELETD) SOME DAY SOON. HOWEVER THE " ENTROPY" I'VE CREATED LASTS 4 EVER ( WHAT I FIRMLY BELIEVE).

Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way - Dance Tour '97

SITTING LISTENING< WANTING TO PICK UP MY GOLDEN AXE< NEWLY RENOVATED AT LOCAL "SAM ASH" BY MASTER MR> FIX IT GUY< YET WAITING: WITH LOSS OF MY DEAR ONLY BFF BROTHER<LOSING HIS STRUGGLE AFTER !) POST LUNG TRANSPLANT & RECENT MULTIPLE ONSLAUGHT OF SIDE EFFECTS< INCLUDING LYMPHNOMA, & SUNK INTO A DEEP COMA< I REMEMBER MY PARENTS LESSONS: NO ENJOYMENT< PHYSICAL OR MENTAL< TILL MOURNING PERIOD ENDS> LINDSEY"S PLAYING< WHILE GREAT< ISN"T SUFFICIENT TO RELEASE SOME OF MY GRIEF< SO< SEEKING AN ALTERNATE PLANE< FILLED WITH MUSIC< I WILL PROBABLY TAKE MY AXE IN HAND TO TRY TO GET SOME RELIEF< TRYING MOMENTARILY FOR THAT ALTERNATE WORLD OF JOY< THANKS LINDSEY & F/M FOR YOUR INSPIRATION> I TIP MY HAT & BOW MY HEAD , SALUTING & BIDDING FAREWELL TO YOU, " BARRY"< MY B.F.F.,MY MENTOR<TO A GENEROUS GIVER OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE < TIME & ADVICE< & GREAT PATIENCE FOR PUTTING UP W?MY MUSICAL WAYS< LOUD PLAYING< A FEW WEIRD POT HEAD FRIENDS< MY VERY 1ST DOG< "WINDY"< TO SHARING THE 1963 BRITISH RACING GREEN THUNDER BIRD W?390 4 BARREL CUBIC ENGINE, & LETTING ME <AS YOUR SIDE KICK< DOUBLE DATE(U DROVE 1ST< & COME TO YOUR DANCES & PARTIES(A FEW GIRLS THERE GOT A KICK OUT OF YOUNGER ME(NO IDEA WHY)< TEACHING ME QUITE A BIT> SO< BROTHER BARRY< REST IN PEACE"< IF THERE IS AN AFTER LIFE< HERE"S LOOKING AT YOU> IF NOT< U R ALWAYS IN MY MIND & HEART"

Bonnie Raitt performs "I Can't Make You Love Me" at the 2000 Hall of Fam...

Bonnie Raitt performs "I Can't Make You Love Me" at the 2000 Hall of Fam... IF THIS < IN ANY FORM OR MANNER< HAPPENS TO YOU< AS IT DID TO MYSELF> I HEARTILY RECOMMEND DIVING DEEPLY INTO YOUR MOST CHERISHED< FAV MUSIC & ARTISTS< PLAYING ALONG IF U ARE ABLE< OR JUST SINGING ALONG>THE HEART BREAK WON”T GO AWAY< BUT YOU WILL BECOME SO “INTO” THE MUSIC< THE HEALING WILL START>

Fleetwood Mac Stevie Nicks Dreams Take 2

MS. NICKS VOICE IS PURE GOLDEN HONEY TO MY SOUL, ENABLING ME TO TAKE FLIGHT ON A MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR INTHE CLOUDS BRIEFLY, ONLY SETTLING BACK DOWN, TO BE LIBERATED AGAIN & AGAIN W/THE SOUND OF MS. NICK'S & FLEETWOOD MAC, AN ENTIRE BAND OF MUSICAL GENIUSES. PLZ "HEAL WOUNDS" BETWEEN LINDSEY & THE BAND. ONLY "HE" COMPLETES " FLEETWOOD.

Capris - There's A Moon Out Tonight

( GREAT TENOR SAX PLAYER< FANTASTIC FALSETTO & GROUP SINGING)MEADOWBROOK JR. H.S. DANCES, SLOW DANCE BASEMENT PARTIES, & "YOU". GOLDEN MEMORIES OF GROWING UP IN EAST MEADOW, LONG ISLAND.

Always Remember Us This Way -Lady Gaga | sax cover by Felicity saxophonist

Always Remember Us This Way -Lady Gaga | sax cover by Felicity saxophonist TOTAL PACKAGE: PURE ALTO SOUND< TECHNIQUE< BEAUTIFUL WHITE PERSIAN FELINE< HANDSOME CANINE< OH< PRETTY LADY TOO>

In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live At The Fillmore East, 1971)

A.B.B ORIGINALS + "SADE" + THE DOORS" + CARLOS SANTANA(WOODSTOCK), ALVIN LEE & 10 YEARS AFTER, GEORGE MICHEAL, GEORGE HARRISON, BAD FINGER, JOHN MAYALL & BLUES BREAKERS AT 1960 "FILLMORE EAST(WITH JOHNNY ALMOND & JON MARK& STEVEN THOMPSON)

If You Could Read My Mind

LOST IN A SEA OF STRANGE FACES, SMILING, TALKING, DRINKING TO LIFE, & ME; SURROUNDED BY THIS MULTITUDE, ON COMES"IF U COULD READ MY MIND" AGAIN(1 GUESS WHO PUT THE QUARTER IN THE JUKE), NOW "SINGING ALONG W/"GORDON", CARESSING MY "SOUTHERN COMFORT" GLASS", TRYIN TO EMPTY MY BRAiN OF ANYTHING CONNECTED TO HER(DIANE-MY 1ST ,BUT NOT LAST TRUE LOVE). STRANGE THOUGHTS R SWIRLING IN MY HEAD, SHORTLY TO BECOME"TRYIN' TOO HARD", MY VERY 1ST SONG(WORDS, MUSIC& SONG SHEET).SO, NO PAIN, NO GAIN. OWE IT ALL TO U, THE LOST "LADY DIANE". ROCK ON.

gordon lightfoot if you could read my mind live in concert bbc 1972

LOST IN A SEA OF STRANGE FACES, SMILING, TALKING, DRINKING TO LIFE, & ME; SURROUNDED BY THIS MULTITUDE, ON COMES"IF U COULD READ MY MIND" AGAIN(1 GUESS WHO PUT THE QUARTER IN THE JUKE), NOW "SINGING ALONG W/"GORDON", CARESSING MY "SOUTHERN COMFORT" GLASS", TRYIN TO EMPTY MY BRAiN OF ANYTHING CONNECTED TO HER(DIANE-MY 1ST ,BUT NOT LAST TRUE LOVE). STRANGE THOUGHTS R SWIRLING IN MY HEAD, SHORTLY TO BECOME"TRYIN' TOO HARD", MY VERY 1ST SONG(WORDS, MUSIC& SONG SHEET).SO, NO PAIN, NO GAIN. OWE IT ALL TO U, THE LOST "LADY DIANE". ROCK ON.

Solid Gold / Melissa Manchester "You Should Hear How She Talks About You...

"WHAT A POWER HOUSE< BEAUTIFUL VOICE & A COMPELLING MESSAGE BEING SUNG, A SONG FOR THE AGES>SHOULD HAVE A MILLION ++ VIEWS HERE>POSSIBILITY TOO MANY OF HER FANS HAVE PASSED ON. I WILL TRY YO PASS THIS MUSICAL MASTER PIECE ON>(DID I FORGET TO MENTION HER BEAUTY??)

Melissa Manchester - Midnight Blue (1975)

"WHAT A POWER HOUSE< BEAUTIFUL VOICE & A COMPELLING MESSAGE BEING SUNG, A SONG FOR THE AGES>SHOULD HAVE A MILLION ++ VIEWS HERE>POSSIBILITY TOO MANY OF HER FANS HAVE PASSED ON. I WILL TRY YO PASS THIS MUSICAL MASTER PIECE ON>(DID I FORGET TO MENTION HER BEAUTY??)

Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way - Dance Tour '97

MS. NICKS VOICE IS PURE GOLDEN HONEY TO MY SOUL, ENABLING ME TO TAKE FLIGHT ON A MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR INTHE CLOUDS BRIEFLY, ONLY SETTLING BACK DOWN, TO BE LIBERATED AGAIN & AGAAIN W/THE SOUND OF MS. NICK'S & FLEETWOOD MAC, AN ENTIRE BAND OF MUSICAL GENIUSES. PLZ "HEAL WOUNDS" BETWEEN LINDSEY & THE BAND. ONLY "HE" COMPLETES " FLEETWOOD.

Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me (Official Video)

P.S. RETURNING TO YESTERDAYS IN MY MIND(WHILE I STILL HAVE IT)"SHE(EILEEN") DID KINDA "RUSH ME" ONE SUNDAY, ARRIVING UNEXPECTEDLY AT PARENTS HOME, INSISTING(THE WAY SHE LOOKED/LOOKED & DRESSED THEN=SIMPLE, YET PROVOCATIVE TO ME & " NO MAKE UP, YES , A FEW BLOND STREAKS(MOM WARNED ME ABOUT BLONDES, NEVER KNOWING MY "CRUSH ON LATE " MARILYN MONROE"FROM "7TH" GRADE),YEARS AFTER DAD LEFT US<I REALIZED"DAD & I HAD 1 THING(BESIDES MOM & BROTHER) IN COMMON)" WE BOTH ADORED "MARILYN MONROE"(JUMPIN' JACK FLASH, WHAT A GAS GAS GAS").SO, WE WOUND UP AT " DIAMOND EXCHANGE"(ROOSEVELT FIELD". I FELT SAFE(LEFT WALLET BEHIND, AS SHE DROVE(SUPERBLY I MUST ADD, OH HOW SHE "HANDLED THE STICK SHIFT"(MINE TOO??(LOL)). TIME STOOD STILL, WE WALKED OUT , SHE ORDERED SIZING FOR HER " ENGAGEMENT RING" (I WOULD HAVE PICKED THE ROUND ONE), SHE REMINDING ME I " OWED HER BIG TIME), AS SHE PUT THE DOWN STROKE ON HER CARD. ( DID II EVER PAY HER BACK..HMM. MATTER OF DEFINITION= U SAY " TOMATOE,I SAY TOMATO"). ANY WAY, ALWAYS, ALWAYS GAVE ALL PAY CHECKS, BONUSES IN CASH(LUXURY CAR BUS. PERKS ON SATURDAYS AT "COUNTRY EMPIRE").MERE DETAIL" SHE (I GAVE HER), THE HOUSE, CONDO, MY RETIREMENT STASH, BUT NEVER EVER ,MY PRECIOUS HORN(MARILYN MONROE FELL FOR TENOR SAX PLAYERS-WHAT SHE TOLD TONY CURTIS IN "SOME LIKE IT HOT"(LED TO PAPER ROUTE (4 SEASONS IN NEW YORK), SAX PURCHASE, JAZZ & GENERAL TEACHERS, ABANDONING VIOLIN FOR HIGH SCHOOL BAND, JOINING JAZZ BAND , ROCK BAND,SOLO RECORDING(AMATEUR)& SO MUCH MORE.(P.P.S.. SHE'S "STILL THE ONE"(SHANIA TWAIN HAS SAME 1ST REAL NAME AS HER(EILEEN); LIVING, ARGUING, SONG EVOKING & WRITING DAILY.

George Michael - I Can't Make You Love Me (Live)

P.S. RETURNING TO YESTERDAYS IN MY MIND(WHILE I STILL HAVE IT)"SHE(EILEEN") DID KINDA "RUSH ME" ONE SUNDAY, ARRIVING UNEXPECTEDLY AT PARENTS HOME, INSISTING(THE WAY SHE LOOKED/LOOKED & DRESSED THEN=SIMPLE, YET PROVOCATIVE TO ME & " NO MAKE UP, YES , A FEW BLOND STREAKS(MOM WARNED ME ABOUT BLONDES, NEVER KNOWING MY "CRUSH ON LATE " MARILYN MONROE"FROM "7TH" GRADE),YEARS AFTER DAD LEFT US<I REALIZED"DAD & I HAD 1 THING(BESIDES MOM & BROTHER) IN COMMON)" WE BOTH ADORED "MARILYN MONROE"(JUMPIN' JACK FLASH, WHAT A GAS GAS GAS").SO, WE WOUND UP AT " DIAMOND EXCHANGE"(ROOSEVELT FIELD". I FELT SAFE(LEFT WALLET BEHIND, AS SHE DROVE(SUPERBLY I MUST ADD, OH HOW SHE "HANDLED THE STICK SHIFT"(MINE TOO??(LOL)). TIME STOOD STILL, WE WALKED OUT , SHE ORDERED SIZING FOR HER " ENGAGEMENT RING" (I WOULD HAVE PICKED THE ROUND ONE), SHE REMINDING ME I " OWED HER BIG TIME), AS SHE PUT THE DOWN STROKE ON HER CARD. ( DID II EVER PAY HER BACK..HMM. MATTER OF DEFINITION= U SAY " TOMATOE,I SAY TOMATO"). ANY WAY, ALWAYS, ALWAYS GAVE ALL PAY CHECKS, BONUSES IN CASH(LUXURY CAR BUS. PERKS ON SATURDAYS AT "COUNTRY EMPIRE").MERE DETAIL" SHE (I GAVE HER), THE HOUSE, CONDO, MY RETIREMENT STASH, BUT NEVER EVER ,MY PRECIOUS HORN(MARILYN MONROE FELL FOR TENOR SAX PLAYERS-WHAT SHE TOLD TONY CURTIS IN "SOME LIKE IT HOT"(LED TO PAPER ROUTE (4 SEASONS IN NEW YORK), SAX PURCHASE, JAZZ & GENERAL TEACHERS, ABANDONING VIOLIN FOR HIGH SCHOOL BAND, JOINING JAZZ BAND , ROCK BAND,SOLO RECORDING(AMATEUR)& SO MUCH MORE.(P.P.S.. SHE'S "STILL THE ONE"(SHANIA TWAIN HAS SAME 1ST REAL NAME AS HER(EILEEN); LIVING, ARGUING, SONG EVOKING & WRITING DAILY.

QUARTERFLASH - Find Another Fool (Live at the Hollywood Palace 1984)

" FRIENDS & LOVERS ALWAYS GO"  SO, SHE FOUND ME!!! " BEST ALTO SAX ELECTRIC GUITAR DUET SOLO EVER> FROM THE DRUMMER(BRIAN DAVID WILSON< THE BASSIST<THE GUCCE>THE KEY BOARDIST> AND THE TWO GUITARISTS(MARV & THE UNKNOWN GUY> +   RINDY THE SAX VOCAL BABE(PRETTY HOT TOO).MY LIFE LOVE IS THE SELMER TENOR>(PLAYED ALTO FOR @ WEEKS AUDITIONING FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL BAND(EVEN THOUGH FOR THE TENOR SPOT(!ST CHAIR)>

Quarterflash - Find Another Fool (Music Video 1982)

LOVE A SAXOPHONE( I'M A TENOR GUY); IN LOVE WITH GREAT MUSIC (" WOMEN THEY MAY COME & THEN THEY"LL GO",(PARAPHRASING " STEVIE NICKS" IN " DREAMS")) COMBINED WITH A GORGEOUS SAX PLAYING, FANTASTIC SINGING VOICE, EVER SO " KOOL" DAVID BRIAN WILSON ON DRUMS, + GREAT GUITARISTS(HUSBAND MARV & other guy, great bassist & keyboardist= ONE OVER THE TOP, IMOHO," SUPER GROUP".

Solid Gold / Season 2 - episode 23, Quarterflash "Find Another Fool"

Solid Gold / Season 2 - episode 23, Quarterflash "Find Another Fool" WHAT A SHAME FOR “QUARTER FLASH’S MINDY RIND, SOLID GOLD ELIMINATED HER MOST EXCELLENT ALTO SAX SOLO>AS A FORMER “ MUSIC/CHORUS TEACHER”< SHE PLAYS A “        MEAN SAX”

Sax Deep House Live

ONLY TO "PLAY A DUET" WITH THIS MUSICAL SAX GODDESS B4 I DIE. HER SWEET< SOUL< THRU HER HORN< INSPIRES ME IN YET UNKNOWN WAYS(MUSICALLY & WRITING SONGS)> HAD TO LEARN THE ALTO IN "2" WEEKS FOR HIGH SCHOOL BAND DIRECTOR"S AUDITION(PASSED)< TO BE ADMITTED TO EAST MEADOW HIGH BAND AS A "TENOR"(WITH A " ROCK REP"& "BERG LARSEN" METAL MOUTHPIECES & 4/5'S ROYAL RICOS).ALSO STUDYING JAZZ< ACCEPTED INTO EAST MEADOW "JOE SEPPI HIGH SCHOOL:JAZZ BAND> (WAY OVER MY STAFF LIMITS ON IMPROVISING AT THE TIME< I STRUGGLED TO KEEP PACE WITH THIS OUTRAGEOUS "KOOL" GROUP OF SOUL MATE PLAYERS> " JUMPIN" JACK FLASH< (IT WAS A ) GAS GAS GAS" ( FOR ME THAT I"LL NOT FORGET)

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven Live

BACK A DECADE OR LESS< U COULD HAVE SIMPLY STATE " STAIRWAY< PETEY?" & HE WOULD ZOOM OVER< PERCHING ON MY RIGHT SHOULDER< EAGERLY BOBBING < WAITING THE SHOW TO START< UNDER THE SPELL OF " STAIRWAY" & MY PLAYING< HE'D STEP OVE TO THE RIGHT STACK<(KEYS)< AGAING ATTEMPTING TO PREY OFF A KEY PAD> SHOOING HIM UP WOULD BRING TO THE LEFT SIDE< SAME MODUS OPERANDUS<& SHOOING TOO> QUICKLY HE WAS UNDER THE METAL MOUTHPIECE< TRYING TO PRY OFF A SECTION OF THE REED> AGAIN< SHOO.OUT CAME THE YAMAHA< AWAY WENT THE HORN< NOW SAFE FROM " MIGHTY PETEY THE COCKATIEL". TOTAL FAILURE TO GET HIM TO STAND & SPIN AROUNFD MY BOW. NEXT UP< THE OLD PARENTS " 88's"> PETEY CLIMBED DOWN MY RIGHT ARM< TRYING TO REACH THE WHITE KEYS NOTE HERE> MTR> PETEY WAS A " MUSIC CONNASEUR " OF SORTS< BIRD STYLE> IF I PLAYED " STAIIWAY" TOO FAST< TOO SLOW" FOR HIS LIKING< OR HIT A WRONG NOTE< YOU NEVE WOULD HAVE GUESSED)<PETEY " NIPPED " MY RIGHT EAR LOBE TIME AFTRER TIME< IF NOT PLAYED TO HIS LIKENING> WHEN HE TIRED< PETEY SIMPLY LAUNCHED HIMSELF UPWARD< & LANDED & PERCHED ATOP OR INSIDE HIS HOME> MERELY ANOTHER DSAY IN THE LIFE OF " MIGHTY PETEY THE COCKATIEL"

Tip Opening/Reed Strength (Saxophone Mouthpiece)

FOR MY FORMATIVE YEARS(AFTER ABANDONING THE VIOLIN< UNTIL I PICKED UP A YAMAHA ELECTRIC AT " SAM ASH"(HOME OF MY HORN)< PARENTS "PUT UP WITH " ME & JOHNNY ALMOND< JIMMY PAGE & ERIC CLAPTON & "JIMI"(ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER" SOUNDS GREAT(IMOHO) ON MY AXE: DUANE ALLMAN & DICKY BETTS & A:L STEWART("YEAR OF THE CAT TIME PASSAGES" & "HARRY CHAPIN"< GEORGE HARRISON< BEATLES & STONES & MORE"; MY BERG LARSEN METAL 110/1, RICCO ROYAL # 4, 4 !/2 ,maybe 5(?), WHILE 4-5 daily PRACTICE HOURS(CUTTING COLLEGE CLASSES & ALMOST GETTING KICKED OUT), TORE MY JAW INSIDE< LEADING TO BI-LATERAL JAW SURGERY IN 1985/86. FAST FORWARD TO MID 2000's & OUT "SHE COMES< WITH A BERG LARSEN 120/1 EBONITE & r.ROYAL 3 1/2. JAW STILL TOGETHER< CAN DO 23 MINUTES OF "WHIPPIN' POST", THEN BREAK< FOR " ELIZABETH REED". SUBTONING DIFFICULT< GROWLING OK< VIBRATO AS SWEET AS " KENNY G" & " PAUL DESMOND"( IF I'M LYIN' I AM dyin"), FOLLOWING " JOHNNY ALMOND's " CALIFORNIA"< " ROXANNE" & " SO HARD TO CHANGE" KEEPS ME ON MY TOES TO RISE UP TO THE MASTER LEVEL & JUST TOPS OFF MY PRACTICE DAY> YES< HARD TO FIND PRIVATE TIME FOR " SAX"(NOT " SEX" & ELECTRIC FIDDLING" LIVING W?A LADY WHO WAS " KISSED " BY " FRANKI VALLI" BACK WHEN> IN LONG ISLAND"S " WESTBURY MUSIC FAIR">FOR ME< THE ONLY WORDS ARE:" SELMER< BERG LARSEN, RICCO ROYAL & YAMAHA & TOUREK(FORGOT THE STRING NAMED BRANDS(I USE THE TOP 30,

Mindi Abair - Miss You (6/18/2011)

THE BEST TENOR & ALTO SAX MEN& WOMEN((rindi ross on alto & that blond dynamo, "MINDY ABAIR (played w/ modern "firefall" & others)& CATHY DUFFER & GABY RUZ ,(BOBBY KEYS,JOHNNY ALMOND(JOHN MAYALL'S BLUES BREAKERS)STUART MATHEWMAN FROM SADE, STAN GETZ, PAUL DESMOND(JUST A FEW) DON'T GET THE "GLORY", OR IT LASTS JUST A MOMENT IN TIME. THAT'S WHY I DON'T PLAY IN PUBLIC,(HATE SMOKE FILLED VENUES & CROWD NOISE TOO) ONLY JAM IN PRIVATE. I MUST SAY, SOME DAYS I "SOAR" UP THERE W/ "JOHNNY ALMOND("GOING TO CALIFORNIA", "ROXANNE" & "SO HARD TO SHARE". TYODAY LASTED "23" + MINUTES W/"WHIPPIN POST " AT THE FILLMORE EAST", W/ THE ALLMAN BROTHERS. GIVE" IN MEMORY OF ELIZABETH REED" A GO. A DICKY BETTS CLASSIC MASTER PIECE(COMPOSED AT THE FAMOUS CEMETARY WHERE " ELIZABETH REED", DUANE & GREGORY ALLMAN REPOSE")

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Like A Rock

THOSE DREAMS BEEN TURNING TO DUST ALL THESE YEARS AS HOPE FADES FROM FADING SIGHT,YET< STILL LATE AT NIGHT I HOLD ON & WRITE>TOO LATE TO GET OUT MY "HORN"> "SHE" MUST WAIT TILL WAY PAST DAWN> STILL AIMING HIGH<

Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind

( IT'S NITE & HERE I AM AGAIN< INSIDE THE " SALTY DOG LOUNGE"< UNIONDALE< LONG ISLAND<AMIDST MY FAV PAST TIME<SITTING< WATCHING THE MOVING THRONG OF SINGLE LADIES< DETACHED & SILENT):LOST IN A SEA OF STRANGE FACES, SMILING, TALKING, DRINKING TO LIFE, & ME; SURROUNDED BY THIS MULTITUDE, ON COMES"IF U COULD READ MY MIND" AGAIN(1 GUESS WHO PUT THE QUARTER IN THE JUKE), NOW "SINGING ALONG W/"GORDON", CARESSING MY "SOUTHERN COMFORT" GLASS", TRYIN TO EMPTY MY BRAiN OF ANYTHING CONNECTED TO HER(DIANE-MY 1ST ,BUT NOT LAST TRUE LOVE). STRANGE THOUGHTS R SWIRLING IN MY HEAD, SHORTLY TO BECOME"TRYIN' TOO HARD", MY VERY 1ST SONG(WORDS, MUSIC& SONG SHEET).SO, NO PAIN, NO GAIN. OWE IT ALL TO U, THE LOST "LADY DIANE". ROCK ON.

California Dreamin'

MY WHOLE BEING " CRIES OUT FOR A TOUCH OF A WINTERS DAY": BACK IN THE DAYS OF ARTIC MIND NUMBING< ICY WIND BLOWING " NEW YORK" NOR"EASTDERNA STORMS>

csn acoustic

{AT 53:32}}:( FROM " WOODEN SHIPS"):THE " AIRPLANES" VERSION TAKES ME BACK TO TENDER, HOT, SLOW, ELECTRIC MOMENTS W/ "2" VERY SPECIAL LADIES"' CS&N'S RENDITION EVOKES LIASONS WITH MOST OF THE REST: FULFILLING, FAST, TO THE POINT & THEN MOVE ON. IN MY LIFE, EACH FULFILLED CERTAIN NEEDS, BOTH IMMEDIATE & LONG TERM,IRONICALLY, NEITHER WOULD CONTINUE INTO MY FUTURE, ONE FOR 29" YEARS. I AM FORTUNATE TO BE GIVEN THE STIMULUS & CREATIVE INSPIRATION FROM BOTH.

Wooden Ships - Crosby Stills Nash and Young

THE " AIRPLANES" VERSION TAKES ME BACK TO TENDER, HOT, SLOW, ELECTRIC MOMENTS W/ "2" VERY SPECIAL LADIES"' CS&N'S RENDITION EVOKES LIASONS WITH MOST OF THE REST: FULFILLING, FAST, TO THE POINT & THEN MOVE ON. IN MY LIFE, EACH FULFILLED CERTAIN NEEDS, BOTH IMMEDIATE & LONG TERM,IRONICALLY, NEITHER WOULD CONTINUE INTO MY FUTURE, ONE FOR 29" YEARS. I AM FORTUNATE TO BE GIVEN THE STIMULUS & CREATIVE INSPIRATION FROM BOTH.

Jefferson Airplane - Wooden Ships

{2ND UDATE(6/3/20}}: THOUGH THE PLAYERS NAMES CHANGE((RICHARD NIXON, SPIRO T. AGNEW, JOHN EHRLICHMAN(WAS HE THE A,G,?, ), THE "MODIS OPERANDUS(MISSPELL) REMAINS INTACT, FOLLOWING THE SAME "G.O.P. PLAYBOOK: NEVER UP THE MIDDLE (HEY "GIPPER, ALMOST LEFT U OUT);"FAKES, SUBTERFUGE WORKS BEST FOR THESE GUYS, GIRLS( HELLO DAUGHTER & KELLEY C, & TOO MANY MORE) {1ST UPDATE}}: *(FROM A MOST SENIOR FORMER BRONX BORN, LONG ISLAND RAISED CITIZEN): YESTERDAY IS NO DIFFERENT FROM TODAY. THREATS OF TOTAL ANNIHILATION ARE THE SAME IN ANY LANGUAGE, FROM ANY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, CAUSED BY THE SAME THINGS THRU THE CENTURIES. WILL " WOODEN SHIPS" & "PURPLE BERRIES" ACTUALLY SERVE THE PURPOSE SUNG BY J.A. & CSN&Y?. DOUBTFUL. WISHFUL DREAMING.IF SO, I'D RATHER RIDE THE MUSHROOM WITH MY SAX IN HAND, PLAYING THIS OR OTHER MEANINGFUL WORKS OF ART. "RIDE THE WIND, BLOWIN' OVER MY SHOULDER FROM THE SOUTH".

John Oates - She's Gone - Live at the New York Songwriters Circle

TRIED THAT(AN ETERNITY IN THE ISLAND< CARBON MONOXIDE (SOUTHERN COMFORT) SORT OF> ALL I GOT FROM THIS DARK PERIOD WAS" WRITING/RECORDING A DEMO OF MY ! st SONG>NOT TOO SHABBY.

She's Gone

TRIED THAT(AN ETERNITY IN THE ISLAND< CARBON MONOXIDE (SOUTHERN COMFORT) SORT OF> ALL I GOT FROM THIS DARK PERIOD WAS" WRITING/RECORDING A DEMO OF MY ! st SONG>NOT TOO SHABBY.

I Go Crazy

awful close to crossing that line of sanity< Pulled myself away by emersing into my saz & my music< even penned 1st song< went to Manhattan'S biggest record co's w/cassette demos. No connections & no luck. New FACES(YOUNG LADIES) just didn't "do anything to my heart. One last reunion in your dorm , you so looking like a SIREN from ULYSSES' ODYSSEY, so sensual, in your bath robe. A voice in my head said " YOU BETTER RUN< YOU BETTER HIDE< YOU BETTER LEAVE HER SIDE(RIGHT NOW)(FROM THE MONKEYS). Yes, you guessed tright. Gathered my emotions, stood up quickly, said "BYE" , ONE MORE LOOK INTO HER BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES< & I WAS " OUTTA THERE FOREVER"(OKAY< STILL A PART OF MY BRAIN THAT HANGS ON TO A FEW "SO PRECIOUS MOMENTS & MEMORIES!! HEY < I AM STILL A " HUMAN BEING SOMEWHAT!!(MY EX DIFFERS ON THIS POINT(HOLDING ON TO THE THEORY I AM PART " EXTRA TERRESTRIAL"> HMMMMMMMMMMM?????

Don't Say You Don't Remember

WHAT A POWER HOUSE WITH A BEAUTIFUL VOICE TOO>GREAT SONG> MS.BREMER< YOU COULD RECORD ONE OF MY SONGS<FOR REAL>ANY TIME>

Melissa Manchester Looking Through The Eyes Of Love

(FROM THE "GABY (RUZ) SAX ALTO SAX YOU TUBE COVER):September - Sax Cover by GABY SAX “WE R BOTH BACK AGAIN> I’LL KICK BACK & GROOVE OH HER SOUND> THE OUTSIDE WORLD NO LONGER EXISTS AT THIS MOMENT<&I AM HOME< HORN TO MOUTH< FINGERS CARESSING EACH KEY< WISHING TO PLAY ALONG SIDE THIS EXTRA ORDINARY MAESTRO WOMAN>

Sade - 08. Jezebel - Full Paris Live Concert HD at Bercy (17 May 2011)

MY MUCH YOUNGER NEIGHBOR LADY JUST TOLD MY LADY HOW MY AX PLAYING MADE HER" CRY" & GAVE HER A PEACEFUL FEELING" LIKE NEVER B4. I AM BEYOND GRATEFUL(USED TO SAY " TICKLED PINK" GENERATIONS AGO< & WHERE " BAD " IS NOT "GOOD"< JUST PLAIN< CENTURIES "BAD">NO JUSTIFYING/ACCOUNTING FOR TODAY'S MORPHING OF LANGUAGE< LIKES & DISLIKES> EVEN BELIEFS> IF ANYONE TELLS ME MY SAX/VIOLIN PLAYING & WRITTEN SONGS/BOOKS R "BAD"< I QUICKLY GRAB(GENTLY) MY " STUFF & HAUL A*S OUTTA THERE PRONTO!!!!!!!

Careless Whisper - Sax Cover by GABY SAX

(FOR MYSELF): " TENOR SAX BY "SELMER" RULES THE WORLD OF MUSIC"< SHARING THE SPOTLIGHT WITH THE LATE " MS> MARILYN (DIMAGGIO)MONROE JEAN(NORMA), WITH "2ND" PLACE ="HELEN FOLSADE ADU(SADE & BAND MATES) & MS> GABBY RUZ< PAUL DESMOND(AITO), STEWART MATHEWMAN(TENOR & BARITONE "SELMERS) IN SADE";STAN GETZ(GAL FROM IPANEMA">"JOHN COLTRANE"<JOHNNY ALMOND(TENOR & ALTO & FLUTE(JOHN MAYALL AT THE FILLMORE LIVE="CALIFORNIA"< "ROXANNE" , " SO HARD TO SHARE"& "NEW YORK" WITH JOHN MARK="MARK ALMOND BAND")(TYING WITH THE "SELMER ALTO SAXOPHONE(LEARNED TO PLAY ON THIS IN 2 WEEKS FOR MY H.S. BAND AUDITION(PASSED_BECAME 1st CHAIR TENOR & JOINED THE "H.S.JAZZ BAND" TOO>WHAT A LIFE< EVEN HAD A CHEERLEADER FALL ALL OVER ME(CHARLOTTE)/SENIOR PROM & ALL(SHE STAYED CLOSE EVEN AFTER MY " SENIOR CUT OUT DAY" " AUTO ACCIDENT(FRONT END OF DAD'S 61' CHEVY IMPALA( BIG BLOCK ENGINE--MY FAULT< DEEMED INSURANCE " ASSIGNED RISK"($3000 PREMIUM FOR 3 YEARS.TOOK BUS TO HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, BORROWED SAME REPAIRED CHEVY TOO< TILL " 63' BRITISH RACING GREEN THUNDERBIRD W/ 390 CUBIC 4 BARREL ENGINE(CABIN LENGTH CENTER CONSOLE< SWINGING STEERING WHEEL FOR ENTRY/EXIT/ TRIPLE RED STRIPE GOODYEAR WIDER TIRES & SHOCKS.EVEN " RAKED THE REAR FOR A BIT< TOOK "HER" A BIT OVER " 100 M.P.H. RETURNING FROM SOUTH HAMPTON SOLO DIVE, ON SOUTHERN STATE PKWY< WHEN IT WAS REAL DARK & LATE> LUCKY ME= NO POLICE ANYWHERE(DID NOT HAVE A RADAR DETECTOR THEN)> A VERY DUMB, RISKY<(MY DAD PROBABLY WOULD HAVE GROUNDED ME & TAKEN MY LICENSE AWAY>>>THOSE WERE INDEED " THE DAYS< MY FRIENDS" & THEY " DID END"