musician friends – michael jarmer

#681: E is for Ed and the Boats

We must have been about 17years of age. Dating, and both drummers, we had not yet figured out a wayto make our own music, outsideof her on the drum kit and me on lead vocals in our very firstgarage band. I had found a coupleof seasoned (24 year old) musicians, a bass player and keyboardistwhoContinue reading “#681: E is for Ed and the Boats”

#648: C is for Class M Planets

This is the secondmoment moving throughthe collection, landingon a record made by people I know. And again, my mainconnection here is a bass player, one David Gilde, also knownas Grilch. We met in the early 90’s and he played in my bandfor a few years a couple of differenttimes and has madeguest appearanceson our recordingsContinue reading “#648: C is for Class M Planets”

#646: C is for Claire, Kathryn

In this endeavor of listeningto every single album in my collectionin alphabetical order by artist’s name, this is my first encounter with a recordmade by someone I know. I would not have this record, and I would not have met Kathryn, had it not been for the musicianwho plays bass on this album, my friendContinue reading “#646: C is for Claire, Kathryn”