Is Stoop Dog a Closet Metalhead?
Stoop Dog
December 3, 2021
Not really. Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Metallica are the deepest dives I’ve made into heavy metal. I own no Maiden, Sabbath, Priest or Crüe.
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The Wayback Box
Stoop Dog
July 7, 2021
Last week I was cleaning up my basement and ran across a dusty cardboard box I’d not opened since I relocated to Brooklyn from Manhattan
I Love Fado
Stoop Dog
August 2, 2020
I remember the exact moment I got into music. My parents always had records playing on our Motorola cabinet hi-fi: Frank, Dean, Sammy, Broadway, Beethoven.
The Best Commencement Speech Ever
Stoop Dog
October 15, 2019
I’ve followed Victor Wooten‘s career for years, since he began working with the improbably banjo-based jazz fusion band, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. There are
Mid-Life Career Changes
Stoop Dog
September 25, 2019
As those of you who know me or have read my blogs know, I was a professional musician (a bass player) until I was 39
Smoking hot salsa: Anacaona
Stoop Dog
July 28, 2019
I’m told that technically this music is more timba than salsa. Timba is a Cuban variant identified by attributes like a trap kit drummer, strong
The GOASTT of Lennon
Stoop Dog
July 25, 2019
I was a huge Beatles fan when I was a kid. It was mostly the Beatles who introduced me to music and Paul McCartney’s lyrical
Daniel Casares, Master of the Flamenco Guitar
Stoop Dog
July 14, 2018
saw Daniel Casares playing with one of my favorite acoustic bass players, Adam Ben Ezra, at Joe’s Pub in NYC in 2016. Both of them
Since I AM a bass player…
Stoop Dog
July 12, 2018
This is my favorite cover of Meghan Trainor’s All About That Bass, by Kate Davis. It’s very cute, and so is she. And she’s also
James Brown and Pavarotti
Stoop Dog
June 18, 2018
This is one of the most unique duo performances I’ve heard: the king of the opera and The King. The concert took place in Modena, Italy in