Each month here we visit with a member of the community to find out what music they’ve been digging.
It must have been something in the water around Philadelphia in the 1950s and ’60s that produced so many local Hammond B-3 organ legends: Jimmy Smith, Richard “Groove” Holmes, Charles Earland, and the great Jimmy McGriff. Who’d have guessed that Jimmy McGriff is on heavy rotation at a guitar store? Well, he is. To redeem ourselves, we also listen to a lot of Slim Harpo. Not only a great harp player, but he also knew his way around a Gibson ES-330 and had a repertoire of unbeatable stuff.
I don’t really follow new music except work coming from my friends, and they’re a talented bunch! Take [Woodstock singer] Molly Farley’s tracks that she posted recently on SoundCloud. Live in the studio, featuring Bruce Balmer on guitar, Theo Schikowitz on upright bass, and Eric Parker on drums. Molly’s on piano and vocals and her songs bring me to my knees.
This article appears in November 2022.
