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Aleck’s Last Playlist, Vol. 2: The Country Blues

May 11, 2021

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Beginning that Thursday night in April in 1984, most of the time for the next two decades, Aleck and I roommated together.  He wasn’t always around, mind, but he had a way of moving in and out without fuss (he so rarely had possessions to move with him) that I have a hard time hanging […]

Aleck’s Last Playlist: Vol. One – Professor Longhair

May 4, 2021

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My brother Aleck re-entered my life one Thursday, it seems to me a sunny Thursday afternoon, April 25th, 1984.  The phone rang.  “Is this Ted?” “Yes.” “It’s Aleck.” I couldn’t at that moment remember knowing an Aleck. “Aleck.  Aleck, your brother.  You know, Tommy.” Oh, that Aleck. Now, the last time I’d seen my brother […]