Special Thanks to our friends who
donated photos for this blog post:
Mike Tully - Rose Rosemarie Rizzi Cirillo - Paul O. Colliton
Terri Goldstein - Carolyn Olson
By 1983, the Freelance…
Sep 29 2020
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Jun 17 2020
Summer's Here & the Mind Smoke Records Guitar Farm is back in business!
Around stately Mind Smoke Manor, the first true sign of the Summer season is when the staff of Mind Smoke Records gets our Guitar Farm up and running. 5 years ago, we started the whole thing as a lark…
Dec 9 2019
Johnny Pierre's Holiday Mailbag
Season's Greetings from Mind Smoke Records! With the onslaught of Holiday Cheer, I thought for this week's blog post, I'd respond to some of the mail we've been getting from all of the Mind Smoke Records fans out there!
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Dec 2 2019
Christmas Cards: It's almost that time of the year!
Next Monday... December 9th...is National Christmas Card Day!
From Smithsonian magazine, A History of Christmas Cards:
" A prominent educator and patron of the arts, Henry Cole, travelled in the elite, social circles of early Victorian…
Aug 27 2019
Where Songs Come From: Boy Gone Bad (The Wonk Bros)
Yesterday marked the 33rd anniversary of a crime
that took place in New York city on August 26, 1986.
Today's blog post is about a song that was
inspired by this heinous murder in Central Park.
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Jun 3 2019
On Hiatus: June 3 - June 17
Just To Give All You Rock & Rollers A Heads Up...
I will be taking a Hiatus
JUNE 3 - JUNE 17
I'll Be Back With A New Blog Post on JUNE 18th
See you all …
May 31 2019
Long Island Sounds June 2019
JUNE 2019
For those who haven't heard the sad news: The Grey Horse Tavern, one of LI's most eclectic music venues which is located in Bayport, will be closing this June. "The Grey Horse Tavern…
Mar 21 2019
Rock & Roll I Gave You The Best Years of My Life
As a songwriter, I've always enjoyed writing in a wide variety of musical genres but the rock & roll genre has always been my favorite genre. More often than not, rock & roll music has always been there to…
Feb 20 2019
All You Really Need Is A Little Rock & Roll!
My new single out is out today!
Special Thanks to all of the tasty players
who helped me out on this track:
Jeff Goldstein (Bass Guitar)
"Diamond" Ray Finch (Guitar Riff that opens the…
Jan 24 2019
Mystery Street: Recordings 1998 - 2018
Album Cover Photo: John C. Engelhardt (Longshot Photos / Dayton, OH)
A few weeks ago, I released Mystery Street,
an anthology album of recordings that span the years 1998 to 2018.
The idea for…