by KCF | May 31, 2009 | News
I performed with the Maria Volonte Tango Jazz Ensemble at the SF Jazz Festival on May 31. Lately, Maria and I have been experimenting with fusing her Argentine music with my blues harmonica — and it works. After all, it makes sense. As Maria says, both tango and...
by KCF | May 31, 2009 | Harmonica, Writings
Today I’ll be performing at the San Francisco Jazz Festival in California, one of the world’s great music events – not bad for someone who can’t even read music. The situation makes me chuckle and has gotten me thinking about the curious paths that...
by KCF | May 17, 2009 | Writings
I set out on my bike at first light but there wasn’t much since it was raining. The sky was dark and the streets were wet but today was the day of my 100-mile ride and months before I had committed myself to doing those hundred miles today –- and I was going to...
by KCF | Apr 15, 2009 | Harmonica
Kevin Carrel Footer playing harmonica with “Macarena” in Buenos Aires from Intrepid Patrol Video on Vimeo. W
by KCF | Jan 4, 2009 | Writings
My friend Brian Day (“Big guy with earring,” 30 March 2003) committed suicide just before Christmas. In true biker fashion, he did it with nitrous oxide – which his girlfriend told me was a good thing. “At least it’s painless,” she said. In a fathomless...
