Text by Jerome Harris (bassist and guitarist, MFM member)
In the mid-1970s, I was a jazz guitar student at The New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. For a while, I played tenor banjo and guitar in The New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble, a student group founded by the school’s president, composer/conductor/scholar Gunther Schuller, to perform his orchestrations of ragtime music by Scott Joplin and others.
Text by Bruce Gallanther (DMG Newsletter for August 21st, 2026)
“Rock and Roll Doctor” by Little Feat from Feats Don’t Fail Me Now (released in 1974)
There was a woman in Georgia, didn’t feel just right
She had the fever all day and chills at night
Now things got worse, yes a serious bind
At times like this it takes a man with a style I cannot often find
A doctor of the heart and a doctor of mind
Text by Bruce Gallanther (Downtown Music Gallery, May 21, 2026)
“Old Fart at Play” by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band from Trout Mask Replica (released in 1969)
Text by Dawoud Kringle
It is with deep sadness that the members of MFM acknowledge the passing of Michael Harrison. Michael died in New York City on April 17, 2026, at the age of 67. The cause of death was complications from pancreatic cancer.
Text by Bruce Gallanther (Downtown Music Gallery)
“O Caroline” was written by Dave Sinclair, composed the music, and Robert Wyatt wrote the lyrics from the first Matching Mole album (released 1972)
