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)
A Homage to the legendary Captain Beefheart
Category Archives: BLG Homages
A Homage to the legendary Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine, UK)
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)
A Hommage to The Kinks’ “Well Respected Man”
Text by Bruce Gallanter (Downtown Music Gallery, January 29, 2026)
“A Well Respected Man” by The Kinks, released as a single in 1965
‘Cause he gets up in the morning
And he goes to work at nine
And he comes back home at five-thirty
Gets the same train every time
‘Cause his world is built ’round punctuality
It never fails
A Hommage to Legendary STAX Guitarist Steve Cropper
Text by Bruce Lee Gallanter (Downtown Music Gallery, December 12, 2025)
“Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” sung by Otis Redding & released in January of 1968
Written by Otis Redding and Steve Cropper
A Homage to “What’ll I Do” (covered by Frank Sinatra)
Text by Bruce Gallanther (Downtown Music Gallery, September 11, 2025)
Aside from the five different Star Trek series, my favorite TV show of all time was—and still is—Northern Exposure. It is about a Jewish doctor who’s stuck in Alaska working for a small town of lovable misfits.
There is an episode called ‘War and Peace’ about a famed Russian singer named Nikolai who comes to town, enchants the customers/old friends at the Brick (the local bar), and whose sworn enemy is a local bigshot/former astronaut named Maurice Minifield, a wealthy/right-wing/radio station owner. They trade insults and eventually decide to duel with guns, but the duel is called off at the last minute.
