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
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
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.
Text by Bruce Gallanther (Downtown Music Gallery, January 2nd, 2025)
“Groovin’ Is Easy” by The Electric Flag, from their debut album, A Longtime Comin (released 1968)
Text by Bruce Gallanther (Downtown Music Gallery, March 27th, 2025)
“I’ll Wait for You” By Sun Ra, from Strange Celestial Road, Released on LP in 1980
