Tom Cochrun /Light Breezes

  When I heard Brian Wilson and friends 9 years ago, he was somewhat frail but the music he wrote and played, including the Beach Boys hits,...

pacific sonata and  soliloquy      A stiff onshore wind cleared the thought that was stuck on replay since a friend's text, deploring th...

BRIGHT BRIAN WILSON Living Legend      If there was a Mount Rushmore of rock and roll, Brian Wilson would be up there.  More th...

THE DAY THE MAGIC BEGAN     Fifty-seven (57) years ago today, Disneyland opened in Anaheim California and America was changed.       We...

THE CLASSIC Dave Brubeck's TAKE FIVE took me out of a rock and pop world into jazz back in high school.  I found a  jazz station ...