Dislocation Blues Anniversary
20 years ago today
All Things Chris Whitley
As the title says, any and all things related to an underrated musician, Chris Whitley.
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Soft Dangerous Shores 2.1
Insights re the Advance CD
Soft Dangerous Shores 2
Diving deep and earning dividends
Soft Dangerous Shores: Motivation, Themes, Process
Part One of a Multi-Article Series
Hiroshi Suda (rustradio) re CW Tunings
Not interested in guitars and tunings? I apologize for cluttering your inbox ....
"Invisible Day"
Our Only Live Performance
The Mixtape Celebrates LWTL's 35th
Includes a 35-song playlist of CW's songs
The Chris Whitley/Rainer Ptacek Connection
and the Whitley-Zevon-Pirner "Powder Keg"
Brother Honors Brother
Dan Whitley's 2020 Tribute to Chris
"Demolition" Day
A new album from AJ Deiboldt, a CW fan
An AI-Generated Podcast
Testing the concept and asking for your feedback
Act III-Escape and Recovery
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes ....
Rocket House: Act II-Failure to Launch
Ch-ch-changes are not always good
AIDS Diagnosis ... after another 'bad gig'
As I’ve often stated, my goal in writing these ATCW essays is to document Chris Whitley’s life and music, in hopes that a future biographer will follow my breadcrumbs—in some cases, whole slices of bread—to produce a detailed CW biography.
"Rocket House": A Tragedy (?) in Three Acts
Act I-High Hopes ... shadowed by a diagnosis?
Rocket House at 25
It’s hard to believe—to accept—that Rocket House was released 25 years ago.
The Last Whitley Show ...
... and the Summer 2005 shows that presaged it
On Being Baptized in the Church of Chris Whitley
This is an edited and somewhat expanded version of an essay I published on my WordPress blog long ago.
Chris Whitley Covered: Artists N - Z
Finally, months later, here’s the continuation of my examination of musicians who have covered Chris Whitley’s music.
"War Crime Blues": Cover Songs
From the frenetic to the sublime
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