Monthly Archives: September 2020

If There’s Any Hope for Love at All…

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Eric Teplitz

(Please VOTE to make sure there will be!) Here’s today’s song: “Walls” (written by Mary Ann Kennedy, Pam Rose & Randy Sharp) Some walls are made of stone Sometimes we build our own Some walls stand for years, and Some … Continue reading →

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The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, and Me

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Eric Teplitz

What do I have in common with the musical luminaries mentioned in the title of this post, you ask? Well, for one thing, we all have written songs called “I Want You”. Not the most original of titles, to be … Continue reading →

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The Bureaucracy of the Heart

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Eric Teplitz

Today’s post features a solo performance of a song I wrote back in 1995, while living in Nashville. My opening remarks explain how the idea for it came about. The studio version, by the way, appears on the CD I … Continue reading →

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Livin’ the California Dream

Posted on September 27, 2020 by Eric Teplitz

Twenty years ago this November I moved (from Pennsylvania) to California. I consider it to be, easily, one of the best decisions of my life. Now, though, we are facing record-breaking wildfires that are only increasing in frequency and severity … Continue reading →

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Hoping for a Closer to Fine Review Someday…

Posted on September 26, 2020 by Eric Teplitz

The following is the beginning of an actual review my CD (Sanity Check and Other Love Songs) received in the March 25, 1997, edition of the University of New Mexico’s student newspaper, The Daily Lobo:     “These are the … Continue reading →

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A Winged Thing

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Eric Teplitz

What is left to say about Sir Paul McCartney? (I already did my level best here.) I discovered The Beatles in earnest at age twelve, and thus began an obsession that, if anything, has only ballooned in the decades since. … Continue reading →

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My Trail Name

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Eric Teplitz

When a guitar magically appeared at the “Fontana Hilton” shelter in North Carolina during a long-distance trek I did on the Appalachian Trail back in 2002, I relished the opportunity to play for a rapt audience of entertainment-starved hikers. I … Continue reading →

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A Channeling of Zimmermans

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Eric Teplitz

Pre-pandemic, the Music Club held four concerts a year for the staff at our workplace: Spring, Summer, Fall & Winter. The winter concert was always the most difficult for me to choose a selection for, as it tended to consist … Continue reading →

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Two Heroes at Once

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Eric Teplitz

At the age of ten, I was already a die-hard fan of The Who, and Pete Townshend was my first major inspiration for wanting to learn to play guitar. I must have watched The Kids Are Alright (a dubbed VHS … Continue reading →

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A Song Even a Mother Would Love

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Eric Teplitz

I was a sophomore in college when my roommate Kevin and I, along with a couple of other friends, took a road trip from Penn State to New York City to see Neil Young perform a solo/acoustic show at the … Continue reading →

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