Temporary New Look

If some of you are noticing the subtle new look to Blues Historian it is not your eyes! For some reason when I posted the story from the Central Iowa Blues Society about their blues in schools program it modified my whole blog. It appears to only effect the page that the post is on. Looking at my archive the blog returns to normal. I hope that once the blues in schools post goes into the archive then the blog should look like it did again. (I even tried to delete and repost the story, and it still did the same thing!)

I am not sure what I did, but boy did I screw up. Headings on the right side of the blog have expanded, links are now underlined, and the title of the blog has moved to the center of the page. It is very strange. At first I thought that blogger had messed with the template, but I noticed MacDaddy's blog was okay, so I knew it wasn't blogger. (we use the same template) I even tried to set the template back to its original settings, and that didn't help. It is amazing how one post could effect my whole blog, but it sure did!

Strange But True!

I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't saw it myself. One of the greatest Soul, Blues, and Rock & Roll sax players in the history of popular music King Curtis opening for the Beatles! As an old Beatle freak, I find it amazing and interesting. I know the Beatles knew who King Curtis was, but I wonder if they even had the time to talk to him. This was the big show at Shea Stadium in 1965 at the height of Beatlemania. I believe they flew the Beatles in by Helicopter, and drove them out in an armored car! In fact, in those days the Beatles were so big that they could only play for only about 20-30 minutes for their own safety! You also kinda of wonder if people even heard any of the show. The crowds were so freaking huge, and loud, and the Beatles were only using little Vox amps. Boy those were the days:-)

Sam Brownbeck ?

I had to look twice to see who sponsored the bill to save Internet radio. Sam Brownback Senator from Kansas and arch-conservative co-sponsored the bill. Hard to believe but its true. I would have thought that the big corporations wouldn't allow someone like him to co-sponsor a bill that will bring competition to the big boys. Read it here.