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How to Write & Publish Books of Blues. Hopefully.

How to Write & Publish Books of Blues. Hopefully.

Nat Finn's first series of novels / new books

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Jay

November 7, 2018 By Finn Leave a Comment

Jay, out in front of our old apartment building in Dublin, CA

“There’s my blackness!” Jay would bellow when she saw Enzo in the apartment hallways, in our apartments, out in the park, on the way to the grocery store, out by the turtles. It didn’t matter. Her boisterous, joyous voice would fill up the space and elevate the energy of any place. Enzo and Lily would […]

Filed Under: Bay Area, East bay, People Along the Way

By the way, we moved to Oregon.

April 26, 2018 By Finn Leave a Comment

Hey, y’all, We hope y’all had a great 2017. It was weird not being at home for any of the Christmas holiday. Something felt a touch out of place. But, we kept moving and made sure to enjoy who was around – and go to a coffee shop that made change with $2 bills before […]

Filed Under: Bay Area, East bay, Letters Back Home, Life Face Slap, Oregon Coast, The latest blues

Where is the Frisco Bay?

September 14, 2017 By Finn Leave a Comment

with friends at marina golden-gate rec area. Seriously, Sausalito is pretty much there.

From the Department of Unexpected Questions, I found this while researching where Otis Redding wrote “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay:” “Where is the Frisco Bay?” Well, there are two popular references to “The Frisco Bay,” and a third I found off-hand: A San Francisco Bay nickname: A nickname San Franciscans would never use […]

Filed Under: Bay Area, Otis Redding - Facts, Discography, Bio, Streaming Music / Video, Notes...

Where did Otis Redding write Dock of the Bay?

September 13, 2017 By Finn 2 Comments

Where Otis Redding wrote “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” is one of the more controversial music topics I’ve seen since we’ve moved out to San Francisco Bay Area. Here’s the answer as best as I can find. So far: Otis Redding wrote the first verse of “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” […]

Filed Under: Bay Area, Otis Redding - Facts, Discography, Bio, Streaming Music / Video, Notes..., Songs, Soul

Wolfgang’s music app is streaming free

July 13, 2017 By Finn Leave a Comment

wolfgang's music app logo - by wolfgang's vault

What is Wolfgang’s Music App? Wolfgang’s vault is named after Bill Graham’s collection. A huge warehouse holding Bill Graham’s tapes and memorabilia was sold off to Minnesota businessman William E. Sagan, who went into the business of digitizing the tape collection and selling the digital audio copies of the show, along with memorabilia, on his […]

Filed Under: Bay Area, Live, Music Apps

Where to find the Altamont Free Concert host location

March 8, 2017 By Finn Leave a Comment

I pride myself on knowing more than my friends do about the 1960s British Invasion. The era is still my go-to music when I need a pick-me-up. That said, in the short time we had to research our new home in Bay Area before we were on the road this way, it never registered that […]

Filed Under: Bay Area, East bay, Live Tagged With: Altamont, Dublin, Tri Valley

Allergies for new Bay Area Residents within 3 years of moving here? It happened to us, too. But…

February 22, 2017 By Finn Leave a Comment

One of the things we were told to prepare for when moving from Chicago to San Francisco was that we were going to develop allergies within three years, but that we’d adjust. We had doctors tell us that, friends tell us that, blogs tell us that… But we dismissed the warnings because we thought we […]

Filed Under: Bay Area, East bay, Fifth "First" Book Tagged With: Bella, Dublin, East bay

Sausalito, California. Facts relevant to me, so far.

August 9, 2016 By Finn Leave a Comment

Sausalito, California first caught my attention while I was researching the back story to Otis Redding’s, “(Sittin’ on the) Dock of the Bay”. I was curious about what led him to write it and if he had a deep relationship with the city. The research was a little disappointing. I was left with three tourist […]

Filed Under: Bay Area, Otis Redding - Facts, Discography, Bio, Streaming Music / Video, Notes..., Places, Research

Looking forward to looking for the fear and loathing in San Francisco Bay Area

May 29, 2015 By Finn Leave a Comment

I told Katie when she was offered the job here in East Bay that the last place on earth I wanted to live was San Francisco, California. At the time I couldn’t quite put my finger on why. I pointed out that I didn’t like that the area was uber-expensive, crowded, lived off the ghosts […]

Filed Under: Bay Area, Inspirations, Live, Places

Holy shit, I just turned off NBA playoff basketball.

May 9, 2015 By Finn Leave a Comment

Holy shit, I just turned off NBA playoff basketball. I don’t ever do that when the Bulls are in it, especially when they have a series lead on LeBron and definitely never on the day after an incredible buzzer-beater. At least, I never have before unless we had to get to dinner with the OldOld […]

Filed Under: Bay Area, Beer, East bay

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