For Openers

from Michael C Ford – Look Each Other In The Ears by Michael C Ford

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There was a time, when the city of Los Angeles was
resplendent with vintage listening posts: modern
sounds bistros attended by customers with enriched
musical intelligence. Such is not the case anymore.
These jazz rooms have been replaced by newer
versions of music emporiums along with audiences
who seem, also, to have been dislocated due to ensuing
cultural assaults on both American contemporary
music and language art.

1. For Openers

(LOST JAZZ BARS In Four-Time)

Why can’t poetry readings be attended by only those
who used to drink at Dino’s, or Dante’s, or Billy Berg’s Swing Club, The Angel Room,
Parisian Room, The Copper Room,
The Captain’s Table, Zardi’s, The Encore, the Tally-Ho, The
Beverly Cavern, Club Alabam, The Hillcrest, The Summit,
Ivy’s Chicken Shack, Jack’s Basket, The
Surf Club, Strollers, The Cloister,
Tiffany Lounge, The Trade Winds, The Hi-Hat, The
Parrot Cage, Memory Lane, The
Downbeat Club, The Dunbar Hotel, The LA
Jazz Concert Hall, Concerts By The Sea?

What was full has become a baleful cavity in the tooth of
music. Why is it no surprise to see poets in LA, standing at the edge of a tremendous
and treacherous gorge? Do they stand in some
gnarly perpendicular manner between Barstow and the
blue burgeoning breakers at Huntington Beach? Or, maybe,
Rainbow Bridge over the banging blue surge of Big Sur?
Let me be like a bridge: I think it would be the
best way......... to be run-over.

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Michael C Ford Los Angeles, California

This album marks a reunion and the last recording for the three Doors members, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore, backing up Pulitzer Prize, Grammy nominated poet Michael C Ford. Vocal performances are added by Tommy Jordan (Geggy Tah) and Angelo Moore (Fishbone). ... more