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Boogie woogie pianist Huey “Piano” Smith was part of the colorful New Orleans music scene for decades. He passed away on Feb. 13 last year. This is one of 44 short yet illuminating episodes about significant figures in the music industry who died in 2023.

To hear Smith's “Rockin’ Pneumonia and The Boogie Woogie Flu,” visit YouTube.
My guest Sheldon Zoldan, a longtime writer and newspaper editor, wrote these tributes and recorded them.

Sheldon also writes Song of the Day, a music-related story sent daily to an email list of subscribers. To get on the subscriber list, email [email protected] with the subject line ADD ME TO SOTD.

If you liked this tribute and want to learn more about Smith, check out the 2014 bio by John Wirt. You can see an image of the book's cover in the thumbnail for this episode. It's also in the chapters along with pictures of two album covers.
 
Speaking of the chapters, you can go right to the tribute by skipping my intro; feel free to skip my closing remarks too. Both are there to provide context for those who haven't listened to the other tributes.

Audio engineer/musician Mike Villegas edited all the audio for this series. Hope you enjoy these intriguing glimpses into the lives of the people who made some of the music we love.

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This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation®, available on YouTube and in podcast directories including Apple, Spotify, iHeart and Audible.

Writer/editor Sheldon Zoldan pays tribute to David Jolicoeur, co-creator of the colorful rap trio De La Soul. This is one of 44 short yet illuminating episodes about significant figures in the music industry who passed away in 2023.

In addition to these tributes, Sheldon writes Song of the Day, a music-related story sent daily to an email list of subscribers. To get on his Song of the Day list, email [email protected] with the subject line ADD ME TO SOTD.

To listen to De La Soul's most successful song, “Me Myself and I,”  visit YouTube. If you like it, check out the entire album, "3 Feet High and Rising." Here's a link to it on vinyl. You can see the album's cheerful cover design in the thumbnail for this episode and in the chapters. 

Also in the chapters, you can skip my introduction and go right to where the tribute begins; feel free to skip my closing remarks too. I put them there as context for those who haven't listened to the other tributes yet.

Audio engineer/musician Mike Villegas edited all the audio for this series. Hope you enjoy these intriguing glimpses into the lives of the people who made some of the music we love.

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This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation®, available on YouTube and in podcast directories including Apple, Spotify, iHeart and Audible.

Songwriter Burt Bacharach had an impressive career with more than a thousand artists singing his songs and 70 Billboard Top 40 hits. 

This tribute is one of 44 short yet illuminating episodes about significant figures in the music industry who passed away in 2023. My guest Sheldon Zoldan, a longtime writer and newspaper editor, wrote these tributes and recorded them. 

To hear the featured song "Walk On By," which was a huge hit for Dionne Warwick, please go to this YouTube video of Bacharach on the piano and Warwick at the mic performing that song and others.

Sheldon also writes Song of the Day, a music-related story sent daily to an email list of subscribers. To get on his subscriber list, email [email protected] with the subject line ADD ME TO SOTD.

And, if you want to learn more about Bacharach, you can check out his memoir, "Anyone Who Had a Heart: My Life and Music," which he wrote with Robert Greenfield. In the thumbnail for this episode and in the chapters, you'll see an image of the cover of the book.

Also in the chapters, you can go right to the tribute by skipping my intro; feel free to skip my closing remarks too. Both are there to provide context for those who haven't listened to the other tributes.

Audio engineer/musician Mike Villegas edited all the audio for this series. Hope you enjoy these intriguing glimpses into the lives of the people who made some of the music we love.

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This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation®, available on YouTube and in podcast directories including Apple, Spotify, iHeart and Audible.

Barrett Strong wrote hit songs for such Motown artists as the Temptations, Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye. As a performing artist, he had only one hit: "Money (That's What I Want)," which is the featured song in this tribute. The Beatles covered it early in their career.  

This is one of 44 short yet illuminating episodes about significant figures in the music industry who passed away in 2023. My guest Sheldon Zoldan, a longtime writer and newspaper editor, wrote these tributes and recorded them. 

To hear "Money (That's What I Want)," please go to YouTube. Strong may not be a household name, but take a look at the comments below the video. They're wonderful, and they really speak to Strong's impact on listeners' lives.

Sheldon also writes Song of the Day, a music-related story sent daily to an email list of subscribers. To get on the Song of the Day subscriber list, email [email protected] with the subject line ADD ME TO SOTD.

In this episode's chapters, you can go right to the tribute by skipping my intro; feel free to skip my closing remarks too. Both are there to provide context for those who haven't listened to the other tributes.

Audio engineer/musician Mike Villegas edited all the audio for this series. Hope you enjoy these intriguing glimpses into the lives of the people who made some of the music we love.

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This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation®, available on YouTube and in podcast directories including Apple, Spotify, iHeart and Audible.

In today's tribute, writer/editor Sheldon Zoldan shares insights about the life of the legendary David Crosby, co-founder of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. This is one of 44 tributes to artists, songwriters and producers who passed away in 2023. 

Sheldon also writes Song of the Day, a music-related story sent daily to an email list of subscribers. All of those stories and these tributes include links to songs referenced in the tributes.

You can hear today's featured song, “Déjà Vu,” on YouTube. And to get on Sheldon’s Song of the Day subscriber list, email [email protected] with the subject line ADD ME TO SOTD.

Also on YouTube, you can see a preview of the Cameron Crowe-produced documentary about Crosby, "Remember My Name."

The image in this episode's thumbnail is the cover of Crosby's 2007 memoir, "Since Then: How I Survived Everything and Lived to Tell About It," which he wrote with Carl Gottlieb. Here's a link to the Kindle edition. I used the book cover in the chapters as well. 

Also in the chapters, you can go right to the tribute by skipping my intro; feel free to skip my closing remarks too. Both are there to provide context for those who haven't listened to the other tributes.

Audio engineer/musician Mike Villegas edited all the audio for this series. Hope you enjoy these intriguing glimpses into the lives of the people who made some of the music we love.

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This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation®, available on YouTube and in podcast directories including Apple, Spotify, iHeart and Audible.

Writer/editor Sheldon Zoldan is the creator of Song of the Day, a music-related story sent daily to a list of subscribers. In the past couple of years, he's also written and recorded tributes to music industry greats who are no longer with us.

This episode is about Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis and an accomplished singer — and songwriter — in her own right. It's one of 44 tributes to artists, songwriters and producers who passed away in 2023.

The photo of Lisa Marie In the thumbnail and chapters for this episode was taken on Jan. 8, 2023 at Elvis' 88th birthday celebration at Graceland. It's attributed to ruthdaniel3444, CC BY 2.0 and is available on Wikimedia Commons.

Also in the chapters, you can go right to the tribute by skipping my intro; feel free to skip my closing remarks too. Both are there to provide context for those who haven't listened to the other tributes.

To hear "Lights Out,” the song referenced in the tribute, go to the YouTube video.

And to get on Sheldon’s Song of the Day subscriber list, email [email protected] with the subject line ADD ME TO SOTD.

Audio engineer/musician Mike Villegas edited all the audio for this series. Hope you enjoy these intriguing glimpses into the lives of the people who made some of the music we love.

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This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation®, available on YouTube and in podcast directories including Apple, Spotify, iHeart and Audible.

Writer/editor Sheldon Zoldan is the creator of Song of the Day, a music-related story sent daily to a list of subscribers. In the past couple of years, he's also written and recorded tributes to music industry greats who are no longer with us.

In this episode, you'll hear about brothers Robbie Bachman and Tim Bachman, two of the founders of Bachman-Turner Overdrive. You also can learn more about Robbie in the Jan. 13, 2023 issue of Variety and about Tim in Variety's May 1, 2023 issue.

This episode is one of 44 tributes to artists, songwriters and producers who passed away in 2023. To hear “Roll On Down The Highway,” the song referenced in the tribute, go to the YouTube video. And to get on Sheldon’s Song of the Day subscriber list, email [email protected] with the subject line ADD ME TO SOTD.

Audio engineer/musician Mike Villegas edited the audio for this series. Hope you enjoy these intriguing glimpses into the lives of the people who made some of the music we love.

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This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation®, available on YouTube and in podcast directories including Apple, Spotify, iHeart and Audible.

Writer/editor Sheldon Zoldan created Song of the Day, a music-related story that was sent daily to a list of subscribers before he ended the project in early 2026. In the past couple of years, he's also written and recorded tributes to music industry greats who are no longer with us. 

In this episode, the focus is on rock guitarist Jeff Beck, the first of 44 tributes to artists, songwriters and producers who passed away in 2023.  

In the thumbnail, the photo of Beck performing in 2011 is by Craig ONeal, CC BY 2.0. You can download it from Wikimedia Creative Commons.

There are a lot of books about Beck including "Hot Wired Guitar: The Life of Jeff Beck" and "Jeff: The One, Alone." Here's a link to them on Amazon. The picture of him in the chapters is from the cover of "Hot Wired Guitar," written by Martin Power. The book has, overall, a nearly 5-star rating on Amazon.

Also in the chapters, you can go right to the tribute by skipping my intro; feel free to skip my closing remarks too. Both are there to provide context for those who haven't listened to the other tributes.

To hear "Beck’s Bolero,” the song referenced in the tribute, go to the YouTube video.

Bonus video: Beck and Johnny Depp playing "This is a Song for Miss Hedy Lamarr," from the album "18."

Audio engineer/musician Mike Villegas edited the audio for this series. Hope you enjoy these intriguing glimpses into the lives of the people who made some of the music we love.

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This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation®, available on YouTube and in podcast directories including Apple, Spotify, iHeart and Audible.

In 1982, collage artist Gretchen Bierbaum founded The National Collage Society, Inc., which is still going strong. Gretchen is the president of the NCS, which promotes the advancement of collage as a major art medium and educates the public through exhibits, workshops, lectures and publications. 

In this episode, Gretchen talks about her "light-bulb moment" that led to her becoming a collage artist. She studied Islamic art in Iran, became an art educator and administrator, and has enjoyed doing bicentennial and other commissions, including a painting that hangs in the dining room of one of the Sea Wolf nuclear submarines.

She's the author of "Collage in all Dimensions," published in 2005. The book traces the history of collage as a fine art. Although collage existed in many craft forms prior to the 20th century, it was not until 1912 that Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque were the first historically significant artists to glue collage pieces into paintings. The art form has evolved ever since.

Gretchen wrote an e-book, "Creating Collage in all Dimensions — Techniques to Alter and Transfer Images," in 2010. Both of her books are available from the bookstore on the National Collage Society's website, where you also can view the winning entries in the society's annual exhibitions.

Another item in the store that caught my eye was a cachet, which is a printed design added to an envelope to commemorate a special event.  The NCS cachet honors Romare Bearden, an American artist whose 1988 obituary in The New York Times described him as "the nation's foremost collagist."

On September 28, 2011, the U.S. Postal Service issued a Romare Bearden stamp in four different collage designs. Each NCS cachet features one of those designs along with a postmark and a print of an original collage by Gretchen titled, "Homage to Romare." The cachet also commemorates 100 years of collage as a fine art. I  ordered one for myself — it's cool!

You can go to the society's website to purchase her books, the show catalogs or the cachet. 

For more about the NCS, follow the society on Facebook. The society also is listed in Kolaj Magazine's International Directory of Collage Communities.

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This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation®, available on YouTube and in podcast directories including Apple, Spotify, iHeart and Audible.

This is the last of four excerpts from a longer interview with self-love excerpt Darcy Lord, PhD. What happens when we practice self-love? The answer is literally, our lives work better in all the areas we care about — our weight, health, money, relationships, etc. In this short episode, Darcy Lord, PhD, explains it way better than I do.  Please take a few minutes to listen.

To receive Darcy's free pdf of the 5 principles of self-love, visit her website. You also can find her on YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn. 

All of my episodes with Darcy are on the @EverydayCreation channel too.

To hear the full interview in this directory, please go to episode 4.

Wyoming artist Bob Jones created the charming heart-within-a-heart drawing. In this episode's chapters, you can see the original without the episode number.  

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