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So I pulled out my Empty Sky CD this past week. Truth be told, it’s not one that I gravitate to very often.  I’m not sure why.  It’s a solid album, and every time I listen to it, it draws me in, and I vow to include it in the rotation more often. Did you…

My daughter turned seventeen recently, and lo and behold, it dawned on me that my son will turn twenty in January.  Which, of course, triggered that one degree of separation synapse in my brain and (flash!) Between Seventeen and Twenty came to mind. Supposedly, Bernie wrote this song about his first wife Maxine (she of…

Guest blog by Mark Kull 4,739 Kimoreena has attended, nay, devoured twenty-three Elton concerts.  Lisa, our sister and HER faithful wine smuggler, now can count seven, without a single arrest.  Cindy, another sister (gosh, how many more can there possibly be?) was gently coerced to attend one.  Even brother Paul has literally rubbed elbows with…

From one of my very favorite albums (Songs from the West Coast), Mansfield evokes (to me, anyway) an old Hollywood movie.  In black and white (of course), the starlet glances ever so seductively to the other side of the room as the leading man looks not quite so innocently in her direction. Their eyes meet, and…

The other morning, my husband and daughter took to psychoanalyzing me for what they call my “obsession” with Elton John.  Apparently, I am psychologically flawed. Well, that may be true, but I don’t think it’s because I like/follow/blog about Elton John.  Frankly, in the grand scheme of things, this “obsession” of mine is quite innocuous compared…

Guest blog by Lisa Greer Sept 14th – Tampa USF Sundome-  #7 I’ll admit that for many years my knowledge of Sir Elton’s songs was a lot like that segment in the movie, “27 Dresses,” where I knew the artist, knew his classics and sung along in my car (loudly I might add, too) that…

Ah, would that I could still break a heart or two. I know that sounds pretty selfish, and I don’t mean to imply that I would overtly choose to break someone’s heart, but the unrequited love theme is a bit romantic (especially when you’re on the one side of it vs. the other). And, I…

Tampa, Florida – Friday, September 14, 2012 (Heavy sigh) I’ve promised my husband that this will be my last Elton John concert for a while. I guess 5 in 6 months is pretty outrageous (she says with a smug and satisfied grin on her face). Be that as it may, I had the thrill of…

It was just announced that Matt Bissonette is joining the Elton John Band as his new bassist.  And though I sincerely welcome Matt and look forward to seeing Elton and the Band in Tampa on September 14, it is, of course, tragic circumstance that brings this announcement. I’ve been meaning to do this since I…

[Begin vent] I feel the need to vent.  I haven’t used this forum to do that too much, I don’t think.  Only for important things like EJ not getting a Grammy nod for the Union (smile). But this week, something happened to me – nothing earth shattering, truly – but it affected me nonetheless.  Silly,…