The Magic of The Sky

DUKES FANS: “The Sky is the Daily Bread of the Eyes” Ralph Waldo Emerson Inline image Highway of Combes le ville-Giovanni Boldinni The weather this past week has been just spectacular. Cool temperatures, low humidity bright sun, some comfortable breezes, and most importantly of all, magnificent and majestic skies. Different shades of blues and grays, and in the beginning or at the end of days, some deep oranges, reds, and some grays. And the clouds-sometimes bright and white and with shadows, bunched together, or spread out and thinly elongated. Fat and billowy or sparse and lonely. Seeming so close that you can reach out and touch them, and at other times seeming far, far away and connected to another world. It has been wonderful riding the trains across bridges this week and just looking up. When the sky is like this, I want to spend a lot of time under it, looking up at it, and being entranced. The painting at the start of this piece is my favorite painting in the world. It is the painting that in junior high school introduced me to the wonders of the sky. I wanted to go to the Art Museum this Saturday to see it for the umpteenth time and say, “Thanks” to it once again, but alas, it is not on display. It has been moved yet again from the galleries for a while. So, I will leave it here for us to look at and become immersed in it. Then I will go out back, sit, and look up as I eat my lunch and have my daily bread. (I wrote a piece about my connection to this painting last year. If you want to read it, go to https://dukesofdestiny.blogspot.com/2024/03/sky-joy.html ) DUKES OF DESTINY GIGS www.dukesofdestiny.com 1)Friday, September 5, The Royal Glenside; 1 South Easton Rd; Glenside, PA 19038; Doors 7:30PM; show 8PM; $20 adv-$25 door; https://www.theroyalglenside.com/ This Friday has us back at The Royal, a wonderful listening and dancing room in Glenside. We love this place for its ambiance, its mission, and its staff. Great sound system, space to dance, space to sit and listen, and a great vibe. We are super happy to be back. For info on how to do food and drink go to https://www.theroyalglenside.com/faq BROTHER JOHN-JOHNNY NEVER & JOHN COLGAN-DAVIS ; www.BrotherJohnBlues.com 1)Thursday, September 4 7PM - 10PM Hummingbird to Mars 1930 Speakeasy (ring the bell--it's around back!) W 16th St, Wilmington, DE 9806 http://catherinerooneys.com/hummingbird Reservations recommended 2)Saturday, September 6 8PM Brother John opening for Mikey Junior The Fallser Club 3721 Midvale Ave Philadelphia PA 19129 tickets $20adv; $ 25 door https://thefallserclub.com/ Brother John has two gigs this week. Thursday finds us back at Hummingbird to Mars, one of our favorite spots with great food, wonderful waitstaff, and bartenders who somehow know how to shake the mixed drinks glasses in time to the music. We are regulars here, and we always have a great time. Saturday finds us at the Fallser Club in East Falls opening up for the remarkable Mikey Jr. Again, a new place for Brother John, although I have caught some great shows there. It is a comfortable place with great seats and a great sound system. So we are att wo wonderful places to feed your palette, wet your whistle, and catch some great acoustic blues. Come on out and enjoy. The Sunday Blues Jam at Jamey’s House of Music; 32 S. Landsdowne, Ave; Lansdowne, PA; jamey@jameyshouseofmusic.com Blues lovers and players have made Jamey's Sunday Blues Jam the place for great blues jamming, inexpensive and tasty eats, craft brews on tap, fresh brewed coffee, a great waitstaff, and friendly people who love the blues.  Each Sunday features an hour long set by a different house band, and then there is an open jam until 3PM. This month the jam features The Philly Blues Kings with various guitarists and singers. The 2nd Sunday of each month features The Roger Girke-John Colgan-Davis Project as the house band, and our next gig there is Sunday, September 14th . Got an instrument? Sing? Just want to listen to some exciting blues and have some good food? Come on out and take part in this great blues jam with great food and liquid refreshments. $5 minimum to be spent (Don’t want to receive any more of these e-mails? Simply reply with “Unsubscribe “in the Subject Line)