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Cigarettes, jazz, and lonely women6 comments

teamowens313 wrote 1 year ago: All the woman wanted was a cigarette. She said she was in town for some sort of conference and had h … more →

Tags: Detroit music, Detroit culture, City Life, Detroit, Miles Davis, Detroit jazz

Detroit's Own Smokey Robinson smokin' some poetry1 comment

teamowens313 wrote 1 year ago: Black American Just in case you didn’t know, Smokey is from Detroit. And something you might w … more →

Tags: Tell Me Something Good, I Want to Tell You..., Detroit music, Detroit culture, urban culture, Detroit History, Detroit, AfroBloggin, Black History

Newspapers are dying, and illiteracy is now cool5 comments

teamowens313 wrote 1 year ago: I can’t remember where I was when I was reading this particular post (too much animated, restl … more →

Tags: Detroit Issues, Urban Issues, Education, Literacy, Newspapers, Journalism, Detroit Schools, Public Schools, The Media

Biker Boys and the New Way Bar4 comments

teamowens313 wrote 2 years ago:   It’s about 2:30 in the morning, the weather’s still warm, and me and Randy have been s … more →

Tags: Detroit music, urban culture, City Life, Michigan culture, Michigan cities, Music

Bars were made for cigarette smokers8 comments

teamowens313 wrote 2 years ago:   I smoked my first cigarette when I was 12 years old. Yeah. I know. But it is what it is, and there … more →

Tags: Detroit culture, urban cities, City Life, Michigan cities, Metro Detroit, Detroit

Detroit music is the life and the blood7 comments

teamowens313 wrote 2 years ago:     Music is the blood, and the blood is the life.  The lifeblood of Detroit has always been th … more →

Tags: Detroit music, Detroit culture, urban culture, City Life, Detroit History, Detroit, Music

Detroit summer, Detroit music, Detroit fun2 comments

teamowens313 wrote 2 years ago:   The best Detroit weekend I’ve had so far this year began around 12:30 p.m. on a perfect blue … more →

Tags: Detroit music, Detroit culture, urban culture, City Life, Michigan culture, Detroit, Music

Playing the blues in Satan's livingroom3 comments

teamowens313 wrote 2 years ago:   Yes, folks, it’s time for another magical, mysterious tale of one man’s musical misadv … more →

Tags: Detroit music, Detroit culture, urban culture, City Life, Detroit, Music

Buddy Guy and other Chicago memories5 comments

teamowens313 wrote 2 years ago:   I figure it’s time for another musician’s tale, but this one takes place in Chicago ab … more →

Tags: Music

Beware the man with the hook3 comments

teamowens313 wrote 2 years ago:   It got to the point where I actually hated Clarence Carter, and I’d never even met the man. … more →

Tags: Detroit music, Detroit culture, urban culture, Michigan culture, Metro Detroit, Music

Crack whores, bathroom blow jobs, and why I play the blues3 comments

teamowens313 wrote 2 years ago: Any musician will tell you – hell, any artist of any sort will tell you – that love and … more →

Tags: City Life, Detroit culture, Detroit music, Michigan culture, Music, urban culture

Intro to "A Musician in Detroit"

teamowens313 wrote 2 years ago:   I’ve been a working musician in this town for about 13 years, and without question most of m … more →

Shadowboxing with the Blues

teamowens313 wrote 2 years ago:   Dave was the one that more or less shoved me onstage when I first got to Detroit. I’m not su … more →

Tags: Detroit music, urban culture, City Life, Detroit, Music

A Night at Warriors3 comments

teamowens313 wrote 2 years ago:   As you will see, this is a twisted little story. For those of you who crave more than just a bit o … more →

Tags: What the..., Detroit culture, urban culture, City Life, Michigan culture, Detroit, Music


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