DON SILVER, Author

Divorce

donsilver — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:23:14 +0000

The boy sitting at the piano is seven. He is wearing pajamas and swinging his feet. Above him is a poster of a mountain village we bought before he was born, when we were still a couple, waiting uneasily for our first child together. It was dicey for a...

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Digital Download “Abide”

Don Silver — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:59:31 +0000

In the summer of 2012, my buddies and band mates from the 70s – Bob Miller, Mike Shaw, and Ben Wisch — decided to get together to record some new tunes. I wrote Abide in June and we recorded it with Oliver Ignatius at Mama Coco’s Funky Kitchen in Brooklyn. On...

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Michael Tearson Interview: Part II

donsilver — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 22:04:33 +0000

Unbeknownst to Michael Tearson, he discovered me. When I was thirteen years old, living in a Philadelphia suburb with parents whose musical adventures consisted of Harry Bellafonte and Barbara Streisand, I spent many long evenings listening to him. There were some really good DJs in Philly in the late 60s,...

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An Interview with Michael Tearson: One of the Great Late-Night FM Rock DJs from the 60s

donsilver — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:24:23 +0000

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Clive Cringes: Inclement Weather Ahead

casador — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:48:22 +0000

Aretha Franklin, “Through the Storm” ”Clive’s Cringes,” by Hunter Pope, is an ongoing series examining Clive Davis’s more “interesting” signings for Arista Records. Check out part one for a full explanation. Disclaimer: Aretha Franklin is the definitive queen of soul. Her voice still shines with gospel glory to this day. But,...

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A Talk with Julie Gold

donsilver — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:09:05 +0000

I first met Julie Gold in 1979. I’d been doing A&R for Arista Records for about a year and although we were on opposite sides of the desk, we were more alike than different: a couple of twenty-three year old music-loving kids from Philly trying to make it in New...

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Memories, Dream, Reflections, C.G. Jung (an excerpt)

Don Silver — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:02:20 +0000

I am satisfied with the course my life has taken. It has been bountiful, and has given me a great deal. How could I ever have expected so much? Nothing but unexpected things kept happening to me. Much might have been different if I myself had been different. But it...

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Clive’s Cringes Act 3: Mr. Gorelick’s Opus

casador — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 01:25:44 +0000

Kenny G. ”Clive’s Cringes,” by Hunter Pope, is an ongoing series examining Clive Davis’s more “interesting” signings for Arista Records. Check out part one for a full explanation. Kenny G. is the best selling instrumentalist of all time. More than Sonny Rollins. More than John Coltrane. More…than…(this is hard ) Charlie…Parker. His airy sound and contemporary...

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That Voice: Larry Hoppen and Orleans

donsilver — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:54:11 +0000

Until they showed up in our little office in early 1982, I hadn’t thought about Orleans since I’d seen them open for Jackson Browne in western Massachusetts in the early 70s. My partner, Michael Friedman, and I had quit our jobs at Arista Records to start our own production/publishing company....

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Clive Cringes Part Two: Ghosts Stole my New Drug

casador — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 01:21:26 +0000

Ray Parker Jr. ”Clive’s Cringes” is an ongoing series examining Clive Davis’s more “interesting” signings for Arista Records. Check out part one for a full explanation. Respect first: Ray Parker Jr. is a legendary guitarist who owns past stints with Dizzy Gillespie and Barry White. The Detroit native was merely a teenager when he...

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