A HISTORY OF THE D NOTE, 2004-2014

Lionel Young, one of the greatest blues players alive, and probably THE greatest blues violinist who ever lived, performed at the D Note every Friday night for 3 years or 4 years. There are many stories we could tell about Lionel, and please add your own in the comments here, but the reason I bring him up just now is because on Facebook a few weeks back, Lionel posted a video of he and his brother playing a violin/cello duet of Amazing Grace at his brother and law, All. You should be able to watch it here . Lionel writes, "This past weekend I had the opportunity to play with my brother Owen Young. Unfortunately that was something that doesn’t happen that often. It did happen at my brother in law Alvin Poussaint’s Memorial service in Cambridge MA. If you aren’t familiar with that name, please look him up. His life was an inspiration to me. I feel fortunate to have known him. He left this world a better place because of the life he lived. He had the courage to risk his life for a ...

 Hi, D Noters. Were you part of the history of the D Note? If so, we want to hear your stories. I'm hoping some of you will be frequent posters and commenters here and help us tell a few of the 1001 and stories of the D Note on this blog before they are forgotten. There's no need to even write the story. Just tell the story out loud into Google Docs Voice Typing and send me the transcript. Or, if you prefer, I'll make you an author so you can upload posts yourself. This should be an oral and written history coming from as many voices as of as possible. Also please add pictures and video to your stories if you feel inspired.  I got this idea while talking to Phil on the phone about an hour ago as I was driving home from work. He was telling me a story about one of the Neville brothers, Charles Neville, performing at the D Note on the same night that his brother Aaron was performing in Denver, about what a great night it was. Hardly anybody came, because all the Neville Brot...