Bruce has released the text of his eulogy for Clarence Clemons he delivered on June 21st at his funeral in West Palm Beach. Here’s the link…http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bruce-springsteens-eulogy-for-clarence-clemons-20110629
Summer is here and with it some of those great summer time songs. You know the ones that bring back the memories of care free days at the shore or the pool, relaxing with friends or partying on the patio. So here are some of my favorites:
Eric Clapton’s “I Shot the Sheriff”
Mungo Jerry’s “In the Summertime”
Wings “Silly Love Songs”
First Class “Beach Baby”
Yours welcomed at www.102themountain.com or through this blog.
Most songwriters are always linked to one special number from their collective work. When that song is a TV theme song for a show that airs for nearly a decade, people will always remember your work, if they don’t know your name. Such is the case for the theme from the NBC show “The Golden Girls” and “Thank You for Being a Friend” written and record by Andrew Gold.
Mr. Gold hit the top 40 charts with that song and “Lonely Boy” a hit in the 70’s. That is pretty much it from Andrew Gold, who died earlier this month at the age of 59. Next time you watch a re-run of “The Golden Girls” at least you will know his name.
One celebrity picking up another!
RIGHT NOW!!! June 3-5 
NEPA Bluegrass Fest, Tunkhannock
Coal Town Rounders
Larry Stephenson
The String Band
Hickory Project
Larry Gillis
Cabinet
Remington Ryde
www.nepabluegrass.com
Saturday June 18th
Honesdale Roots & Rhythm Festival
Dave Alvin (from the Blasters)
Seth Walker
Ryan Hartt and the Blue Hearts
http://honesdalerootsandrhythm.com
July 8 and 9
Briggs Farm Blues Fest 
Terry “Harmonica” Bean
Lonnie Shields
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
Alexis P. Suter Band
Eli Cook
Mark Armstrong
Vandelay Industries
http://briggsfarm.com
July 30 and 31 Pennsylvania Blues Festival, Blue Mountain Ski Area
Cyrill Neville
Bettye Lavette
Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials
Magic Slim & the Teardrops
Kenny Neal
Shemekia Copeland
www.skibluemt.com/SkiBlue/activities/pa-blues-fest.aspx
August 5,6,7 
Scranton Jazz Festival
The Four Freshmen
The Royal Scam
The Marko Marcinko Latin Jazz Quintet
War
www.scrantonjazzfestival.org
August 5-14 Musikfest in Bethlehem
Stone Temple Pilots
Maroon 5
Steve Miller Band
Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas
Steely Dan
Straight No Chaser
Buckcherry
Nick Jonas
Train with Gavin DeGraw
http://www.musikfest.org
August 18,19,20,21
Philadelphia Folk Festival
Dan Bern
Tom Paxton
Tom Rush
Jorma Kaukkonen
David Bromberg Big Band
Arlo Guthrie
http://www.pfs.org/folk-festival
We are introducing a new feature to the evenings in the Mountain Cabin. We have all been to concerts and have heard first hand how artists doing something a little different with their music when they are performing live. Maybe its feeding of the audience….or they just welcome a chance to change things up a bit, but live cuts bring something extra with them to the ear.
So with that in mind, we have introduced Live at Eight….each night we will have five live cuts of some of your favorite Mountain music. Have a suggestion, pass it along via email…and we always welcome comments at www.102themountain.com
