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Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: California Bloodlines

California Bloodlines is the second album by folk singer John Stewart, a former member of The Kingston Trio. That record, which was considered by many to be Stewart’s signature album, was recorded in Nashville, using some of the same musicians who performed on Bob...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – I Love Rock & Roll

The other day, I was walkin’ down Lake Drive, toward Goodwins, when I came across one of my fans, a voluptuous blond gal named Lil, but everyone knows her as Nancy… Hmmm? So, I asked her, “Where ya goin’, honey? And she sez “Seattle, mister, where’re you goin’?” So, I...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Whip It

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Whip It

When I left The OC back in ‘76, I thought I was saying goodbye to the bumper-to-bumper gridlock I’d been subjected to for years on end. But, no, thanks to the years of deferred maintenance on the part of Caltrans, I have to wade my way through bumper-to-bumper traffic...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Armstrong

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Armstrong

Saturday, June 20 heralds the 55th anniversary of Neil Armstrong becoming the first person to set foot on the moon Black boy in Chicago playing in the street, not enough to wear, not near enough to eat. Don’t you know he saw it on a July afternoon, he saw a man named...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Mountaineer Days

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Mountaineer Days

So, I was thumbing through a June 2004 edition of The Mountaineer, a bi-monthly magazine published by The Alpenhorn News, a predecessor to the Alpine Mountaineer, which you are reading right now, or else you wouldn’t know any of this good stuff. Well, as it turns out,...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Summer Breeze

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Summer Breeze

Well, I hope we survive all the Fourth of July fireworks extravaganzas without burning down the mountain. Anyway, now it’s time to get on with the rest of summer. One of the best things about summer in sunny Southern California – no matter whether you reside at the...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Summer in the City

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Summer in the City

It’s fun watching the squirrels run amok, up, down and around the trees this time of the year…Hey, it’s better than imitating a manhole cover on Crest Forest Drive. And it’s not uncommon to see them gathering acorn nuts but, it was so hot the...

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