Dave Alvin’s phone rang. “Your brother’s dead,” the voice said on the other end. “I was in California,” Dave says in the present day, remembering that phone call. “And he was in Spain. It was like 45 minutes to an hour of darkness until I got another phone call saying, ‘He’s in a coma; […]
Dave Alvin
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Passion and survival
Somewhere tonight a man straps on a guitar to face the world. Somewhere tonight a man is pouring his all out upon the stage. Somewhere tonight this man sings the blues. His music speaks for those without a voice or for those who simply haven’t found one yet — the unheralded, unsung everyday heroes just […]






