When we first started going together Mrs. Drang asked me what my favorite musical was. She seemed dubious when I said  1776 . I don't k...

 “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow  Listen, my children, and you shall hear  Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,  On the e...

As an alumnus of Eastern Michigan University back when they were the Hurons, I was intrigued when the local classical station played an inst...

 RIP Kris Kristofferson. There was a time when I was spending too much of my paycheck on Kris Krsitofferson albums. Never the greatest vocal...

 

 On this Patriot's Day, 2024, let us raise a glass in memory of Samuel Whittemore . On April 19, 1775, British forces were returning to ...

 

 Merry Christmas from all at Schloss Drang to you and yours! And as always, please remember those deployed away from home.

  So far as I know it has never been established for certain that "My Buddy" was about a fellow Dougboy who didn't make it hom...

 RIP, Jimmy Buffet. I m sure he's enjoying a cheeseburger in Paradise. Washed down, no doubt, with a margarita.