1972 Okay, you’re wondering….who the hell is Young Jessie? (You may also be wondering why you might care, but hey, this is a queer music history blog). Obe Jessie is the real name for an artist who got a lot more attention, and a long career, as Young Jessie. Go to Youtube and search that…

I am always delighted to find a song with gay references from before Stonewall, but this one was even more of a treat as it was from the 1950’s. That’s rare indeed, and I thank my friend John Trudell for pointing me to it. And better yet, it has a Youtube video. The group was…

I did a blog entry in June of 2012 on Paul Jabara, a songwriter and producer genius who died way too soon (in 1992) and gave us monster hits by Donna Summer, Barbra Streisand, The Weather Girls and others, winning a slew of awards, including an Oscar and Grammy.  Please check out that entry for…

  This morning I’ve been listening to the latest album by the Augusta, Georgia, band She N She, and they are Brandy Douglas, Drea Suarez and  Kate Anderson-Grijalva, and I am so, so pleased. The CD is called “Midsummer’s Day” and was released late in 2012, and I have the website RightOutTV to thank for…

It happens every year, so I’m used to it, I guess…I finish uploading my Queer Music Heritage Xmas Special, around December 1st, and like clockwork, a few artists come out with smokin’ xmas songs, too late to be included. So far the one that really makes me wish I had it a couple weeks sooner…

Who were those wild women? Well, they are on the cover of one of the very rarest lesbian 45 rpm recordings. It took me years to track down my own copy, so of course I want to share the story. The music admittedly (at least to me) is not the type to grab a listener,…

When you look at the NAMES Quilt in a larger perspective, it is a stunning contribution to our history, and just my talking about it or sending you to some internet links cannot remotely touch the impact, personal and global, of seeing it in person. I saw the entire display in Washington DC in 1988,…

JD: Hello, my name is JD Doyle and I am addicted to the music of Matt Fishel.Everyone: Hello, JD.Okay, no, it’s not an addiction meeting, but I freely admit I AM addicted to Matt’s music, and have been for many years. I’ve been playing him on my shows for several years now, and in the…

Garry Novikoff likes men, there, I’ve said it…..or, actually HE said it, and sings it a lot in his new video. Check it out here… He has other fun songs in his bag of tricks…ask him about “Friend for Christmas,” which I’m playing on my December Queer Xmas Music Special (available around December 1st). And…

I love the genesis of this project, and the resulting CD….and I’m pleased that one of the folks involved, Brett Lock, shared it with me….he wrote me: I’d like to tell you about an album by ‘The Vinyl Closet‘ which is a re-recording in a modern style of blues songs with LGBT themes. A brief…