Ever since youngsters in Homes with Hope’s after-school program turned Hal and Betsy Kravitz’s 77-foot-long South Compo wall into a “hopeful” mural, it’s earned honks and thumbs-ups from passing drivers, bicyclists and walkers.
It also caught the eye of a producer for WABC-TV news.
Which is why — barring breaking news — they’ll run a story on it tomorrow (Sunday, July 5) on the 11 p.m. news.
Channel 7 may include some footage from the video below. Stay tuned!
Harvey Brooks has played with and for Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Richie Havens, Stephen Stills, John Sebastian, Seals & Crofts, Boz Scaggs, Judy Collins, Loudon Wainright III, Phoebe Snow, Phil Ochs, the Fabulous Rhinestones and Fontella Bass.
The bassist laid down some of the most famous lines in music history, including “Like a Rolling Stone” and the hook on the Doors’ “Touch Me.” He’s featured on Miles Davis’ “Bitches Brew,” the best-selling jazz album of all time.
And for many years Harvey Brooks lived on North Compo Road, right here in Westport.
A few years ago he and his wife Bonnie Behar moved to Israel. But a good story is universal.
Today — which is also his birthday — his memoir, “View From the Bottom: 50 Years of Bass Playing with Bob Dylan, the Doors, Miles Davis and Everybody Else,” was published. There are tons of musical anecdotes — and lots about his life in Westport too. To order, click here.
Congratulations, Harvey. And Happy Birthday too!
This summer would have marked the Westport Country Playhouse’s 90th season.
The coronavirus brought down the curtain on this year. But the theater — one of the country’s most historic — is not letting the anniversary go unnoticed.
They posed one question to WCP aficionados: “What does the Playhouse mean to you?”
Click below, for some very heartfelt responses.
Happy Birthday, America!
And huge props to the Westport Downtown Merchants Association. They made sure our Ruth Steinkraus Cohen Bridge is decorated appropriately — with, red, white and blue lights.
The photo below does not do it justice. Go see for yourself (after dark!).
Hugh Downs died Wednesday. He was 99.
The Westport connection? Scott Williams says that decades ago, the longtime TV newsmagazine and entertainment show host rented 121 Sturges Highway house Scott later grew up in.
Hugh Downs, on the “Today” set in 1966. (Photo/Jack Kanthal for Associated Press)
You’ve heard it everywhere. Don’t have a cow. Just wear your mask!
(Photo/Les Dinkin)
And finally … to celebrate America’s birthday, here’s the song that’s been called “our other national anthem.” It’s easier to sing — and the words sure are powerful.
