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Not For Coltrane
@notforcoltrane.com
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A guy with a guitar, from Bethlehem, PA. Acoustic rock and folk with evocative storytelling and humor, and no music whatsoever by John Coltrane. (Sorry!)
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"I can't believe the news today / I can't close my eyes and make it go away." I've been thinking a lot about the killing of Renee Nicole Good, who was shot by an ICE officer last week in Minneapolis, and trying to figure out what to think, feel, and do in response. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrl_...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a cardboard protest sign with the words "This is not okay," and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
January 13, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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As we lurch ahead into 2026, the #coltranetuesdays #JanU2esdays tradition continues again this year with the band's most appropriate song for starting off a new year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBAd...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show four men with musical instruments standing in a snowy field, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
January 6, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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For the #coltranetuesdays show on the penultimate day of 2025, we'll wrap up the #AuldAcquaintances series of songs I learned to play some 30 years ago with an original song that my songwriting partner brought to me while we were in high school. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlf9...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a deep-sea sponge, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
December 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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I don't actually know when I first learned to play some version of the song I'll use to start off this week's #coltranetuesdays show, but it sure was a long time ago - and I'm judging that it's long enough ago that it works for this month's #AuldAcquaintances series. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z407...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show sleigh bells, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
December 23, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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For this week's installment in the #coltranetuesdays #AuldAcquaintances series of songs I learned 30 years ago, I'm playing a cut that featured on iconic albums from 1991 and 1994. And then we'll see how un-iconic things get when we play #nfcstumptheband. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9_i...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a colorful parrot, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
December 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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This month's #coltranetuesdays #AuldAcquaintances series of songs I learned 30 years ago continues this week with a 1994 alternative rock hit that helped me learn to play rhythm guitar. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvca...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a woman's eye, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
December 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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During this nostalgia-fueled season, this month's #coltranetuesdays shows will start off with some #AuldAcquaintances: Some of the first songs I learned to play on guitar, when I was in high school some 30 years ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBLz...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show an astronaut on the moon, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
December 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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For this holiday week, we're wrapping up the #coltranetuesdays #NewToMeVember series with a Thanksgiving classic. I can't play it quite like the original, so instead it will be in my signature under-rehearsed, semi-improvised style! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXnC...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a young Arlo Guthrie wearing a hat, a napkin across his chest, and no shirt, and another necktie with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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The #coltranetuesdays #NewToMeVember series continues this week with a piece that was one of the first songs a certain beloved American songwriter wrote for Broadway back in the late 70s - and I think it still holds up today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tJu...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show an assortment of job titles, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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One of my kids recently introduced me to a seasonally-appropriate song for mid-November by a performer I'd never heard of - making the song a pretty good fit for the #coltranetuesdays #NewToMeVember series! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uawE...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a man with a red shirt, a Santa hat, and a moustache, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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In addition to Election Day, tomorrow (Tuesday) also marks the start of the #coltranetuesdays #NewToMeVember series: All month, I'll be leading off with songs I haven't tried to play before, and we're beginning with a 1973 classic about standing up & getting involved. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLVw...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a street protest with a person holding up an American flag, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
November 4, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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TOMORROW (Tuesday)! Come with me, take my hand, and join us In The Garden Of Eden: The 2025 #coltranetuesdays #Looptober series is set to wrap up with the annual one-person performance of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," featuring far more instruments than is reasonable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cwp...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a detail of Adam, Eve, and Jesus in "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Hieronymus Bosch, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
October 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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The #coltranetuesdays #Looptober series continues this week with a song that requires me to attempt to play one of the most iconic bass guitar breaks of all time - which I fully intend to render in my characteristic, under-rehearsed, "not terrible" style! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfk5...
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show repeated "Hello, my name is ..." nametag stickers, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
October 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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For this week's #coltranetuesdays, we'll continue our #Looptober series with a reliable crowd-pleaser that's nonetheless a bit outside my usual wheelhouse. And then we'll see how far out things get when we play #nfcstumptheband.
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show a map of the US East Coast, with a jar of honey superimposed on North and South Carolina - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
October 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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We've gone quite a while without a new #coltranetuesdays episode, so we're starting back up again tomorrow (Tuesday) - just in time for #Looptober! See what kind of loopy shenanigans I get up to with an astronomically-inspired song, and then start your own shenanigans when we play #nfcstumptheband.
Colorful neckties - including one that appears to show an image of the Milky Way, and another with an image of a dog - hang from a partially-open, closet-like door. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most tuesdays at 12 30 - youtube-dot-com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
October 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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As you may have heard me mention on the radio (thanks, WDVR!) or TV (thanks, WFMZ!), I'll be performing at College Hill Porchfest TOMORROW - Sunday, Sept. 28! I'm on at 1 p.m., kicking off a full afternoon of music at the fountain in Nevin Park. collegehillporchfest.org/map/
On the left, the logo for College Hill Porchfest includes clipart images of a porch swing and musical notes. On the right, a smiling man with a shaved head and wearing a blue shirt and necktie smiles at the camera while holding a guitar.
September 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Huge thanks to Eve Russo and the crew at @wfmz.com 69 News for welcoming me on for #MusicMonday this morning to talk about Sunday's College Hill Porchfest - and extra special thanks to Eve for jumping in with me on "The Wind and the Rain"! Check out the video: www.wfmz.com/entertainmen...
A woman in a yellow dress gestures while responding to the singing of a man with a guitar, who has a blue shirt, a necktie, and a shaved head. Text at the bottom reads "College Hill Porchfest: Sunday, Sept. 28 in Easton."
September 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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TOMORROW MORNING! I'll be joining Eve Russo and Jaciel Cordoba on @wfmz.com 69News at Sunrise for #MusicMonday, to play a few tunes and talk about next Sunday's College Hill Porchfest in #EastonPA. Hope you can join us, or watch the vids online afterwards! #localmusic
A smiling man with a shaved head sits with a guitar. On the left are superimposed logos from WFMZ-TV 69News and College Hill Porchfest, and the words "Music Monday: Sept. 22 at 8:20 and 8:50 a.m."
September 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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TONIGHT! It's a rare Not For Coltrane full-band gig - I'm headed to Nevin Park in #eastonpa for this month's #LiveAtNevinPark concert, brought to you by The Village On College Hill and by College Hill PorchFest. The show is FREE, so bring a lawn chair and join us at 6pm!

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Images of a man with a guitar, a woman with a drum kit, and another man surround a photo of a fountain in a park with trees in the background. Overlaid are the words: "Live at Nevin Park - Not For Coltrane and Friends - Saturday, July 19, 2025 - College Hill, Easton, PA"
July 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Hey, everybody - the #coltranetuesdays show is going on a summer break for the next few weeks. My schedule is bonkers right now, and I can't quite keep up with posting (or re-posting) an episode each week. (1/2)
A closet-like door with colorful neckties hanging from it also has a handwritten sign taped to it, reading "On summer break." Superimposed on the photo are the words "#coltranetuesdays - most Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. - youtube.com/notforcoltrane - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game"
June 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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We wrap up this #coltranetuesdaysredux run with a 2020 #coltranetuesdays tribute to the late Bob Grover, a guy from Jersey whose heart always was in Texas.
A photo of an older man with a cowboy hat singing into a microphone is overlaid with the words "#coltranetuesdays #coltranetuesdaysredux - s.2, ep.26, may 16, 2020 - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-the-Band Game."
May 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Just finished the edit on this week's #coltranetuesdaysredux - a #coltranetuesdays episode from five years ago featuring that song by Sixpence None the Richer, attempts at prog rock and rap, and more #nfcstumptheband shenanigans. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbxL...
On the left, a photo of a Hershey's kiss in purple wrapping is overlaid with the words "#coltranetuesdays - #coltranetuesdaysredux - s.2, ep. 25 - may 19, 2020 - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-The-Band Game." On the right side, a bald, pale-skinned man plays guitar.
May 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Hey, folks. Welp, I've been fighting off a pretty bad cold, and I've run out of time to pull the edit together to post a #coltranetuesdaysredux video this week.

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A photo shows a chaotic pile of neckties, electronic drum kit parts, and a rubber chicken. Superimposed are the words "#ColtraneTuesdays - most Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. - youtube.com/notforcoltrane - Please stand by"
May 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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An original song, some #nfcstumptheband requests for classic American folksongs, and inopportune technical difficulties all feature in this week's #coltranetuesdaysredux episode ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zusr...

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On the left, a photo a bush with bright pink flowers is overlaid with the words "#coltranetuesdays #coltranetuesdaysredux - s.2, ep.24, may 12, 2020 - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-the-Band Game." On the right, a bald, pale-skinned sings and plays guitar.
May 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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This week our ongoing #coltranetuesdaysredux journey takes us back to a #coltranetuesdays episode from Cinco de Mayo 2020, featuring - appropriately enough ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2YB...
On the left, a photo of a desk calendar from May 2020 is overlaid with the words "#coltranetuesdays #coltranetuesdaysredux - s.2, ep.23, may 5, 2020 - featuring the Not For Coltrane Stump-the-Band Game." On the right, a bald, pale-skinned man gestures with both hands while holding a guitar in his lap.
April 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM