Dan Roberts
drobert22.bsky.social
Dan Roberts
@drobert22.bsky.social
Biochemist, Professor Emeritus UT Knoxville, amateur bassist in retirement

Lover of music, the World Game, and fine food and laughter with good friends.
We were there!
June 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
May 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
My dog gets nervous whenever the Grand Cheeto appears on TV
April 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Pip says hi
April 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
What albums came out when you were 21?
March 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Pip says hi 👋 to you and your cat…
March 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
March 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Here is our guy
January 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Choose 20 movies that have greatly influenced you.
One film per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews.

Day 13

(No particular order)
#filmsky
#filmskychallenge
January 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
January 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Saw them at the Tennessee Theater here in Knoxville last year as part of their 50th anniversary tour, that tune was on their set list
January 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
#MusicChallenge
#AllAlbums

5: Love The Cover Art

Santana III. Carlos Santana meets a teenaged Neal Schon.

The guitar solo at the end of this track shakes the earth

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvzc...
January 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 16: The Miracle of Castel DiSangro, Joe McGuinniss

#booksky #bookchallenge #blackbooksky #blackbooks
December 30, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 17: We were Soldiers Once…and Young, Harold Moore and Joseph Galloway

#booksky #bookchallenge #blackbooksky #blackbooks
December 29, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 18: “Surely you’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” Richard Feynman

#booksky #bookchallenge #blackbooksky #blackbooks
December 28, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 19: A River runs through It, Norman Maclean

#booksky #bookchallenge #blackbooksky #blackbooks
December 27, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 20: Quiet, Susan Cain

#booksky #bookchallenge #blackbooksky #blackbooks
December 26, 2024 at 10:09 PM
#AtoZStudioAlbums
Day X Wild Card
Jethro Tull Christmas Album

Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 to All!

We Five Kings
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxak...
Appropriately in five time

First Snow in Brooklyn
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztbT...

Greensleeved
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5o9...
December 24, 2024 at 4:18 PM
#AtoZStudioAlbums Day W
Where We All Belong
2Album set with one live driving rock and another more jazzy country studio

24 Hours at a Time
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP5v...
Outstanding bass from Tommy Caldwell

This Old Cowboy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JijM...
Toy Caldwell shows some jazz chops
December 23, 2024 at 3:05 AM
#AtoZStudioAlbums
Day V
The Vince Guaraldi Trio

Most know him from the Charlie Brown Xmas Specials but this is the 1956 debut album recorded in his native San Francisco

Selected track- Amazing Rhythm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkLr...
December 22, 2024 at 3:10 PM
#AtoZStudioAlbums

Day U
A bit of progressive jazz…
The Ultimate Adventure, Chick Corea

Arabian Night Suite
Part 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLhb...
Part 2
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu01...
December 21, 2024 at 2:14 AM
#AtoZstudioalbums

Day R
Rock and Roll Disaster, Thundermother

It’s as if AC/DC band members were reincarnated as four kickass Swedish women rockers…

Cheers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuKg...

Man with the Blues
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxW6...

Saturday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yREk...
December 18, 2024 at 3:38 AM
#AtoZstudioalbums

Day Q (no wildcard here!)
Pat Metheny Question and Answer

Three outstanding jazz musicians in a more traditional 1990 album from Metheny

Selected tracks

Three Flights Up
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R_l...

Old Folks
www.youtube.com/watch?v=moWS...
December 17, 2024 at 3:29 AM
#AtoZStudioAlbums
This one is for blues guitar lovers

Day P
Plays the Blues for You, Melvin Taylor

Tribute to Wes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iRs...

Voodoo Daddy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJPm...

Kinda Easy Like
youtumusic.com/track/95846/...
December 16, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Pippin says hello
December 14, 2024 at 12:30 AM