Get it right. It’s Back Cove, not Back Bay September 2, 2017Newsback bay, back cove, bennett there done that, incrrect, mixed up, music, song, troy r. bennett, wrong By Troy R. Bennett The real Back Bay is nowhere near. It’s down in Boston, it ain’t here.
Remembering a friend who had ‘a heart as big as Portland’ July 25, 2017Newsbennett there done that, bmw, bsa, geno's, king memphis, motorcycles, peepshow, portland, riverton diesel, treefort, triumph, troy r. bennett By Troy R. Bennett As gentrification gobbles up whole neighborhoods, his passing can’t help but feel like a punctuation mark at the end of golden time for this city.
Death of a folksinger and remembering what’s worth forgetting June 22, 2017Newsarkansas, banjo, bennett there done that, maine, portland, spin, twirl, uncle dave macon By Troy R. Bennett “What happens to all the good stuff if it doesn’t get remembered? What happens to all the good square dances, what happens to the pot lucks?”
Why do these Maine children sing about maps? ‘GPSs are not so bright’ June 14, 2017Newsbanjo, banjournalist, bennett there done that, gazetteer, litchfield, music By Troy R. Bennett They knew the song cold and sang with gusto. I was shocked again. “We’ve been practicing on it for a week now,” said Paige Desmaris, one of Davidson’s pupils.