Jack Kost

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Born on this day – Jesse Fuller:

Jesse Fuller

Blues singer

Songwriter

Harmonica player

Guitarist

March 12, 1896 – January 29, 1976

Credits:

Albums:

Blues Connections (2014); Brother Lowdown (1972); February Mood (2015); Four Classic Albums (Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Ballads / The Lone Cat / Sings Ballads-Blues / Empty Bed Blues) (Digitally Remastered) (2019); Frisco Bound (1991); Is it True 'Bout the Man Jesse Fuller? (2020); Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Ballads (2019 Digitally Remastered) (2019); Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals, & Blues (1958); Jesse Fuller's Favorites (1965); Move On Down the Line (1965); San Francisco Bay Blues (1963); Stagolee: Essential Blues (2011); The Lone Cat (1961); The Lone Cat (2019 Digitally Remastered) (2019); Three of a Kind - Classic Recordings (2014); Two Blues Icons (2014); Working on the Railroad (1955).

Songs:

99 Years; As Long as I Can Feel the Spirit; Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home; By And By; Cincinnati Blues; Crazy Waltz; Flavor in My Cream; Hark from the Tomb; Hesitation Blues; How Long Blues; Hump in My Back; I'm Going To Meet My Loving Mother; Jesse's New Midnight Special; John Henry; Key To The Highway; Leavin' Memphis, Frisco Bound; Let Me Hold You in My Arms Tonight; Linin' Track; Little Black Train; Memphis Boogie; Morning Blues; Preacher Lowdown; Railroad Blues; Railroad Worksong; San Francisco Bay Blues; Stranger Blues; Take This Hammer; The Monkey And The Engineer; Together Let Us Live; You Can't Keep a Good Man Down; You’re No Good.

Movies and television:

Bandstand (1966); Down Home Music - A Journey Through the Heartland 1963 (1963); East of Suez (1925); Evening of AnExchange (1972); The Blues (1966); The Danny Kaye Show (1967); The Great White Hope (1970); The Les Crane Show (1965); The Thief of Bagdad (1924); Unplugged (1992).

Kimberly Willis Holt, on writing:

Write every day.

Make writing a part of your life, but also don't be afraid of learning from others because I think you can.

I still try to think of myself as a beginner because that way I can keep on learning.

- Kimberly Willis Holt.

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

On this day in movie history - 9 Rides (2016):

9 Rides

directed and written by Matthew A. Cherry,

was released at the South by Southwest Film Festival in the United States on March 11, 2016.
Music by Donald Hayes.

Cast:

Dorian Missick, Omar J. Dorsey, Robinne Lee, Xosha Roquemore, Amin Joseph, Thomas Q. Jones, Skye P. Marshall, Aasha Davis, Tracie Thoms, Andra Fuller, Sujata Day, Nadine Ellis, Frank Califano, Dominique Columbus, Alice Ensor, Malcolm Matthews, Jake McLean, Brittany Richards, Capri Sampson, Kayla Smith, Tiffany Snow.

On this day in television history - Justified (2014):

Justified

Season 5. Episode 9.
Episode entitled: Wrong Roads.
Released March 11, 2014.
Directed by Michael Dinner.
Written by Graham Yost, Dave Andron, Leonard Chang.
Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.
Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Michael Rapaport, A.J. Buckley, Dale Dickey, Joshua Harto, Steve Harris, Wood Harris, Deidrie Henry, Damon Herriman, Mickey Jones, John Kapelos, Jesse Luken, Jacob Lofland, Eric Roberts, Alicia Witt, Muse Watson, Justin Welborn, Alex S. Alexander, Jolene Andersen, Jonathan Kowalsky, James Logan, Angie Simms, Reggie Watkins, Russell Bertolino, Leonard Chang, Anthony Ledesma, David Meunier, Lisa Pevc.

On this day in music history:

Dreamflight by Herb Ernst (1986)

Dreamflight II by Herb Ernst (1987)
Dreamflight III by Herb Ernst (1990)
Bringers of the Dawn by Herb Ernst (1996)
Diamond Soul by Herb Ernst (2012)
The Schubert Album Renée Fleming and Christoph Eschenbach (1997)
Atmospheres by Rudy Adrian (2014)
The Long Goodbye by Laura Sullivan (2021)

Dreamflight
Album by Herb Ernst,
released March 11, 1986.
Track list: Awakening Stars; Candlelighting; Sea Quest; Liquid Indigo; Celestial Descent; Celestial Ascent; Voyage into Silence; (a) The Voyager; (b) The Silence; (c) The Return.

Dreamflight II
Album by Herb Ernst,
released March 11, 1987.
Track list: Gaia's Song; Galaxy Delight; The Crystal Forest; Ancient Castles, Secret Mists; The Light of Forever; Midnight Ocean Reflections; Silver Aura; The Healing; Shannons Song.

Dreamflight III
Album by Herb Ernst,
released March 11, 1990.
Track list: The Enchanted Dance; Crystal Echos; Prima Materia; Song of the Rose; Accension; The Freedom of Forgiveness; Shimmering Wings; The Monastery; Song of the Soul.

Bringers of the Dawn
Album by Herb Ernst,
released March 11, 1996.
Track list: Stardust and Moonlight; Moonchild; Joey's Angel; Song of the Inner Child; Hilde Hope; Mooncradle in Dreamland; Unicorn Dreamride; Gentle Moment; Hilde Hope Reprise; Angel's Birth; Brahm's Lullaby.

Diamond Soul
Album by Herb Ernst,
released March 11, 2012.
Track list: Celestial Vespers; Forever Rapture; Angel Passion, Angel Prayer; Into the Sacred; Heaven's Child; Memories of Innocence; Redemption; Your Golden Soul; The Gift of Grace; Merciful Power.

The Schubert Album
by Renée Fleming and Christoph Eschenbach,
released March 11, 1997.
Track list: Heidenroslein, D257; Die Forelle, D550; An Die Nachtigall, D 497; Im Fruhling, D882; Die Junge Nonne, D 828; Nacht Und Traume, D827; Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen, D774; Ave Maria, D839; Fruhlingsglaube, D686; Gretchen Am Spinnrade, D118; Du Bist Die Ruh', D776; Der Tod Und Das Madchen, D531; Viola, D786; Die Manner Sind Mechant!, D866.

Atmospheres
Album by Rudy Adrian,
released March 11, 2014.
Track list: Apple Tree Bay; Atmospheres; Willow Bank; Blue Horizon; Through a Cave into Another World; Amber Skies; Beyond the Silver River; The Temple on an Island; Dreams of SUBAntarctica.

The Long Goodbye
Instrumental track by Laura Sullivan,
released March 11, 2021.

On this day in movie history - Diva (1981):

Diva

directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix,

written by Jean-Jacques Beineix and Jean Van Hamme,

based on the novel by Delacorta,

was released in France on March 11, 1981.
Music by Vladimir Cosma.

Cast:

Frédéric Andréi, Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, Roland Bertin, Richard Bohringer, Gérard Darmon, Chantal Deruaz, Jacques Fabbri, Patrick Floersheim, Thuy An Luu, Jean-Luc Porraz, Laure Duthilleul, Dominique Pinon, Dominique Besnehard, Isabelle Mergault, Anny Romand, Jean-Jacques Moreau, Raymond Aquilon, Eugène Berthier, Gérard Chaillou, Andrée Champeaux, Nathalie Dalyan, Laurence Darpy, Michel Debrane, Etienne Draber, Nane Germon, Gabriel Gobin, Jim Adhi Limas, Louise Malapert, Dimo Mally, Vaneta Mally, Alain Marcel, Marthe Moudiki-Moreau, Robyn Bernard, Yann Roussel, Brigitte Lahaie, Jean-Louis Vitrac, Tania Zabaloieff, Vladimir Cosma.