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June 2025 music w/ John Baboian

Hi friends, Happy Summer (coming up on 6/21). It’s been a wet and cool Spring so far, but my grass is looking good, for the moment….

It’s interesting that in New England we hardly have any Spring. It’s cold for many months, then we get a couple of weeks of “Spring”, and then, just as we’re getting comfortable with the nice mid 70’s weather, Summer kicks in with hot and humid.

In sports, the Sox look mediocre. The Celtics “bit the dust”. Nothing new with the Bruins. And the Pat’s are just starting to get ready for the Fall

I’ve been seeing a lot of posts lately about some of the old basketball greats. Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, etc. (you know, you click on one post, and you get dozens more).

I was young then, but I remember them well. I had a picture of #6 (Russell) on my wall when I was a kid. Greatest winner in history.

I really prefer that brand of basketball. Pre-3 pointers. I’m not really a fan of the 3-point heavy game nowadays. Pass up a good close shot to toss it out past the line for someone to try a long distance shot. Back when I was young enough to get up and down a court, you took those kind of shots if you weren’t good enough to be able to penetrate to the basket. As the saying goes, “live by the 3, die by the 3”, as the Celtics are painfully aware this season. Yes, the injury to Tatum didn’t help, but I don’t think they were going to pull it off anyway. Okay, let the arguments begin…..

And just to be clear, I loved the Larry/Magic era too…...

I was scheduled for some minor surgery at the beginning of the month, but it was postponed. Just as well, because some really good gigs showed up and I was able to take them. Take a good look at the June 7 gig at the Wang Center.

Hope you can join us for a gig or two.

Thanks, Johnny B!!!!! www.johnbaboian.com www.bebopguitars.com

**end of May reminder:

Saturday, May 31 7:00 - 10:00 PM

Carol Leary-voice, JB-guitar Duo

River Edge Restaurant

478 Lowell St., Methuen, MA

www.riveredgema.com (978) 788-9961

Sunday, June 1 12:00 noon - 2:00 PM

Jazz Brunch w/ Dan Fox-bass & JB-guitar Duo

The Wellington, 75 Leonard St., Belmont, MA

www.thewellingtonbelmont.com 617-932-1750