Monthly Archives: February 2014

The Downbeat as Therapy, as a social model, as a dance tool. Several hundred years ago there was a confluence of musicians into New Orleans coming from all over the globe. “Let’s jam!” was the order of the day, of … Continue reading →

Asylum Manor was the perfect place to house a jazz rock folk psychedelic  band excerpt: “History of the Groove, book three” Russell Buddy Helm © 2014 all rights reserved 1970. Looking out onto Main Highway in Coconut Grove from the … Continue reading →

Like in boating, sailing, leaving a positive wake. The groove is life force made sound. It has effect and sustenance.

Need for Ritual excerpt: “History of the Groove” Russell Buddy Helm ©2014 all rights reserved 1975. I have witnessed this need for ritual in various human activities. When I left the music business and went back to art school at … Continue reading →

2004. Heartland Spiritual Alliance was growing and grooving, each year they invited me back to teach drumming and to drum around the fire. It was a huge event; thousands of people in the open night air, dancing around a tall … Continue reading →

Captain Dan was an old hand at cruising for dolphins excerpt: “History of the Groove” Russell Buddy Helm ©2014 all Rights Reserved 2006. Captain Dan was an old hand at cruising for dolphins; he had been taking out tourists for … Continue reading →

  Charlie had every issue of Hit Parade in the bus. When he  agreed to leave Atlanta and come down to Florida and be in the Bethlehem Asylum, we loaded the school bus with his prodigious comic book collection, all … Continue reading →