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[[File:Howard Ashby Kranz.jpg|thumb|Howard Ashby Kranz.]]'''Howard Ashby Kranz''' is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

== Songs ==

''Everybody's Moon'' is widely viewed as his signature song.

== Praise ==

[[I]] have variously said:

<blockquote>
Howard and I are friends and fellow musicians of thirty-some years [circa August 2019], and time has leveled the differences between us.  But when I came knocking at his door in 1981, hesitantly asking "Is this the house concert ...?", the differences were formidable: ten years difference in age between us, combined with me being an introvert neophyte singer-songwriter and Howard being a seasoned veteran who gave house concerts ... I didn't even know there ''was'' such a thing as a house concert until a mutual friend suggested I go to his upcoming house concert.
</blockquote>

And:

<blockquote>
Howard Kranz is the greatest singer-songwriter you've never heard, unless you've heard him, in which case form your own opinion.
</blockquote>

== Song of the Day ==

Songs of the day from my online diary:

# [[Diary (May 5, 2020)]]: "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears
# [[Diary (May 6, 2020)]]: "Ace in the Hole" by George Strait
# [[Diary (May 7, 2020)]]: "Sailing to Philadelphia" by Mark Knopfler with James Taylor
# [[Diary (May 8, 2020)]]: "New Shoes" by Paolo Nutini
# [[Diary (May 9, 2020)]]: "Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf
# [[Diary (May 10, 2020)]]: "Dancing Song" by Peter Mayer
# [[Diary (May 11, 2020)]]: "Shining Star" by Earth, Wind and Fire
# [[Diary (May 12, 2020)]]: "Two Hangmen" by Mason Proffit
# [[Diary (May 13, 2020)]]: "Fuller Brush Man" by James McMurtry
# [[Diary (May 14, 2020)]]: "Jonny Quest Theme" composed by Hoyt Curtin
# [[Diary (May 15, 2020)]]: "Free Man in Paris" by Joni Mitchell
# [[Diary (May 16, 2020)]]: "Bad, So Bad" by Lojo Russo
# [[Diary (May 17, 2020)]]: "Crayon Angels" by Judee Sill
# [[Diary (May 18, 2020)]]: "A Small Package of Value Will Come To You, Shortly" by Jefferson Airplane
# [[Diary (May 19, 2020)]]: "Fight For Your Mind" by Ben Harper
# [[Diary (May 20, 2020)]]: "Perpetual Change" by Yes
# [[Diary (May 21, 2020)]]: "The Prisoner" theme music composed by Ron Grainer
# [[Diary (May 22, 2020)]]: "Force Field" by Smash Mouth
# [[Diary (May 23, 2020)]]: "One Nation Under a Groove" by Funkadelic
# [[Diary (May 24, 2020)]]: "Shambala" by Daniel J. Moore
# [[Diary (May 25, 2020)]]: "Even in the Quietest Moments" by Supertramp

== In the News ==

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File:Happy Birthday Howard Ashby Kranz.jpg|Happy Birthday image mashup tribute by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]] in celebration of my dear friend Howard.
File:Alice Beta.jpg|link=Diary of Alice Beta: May 8, 1997|"Met a nice young musician today, Howard Ashby Kranz. His song ''Uncertainty'' was both amusing and scientifically sound. He made a jest about how if James Dean were alive today, he (Dean, not Kranz) would be a right-winger. Later on I rang up one of the sisters who knows a Dean who lived into Kranz's time, and that sister? She says that Dean ''is'' a right-winger." (Excerpt from the ''[[Diary of Alice Beta: May 8, 1997|Diary of Alice Beta]]'' (May 8, 1997).)
</gallery>

== Fiction cross-reference ==

* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Howardkranzville]] - a model town where Howard Kranz will be installed as dictator.

== Nonfiction cross-reference ==

* "[[Living in the Cracks (nonfiction)]]" - song by Lorenzo Lattanzi, which [[I]] first heard it performed by Howard in July 2019.
* [[List of songs by Howard Ashby Kranz (nonfiction)]]
* [[Turn up the delicate (nonfiction)]] - witticism by Howard Kranz

External links:

* [http://howardkranz.com/lyrics.shtml Home page] @ howardkranz.com

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