Howard Ashby Kranz (nonfiction)

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:

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.

And:

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

Song of the Day

Songs of the day from my online diary:

1. Diary (May 5, 2020): "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears
2. Diary (May 6, 2020): "Ace in the Hole" by George Strait
3. Diary (May 7, 2020): "Sailing to Philadelphia" by Mark Knopfler with James Taylor
4. Diary (May 8, 2020): "New Shoes" by Paolo Nutini
5. Diary (May 9, 2020): "Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf
6. Diary (May 10, 2020): "Dancing Song" by Peter Mayer
7. Diary (May 11, 2020): "Shining Star" by Earth, Wind and Fire
8. Diary (May 12, 2020): "Two Hangmen" by Mason Proffit
9. Diary (May 13, 2020): "Fuller Brush Man" by James McMurtry
10. Diary (May 14, 2020): "Jonny Quest Theme" composed by Hoyt Curtin
11. Diary (May 15, 2020): "Free Man in Paris" by Joni Mitchell
12. Diary (May 16, 2020): "Bad, So Bad" by Lojo Russo
13. Diary (May 17, 2020): "Crayon Angels" by Judee Sill
14. Diary (May 18, 2020): "A Small Package of Value Will Come To You, Shortly" by Jefferson Airplane

In the News

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  Happy Birthday image mashup tribute by Karl Jones in celebration of my dear friend Howard.

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  "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).)

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

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:

• Home page @ howardkranz.com