Howard Ashby Kranz (nonfiction)
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.
Quotations
"Turn up the delicated."
—Howard Kranz
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
Happy Birthday image mashup tribute by Karl Jones in celebration of my dear friend Howard.
"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
- Howardkranzville - a model town where Howard Kranz will be installed as dictator.
Nonfiction cross-reference
- Dream of the Negative Coupon
- "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