Making ROOTS AND BRANCHES: “Travelin’ Man”
I wrote “Travelin’ Man” in the mid-1970’s for the band Harlequin, which I co-founded with violinist Joel Zifkin while we were students at McGill University. It became a mainstay in the band’s repertoire. “Travelin’ Man” segued into an unnamed instrumental written by Joel and me. The entire dual-song performance clocked…