Author: Barry Robert Weber

New Year’s lessons from Bret “The Hitman” Hart

January 8, 2025

In 1993, I high-fived Bret “The Hitman” Hart in downtown Milwaukee. I was 11 years old, and I was attending my first live pro wrestling event: a non-televised “house show” at the Bradley Center. The undercar...

Remembering Blind Blake, Milwaukee’s “King of Ragtime Guitar”

Barry Robert Weber

December 1, 2021

On December 1, 1934, Beatrice Blake called for help. Her husband, Arthur, had been ill for several weeks, and his condition was worsening. What started out as a severe cold quickly led to a fever, chills, and s...

Reflecting on the time Ron Johnson made me a mix CD

Barry Robert Weber

August 2, 2021

In late 2001, Ron Johnson made me a mix CD of acoustic music. Allow me to explain. At the time, I was a Radio-TV-Film major at UW-Oshkosh. I had recently become obsessed with traditional folk music, and I...

Author Barry Robert Weber