I'm a big proponent of kids taking over the family enterprise, especially when they remain so true to the original: The life and music of Gregg Allman will be celebrated with an 18-city Allman Family Revival tour that kicks off November 27th in St. Louis and wraps up...
Wednesday Rock Blogging
Nicolette Larson
An underrated girl-next-door from the 1980s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolette_Larson
Charlie Watts, R.I.P.
In his 58 years as drummer for the Rolling Stones, Charlie never missed a gig. Here's how he saw it from behind the very minimal drum kit he used:
Doobie Brothers 2021
I had a dream. After a brutal 18 months of no concerts, all of the oldtimers hit the road again. Their intent was to re-focus the messages of the 1960s and 1970s, and try to bring us all together again. The Doobie Brothers will be here on October 8th! P.S. I had that...
Prince HOF
Regarding the Prince solo at the end of "While My Guitar..." at the posthumous induction of George Harrison at the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, in a New York Times article from April 28, 2016, Craig Inciardi (Curator at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum) says "I’ve...
Ringo Starr is Left Handed
Ringo talking about playing the drums! BTW, you'll hear him properly call it a drum kit, not a drum set.
Sharp Dressed Man, RIP
We lost Dusty Hill today, bass player of ZZ Top. He was 72 years old. I had the Tres Hombres 8-track blaring through the desert sky back in the 70s, and I saw them play at Feyline Fields in Tempe around 1976 when they headlined a 5-band, day-long bash. So this is my...
See How We Are
Do we just sit there and stare? I need to play this more often!
Stevie Ray Vaughn Warm Up
Here's how Stevie started his day at work!
Jeff Beck
Didn't everyone have Blow by Blow and Wired on 8-track? The best live rock performance since last week!