This is for my brother who turns 58 years old tomorrow. We were both born in Oakland, California and our grandfather - who was District Attorney of Alameda County - did all the legal work for land acquisition and development of the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum. The...
It was Donna's birthday yesterday - this one is for you honey!
Yesterday it was announced that the advanced sales of tickets for Coachella 2022 will begin on June 4th. Tickets will be priced in the low-$500 range. It is very likely that Rage will be a headliner as part of their reunion world tour:
We lost another legend this week. James Harman and the Dangerous Gentlemen were fixtures on the local Socal circuit since the 1980s. The last time I saw him at the Belly Up, I did a video of one song and put it on YouTube - and he found it the next day! He had...
I saw Bob open for Tom Petty in the 1980s, and though they were great friends, it just didn't seem right. It's because Bob can get on stage with lesser-known talent and blow them away with his harp! Here's his Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat from his acclaimed 1966 album,...
Compared to all the other 77-year old rockers putting out pandemic music, this is pretty good: He's long been known as the nicest man in rock, but we think Dave Grohl is also the busiest. In the last week, Grohl has announced plans for his book The Storyteller, a new...
John Prine died of Covid-19 a year ago yesterday, and his wife asked us to remember him by this song. I fell asleep last night so let's play it tonight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prine
This was filmed at Johnny's 13,880sf house in Hendersonville, Tennesee where he and June lived until their deaths in 2003 (shortly after this was filmed). Trent Reznor wrote the song while living in Sharon Tate's old house - yes, that house - and after he watched this...
Today, everyone's favorite Irish band premiered its legendary 'U2 Go Home: Live From Slane' show at the iconic music venue Slane Castle outside of Dublin, part of their 'Elevation Tour', on September 1st, 2001. Ten days later, 9/11 happened: 00:00 - Intro 01:07 -...
