Wednesday Rock Blogging

This band was popular during the new wave/punk era but isn't this just straight-ahead rock and roll? Everybody wants to rule the world.

We lost David Lindley on March 3rd. He lived in Claremont, and played at the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad seven times! My Uncle Bob and I saw one of the shows, and he was fantastic. Click below for a video of David telling stories, including how to quadruple...

What many consider to be the greatest album of all time, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, was released 50 years ago today. It was ranked in the Billboard 200 from 1973 to 1988 (15 years straight!). The last time the four members played together was at the London...

After a tremendous performance that could be ranked as good as any show ever, she ended the gig with this ballad to her daughter just nine days after September, 11, 2001. We were there: This has to be the best ending to a concert video ever. I love how they show the...

I knew every word to every song on this album by the time I was 15 years old - no wonder it's like this! The song starts at the 3:30-minute mark, but Frank's pre-song banter is worth it. I dedicate this to my boss Steve who is in the process of moving to Whitefish,...

I share a birthday with this guy:

One more for David:

Another devastating loss for rockers everywhere - Jeff Beck, one of the most skilled, admired and influential guitarists in rock history, died on Tuesday of bacterial meningitis in a hospital near his home at Riverhall, a rural estate in southern England. He was 78....

This was my favorite song in the Wednesday Rock Blogging category this year, so when I had a chance to go she her at the legendary Whisky-A-Go-Go on the Sunset Strip, I jumped at it - and took Natalie with me!  She said she's not used to seeing her bands up close at...