Month: May 2025

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Lookback: The Doors ’70 – ’71, The Return To Blues Rock On ‘Morrison Hotel’ & ‘L.A. Woman’ – The End Of The Jim Morrison Era
ByKenneth Corsini May 27, 2025August 11, 2025
“I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer…” – The Doors, “Roadhouse Blues” (Photo above likely subject to copyright) I saw Jim Morrison, former lead singer of the Doors, was in the news the other day. Well, if I’m being a little more accurate, his tombstone was in the news. Morrison is…
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Review (Lookback 2.0): Dire Straits, ‘Brothers In Arms (40th Anniversary Ed)’ – Complete With Full ’85 Concert Recording
ByKenneth Corsini May 21, 2025
Dire Straits recently released Brothers In Arms (40th Anniversary Edition) to celebrate the big anniversary of their landmark 1985 album. If you’ve been reading B&V for any amount of time, I know what you’re thinking… “Didn’t you already post about this album?” Yes, I did. As the calendar turned to 2025 I did a playlist…
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Review: INXS, ‘Listen Like Thieves (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)’
ByKenneth Corsini May 15, 2025
Just last Friday, INXS released Listen Like Thieves (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition). We’ve done a couple of lookbacks to 1985, foremost of which was our Playlist: Rock Songs From 1985. It was a very synth heavy/drum machine kind of year. I chose to also look back to Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms (perhaps the album…
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The Who Announce ‘The Song Is Over’ Farewell Tour – We Look Back At Our Checkered Who Concert Experiences
ByKenneth Corsini May 12, 2025January 12, 2026
Legendary, venerable rock band the Who held a press conference last week announcing they are retiring. I’m not sure if they’re just retiring from the road or retiring period. I get the feeling this is the end of the road for the Who. Of course, now they’re just Roger Daltrey (vocals) and Pete Townshend (guitar/vocals/songwriting)….
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Review: Eric Clapton, Releases ‘Unplugged – Enhanced Version’ – Looking Back At His Iconic Live/Acoustic LP
ByKenneth Corsini May 9, 2025
Eric Clapton, former member of the Yardbirds, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Cream and Blind Faith, has re-released his iconic Unplugged album (originally released in 1992) in what he’s calling an ‘Enhanced Version.’ As far as I can tell, the only thing “enhanced” about this album is a promise to release some “never before heard” interviews recorded…
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Review: Sting Releases ‘Sting 3.0 Live’ From Latest Tour – He Continues To Surprise Me, In A Good Way
ByKenneth Corsini May 4, 2025
Sting, who has had perhaps one of the most challenging, albeit successful, solo careers continues to surprise me good ways. Just last weekend he released a single-LP, live album entitled Sting 3.0 Live, taken from his latest tour (of the same name) and recorded in Los Angeles. The album was originally released as a Record…
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New Song: Sammy Hagar’s New Rocking Tribute To Eddie Van Halen, “Encore, Thank you, Goodnight”
ByKenneth Corsini May 1, 2025
“Since you’ve been gone things don’t feel the same…” – Sammy Hagar, “Encore, Thank You, Goodnight” While I was busy playing and replaying the new single from the recently reunited Alice Cooper band, “Black Mamba,” Sammy Hagar snuck up on me and dropped another new song – his second new track of the year –…
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