“Oh, Mama, can this really be the end?” – Bob Dylan, “Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again” Happy holidays to all of our readers out there. And while I’m tardy (just like in high school) I’d like to wish everyone a happy Keithmas, for those of you who celebrate Keith Richards’ birthday on…
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)….
Jack White, who just returned from touring Japan in support of his latest LP – the sensational No Name – came to Kansas City last night and played the venerable Uptown theater. He had played St. Louis the night before where he played my favorite Raconteurs song, “Carolina Drama,” I missed it by one night! Jack…
*Image of the concert poster for Live Aid, July 13, 1985 likely copyrighted… A few years back, inspired by doing a playlist centered on the landmark year in music that was 1971 (a 50-year lookback at the time), I started putting together playlists centered on specific years in the 70s and then later we also…
Just in time for Christmas and all you folks looking for stocking stuffers, The Rolling Stones have gone back into the vault and released another gem of a live show. This time it’s Welcome To Shepherd’s Bush, recorded in June of 1999 at that legendary theater. I don’t know how many of these fabulous shows…
“O great creator of being grant us one more hour to perform our art and perfect our lives” – James Douglas Morrison of The Doors In between putting together our latest playlist (Songs About Eyes) and seeing the Struts this weekend, I managed to watch the great Hulu rock documentary Road Diary, from Thom Zimney,…
*Photo of The Struts (from l. to r. -Gethin Davies, Luke Spiller, Jed Elliott) taken by your intrepid blogger with his crap iPhone camera There’s nothing like a good ol’ rock n roll concert to shake me out of the workaday doldrums. The Rock Chick discovered a few months back that the Struts, who we…
*Picture of Cage The Elephant, barely visible in the light show, taken by your intrepid blogger I think I have found my new favorite alternative rock band and it’s Cage The Elephant. In the early days of our marriage the Rock Chick and I shared very similar musical tastes. But as time has gone on,…
*Eddie Vedder, pictured above honoring the great Walter Payton, and drummer Matt Cameron taken by your intrepid blogger Thursday night… I have just returned from seeing Pearl Jam up in Chicago, at the friendly confines of Wrigley Field, (home of the Cubs) on Thursday night, August 29th. I won’t lie, I’m still in that post-concert…
I saw recently on “the socials” that George Harrison’s landmark charity concert album The Concert For Bangladesh is finally up on all the streaming outlets. I have always loved that live album. It was probably one of the first cases of rock and roll meets altruism with spectacular results. Without The Concert For Bangladesh there…