When I was really young, in my “pre-rock n roll” days, it never occurred to me that fame was fleeting. My parents still loved Elvis, who was from the (gads) 50’s so he still seemed current if not relevant, at least in our house… well, he did until his untimely death. Every weekday they had…
The Memorial Day weekend crept up on me this year. The Rock Chick was visiting relatives out West and I was on my own so as usual I “lost time.” While summer doesn’t officially start until June 21st, Memorial Day is the unofficial kick off to summer in the States. Well, Memorial Day is at…
“You know those lights were bright on Broadway… That was so many years ago,” Billy Joel, “Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)” I’m not big on social media although it would probably help B&V if I was more active. Truth be told I only joined a few platforms so I could keep…
Despite the fact that I’ve always loved Slash – he’s one of the greatest, most melodic lead guitar players of all time and is perhaps the greatest guitarist of his generation – and despite my long profession of love for the blues and blues rock, I was thoroughly prepared to dislike Slash’s new blues covers…
I have to admit, I was a little surprised to see that the Beatles have re-released the original version of their film, Let It Be (1970), originally directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and restored to it’s original brilliance by Peter Jackson who did the extensive Get Back project 2-1/2 years ago. The film was over 50…
Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs (Campbell, guitar/vocals; Mattt Laug, drums; Lance Morrison/bass; now Chris Holt, guitar) have released a new single “Dare To Dream” that features a wonderful backing/harmony vocal from none other than Graham Nash of CSNY fame. The song is from the Dirty Knobs upcoming album Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits. Is that…
I posted recently about the Black Keys new album, Ohio Players, which naturally got me to thinking about the actual group, the Ohio Players. I can only assume the Black Keys from Akron, Ohio were tipping their geographical hat to the original Ohio Players, who were from Dayton, Ohio. I mean Dayton is only three…
1983, for me personally, was an awful year. I thought after I posted last year’s Playlist: 1983, made up of songs from that year I’d put ’83 behind me… Then last week Billy Idol revisited his album from that year with Rebel Yell – Expanded Edition. And now Def Leppard has released Pyromania – 40th…
Lately, I’ve been rather focused on the year 1984, having just done my playlist based on tracks from that big year in music, but with Billy Idol releasing Rebel Yell – Expanded Edition, I find myself turning back to 1983… which I thought I was done thinking about after last year’s Playlist: 1983. I’ve been…
It appears the rumors I’ve been hearing are true and erstwhile Pink Floyd guitarist/singer David Gilmour is set to release his fifth studio album Luck And Strange this coming September. Today he’s released the first single from the album, “The Piper’s Call.” It may seem odd that David Gilmour, a very famous musician, has only…