I’ve spent the last few weeks really locked into a late 60s, early 70s rock n roll bender. Since I saw the Stones a few weeks back they’ve been in high rotation. I’ve been fixated on Let It Bleed… I’ve also been listening to a lot of Little Feat (Feats Don’t Fail Me Now) and previously…
Neil Young has gone into his tape vaults – which at this point, lets acknowledge, are full of gold – and emerged with some recordings made in 1969 with his best backing band, and the one he’s had the longest relationship with, Crazy Horse. I’ve got to tell you, I can’t stop listening to this…
This past weekend I finally got around to watching the superb HBO Documentary, Stax: Soulsville USA. It’s been out since – I think – late May but with travel and work I just now got around to watching all four episodes. And admittedly, I’m on a strange binge watch odyssey of every season of Bravo’s…
A couple of weeks ago Little Feat, a band I really like, released a Deluxe version of their 1974 album Feats Don’t Fail Me Now complete with a disc of outtakes/alternate versions and a disc featuring part of a concert from 1975. I’ve been meaning to post about it but between seeing the Stones in…
My rock n roll cup overfloweth… First I got to see the Stones last Thursday, and last night I got to see former Heartbreaker lead guitarist extraordinaire Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs. It was my best bud Doug’s idea to go see the Dirty Knobs and man, I’m glad I did. It was an…
*Photo of the ‘Hackney Diamonds’ logo from the Denver Stones show, taken by your intrepid blogger. I just got home after driving that long stretch of bricks back from Denver to K.C. I shouldn’t complain about driving, I’ve always loved road trips. While the Rock Chick is fast asleep, I’m still chugging along on that…
Last weekend was an exceptional one for fans of rock n roll. Not only did we get a great new album from Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs (Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits), but Sir Paul McCartney dug into his vaults and released a nice little treasure from the 70s for us. Paul went back to…
Just when I thought I’d settled in on Slash’s new blues album Orgy Of The Damned as my “summer jam,” Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs arrive with their new album, Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits, to give Slash a run for his money as “King of My Stereo.” Nothing will help me get over the…
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…