*Image taken from the internet and likely copyrighted Alas, I heard the news today that the last standing member of the legendary band, The Band, has moved on when Garth Hudson passed away “peacefully in his sleep.” Garth was the most soft spoken of the members of the Band and was the only member who…
“Gotta do what you gotta do, Head to the hills or go to town” – Neil Young & the Chrome Hearts, “big change” Neil Young dropped a new song on Friday, “big change,” lack of capital letters apparently on purpose…very E.E. Cummings of him. He also announced a new backing band, the Chrome Hearts. The…
“Hoping for more Peace and Love…” – Ringo Starr, “Thankful Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has released a new album, his first since 2019’s What’s My Name, entitled Look Up. He hasn’t been dormant for those six years, he’s released a series of EPs over the last several years. The new album is being cast…
I’ll be the first to admit, the holidays came upon me fast and furious this year. Thanksgiving was unusually late and before I knew it the dreaded Xmas crept up on me. In order to recover, the Rock Chick and I decamped to Florida this week. With all of that going on, since Xmas hit,…
It snuck up on me again this year, but I noticed we’ve completed our latest trip around the sun. As most people are spending the dawn of this new year, 2025, looking ahead – making resolutions, planning vacations and weddings – we at B&V, in what has become an annual tradition, are looking backwards. We’ve…
I hope everybody had a happy Xmas out there. The Rock Chick certainly outdid herself this year. It was quite a superb party. Sadly, our daughter didn’t make it home this year – a first – but we augmented this year’s party lineup with a couple of my oldest and dearest friends, Doug and RJ….
I looked at the calendar this Monday and thought, “My God, Xmas is only a week and a half away?” Could it be December already? It feels like only yesterday we kicked off 2024 with our annual 50-year lookback-playlist featuring rock n roll from 1974. And here I am wrapping presents already? It seems that…
When I think of major musical developments of the latter half of the 70s, I think of punk rock or maybe New Wave or I shudder at the thought of disco. But who knew when I went down to my local record store in the mall and bought the Doobie Brothers’ Minute By Minute I…
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…
Having been up in Banff for Thanksgiving with family (yes, I know going to Canada for American Thanksgiving is out of the ordinary but it’s gorgeous up there), I have fallen way behind in my rock n roll viewing. While I was away they released a new documentary produced by Martin Scorsese, Beatles 64. The…