*Photo taken from the internet and likely copyrighted Despite having a hectic week this week, I found my mind wandering to, what else, rock n roll. For reasons only clear to a neurologist, which I don’t have, I started thinking about all the great double studio albums put out over the years. I’ve done a…
Happy April Fool’s Day to all of you out there pranking your unsuspecting victims today. And I do hope that for all those who celebrate, you had a happy Easter weekend. While I appreciate the use of the Pagan fertility symbols of the egg and the bunnies, I’ve never been a big Easter guy. I…
“No sooner had I hit the streets when I met the fools that a young fool meets” – Jackson Browne, “Daddy’s Tune” I realize April Fool’s Day, despite being “celebrated” almost everywhere, is not a real holiday. Much like Valentine’s Day, which I’ve always described as a “Hallmark Holiday,” invented by greeting card companies to…
*Photo of Adam Ant taken by the Rock Chick You know that feeling when you wake up after a great concert. You might have a slight hangover, you’ve been up way past your bed time but you feel great. It’s like you’ve just had this wonderful communal, quasi religious experience. Music is running through your…
I was looking at social media yesterday and I saw Billy Idol reference that he was releasing Rebel Yell – Extended Edition. I love that iconic 1983 album which I believe I may have mentioned when I reviewed the Idol concert I saw in Vegas last October. I was about to continue scrolling through when…
I can’t tell you how much we’ve been waiting for this new Black Crowes album down here at B&V. The phrase, “highly anticipated” doesn’t do it justice. Both the Rock Chick and I have been fans of the Crowes since their early days. The Black Crowes, formed by brothers Chris Robinson (vocals) and Rich Robinson…
I saw that Alice Cooper have released Billion Dollar Babies – 50th Anniversary Edition and while I think there has already been a deluxe version of that seminal 1973 album released, I couldn’t help but comment about this 50th Anniversary Edition. I can’t believe it, but this will be Alice Cooper’s first appearance on B&V…
When I think about artists who have a great “official bootleg” business going – i.e., bands who are actively releasing stuff from their vaults – I tend to think about Neil Young (whose Archive Series is remarkable), or Bob Dylan (whose “official bootleg” series started it all). Or I think about Springsteen who mostly (other…
The Who, last Friday, released a live album culled from a performance at New York’s Shea Stadium in 1982 from the tour in support of It’s Hard. It seems like it was only last year I was writing about the Who’s live album, The Who Live With Orchestra. Oh, wait a minute that was last…
An album I didn’t even know was coming at the beginning of the year – Liam Gallagher John Squire – came out last Friday and I am delighted. I won’t lie, after the sensational first single came out, “Just Another Rainbow,” I had to go back and do a little research on guitarist extraordinaire John…