While I was down in Wichita this weekend, visiting my ol’ college roomie Drew and seeing Joe Walsh and friends rock out to raise money for Vets, venerable rock n roll band Cheap Trick released their 21st studio album (if you include their, gads, Xmas album) All Washed Up, and the title is obviously facetious as…
Last week while I was jamming on the newly released Who Are You (Super Deluxe), the folks down at the Jimi Hendrix vaults released a new box set of their own, entitled Bold As Love. The new box celebrates the Jimi Hendrix Experience (Jimi Hendrix, vocals/guitar; Mitch Mitchell, drums; Noel Redding bass/vocals) 1968 album (in America, late ’67 in…
“I remember throwin’ punches aroundAnd preachin’ from my chair” – The Who, “Who Are You” Venerable rock n roll band the Who have released Who Are You (Super Deluxe Edition), a sizable – 7 CDs, 1 BluRay disc – box set and I must say, they could have named this thing “All You Ever Wanted To Know…
Some of you might think the holiday season starts when you begin seeing Xmas merch at your local shopping center. That’s not what triggers the dreaded holidays for me. I don’t think there’s a clearer sign that the holidays are here than when a flood of archival releases/box sets start getting released from myriad different…
A couple of weekends ago Little Feat returned with another box set that this time looks back to their 1975 album The Last Record Album. This comes only a little over year after they released a deluxe edition of Feats Don’t Fail Me Now, their first album to go gold, with a similar configuration: original LP, outtakes/demos, and…
David Gilmour, erstwhile guitarist/vocalist for the legendary band Pink Floyd, has released a new live album culled from the brief tour (21 dates) he did in support of his latest solo album, Luck And Strange. There is also a film, IMAX I believe, to go along with it but as usual for B&V purposes I’m only…
“Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine…” – Patti Smith, “Gloria” While I was detouring into a fever dream of late 60s/early 70s blues/blues rock last week and then followed that by being captivated by Springsteen’s Nebraska: Expanded Edition, influential, trail blazing rock n roll legend Patti Smith celebrated the golden anniversary of her storied…
During what has already been a fantastic year for Bruce Springsteen fans – we finally got Tracks 2 after waiting literally decades (featuring 7 unreleased albums!) and then Bruce dropped a wonderful Born To Run outtake “Lonely Night In The Park” to celebrate that storied 1975 LP’s 50th anniversary – he has now once again opened the…
*Album cover from a compilation from blues/blues rock guitar legend Michael Bloomfield Saturday night the Rock Chick and I went out to dinner with some dear friends of ours, the Jean Genie and her husband, who I’ll call Matt (name changed to protect the innocent). At some point during the conversation, as is my wont,…
Chrissie Hynde has dropped her latest solo album – from a solo career I only recently became aware of (shame on me) – and this time she’s brought a bunch of “pals” to sing with her. The new album Duets Special follows her last solo disc Standing In The Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan and like that…