Rolling Stone, June, 1971: “John Entwistle, possessor of 12 bass guitars, three trumpets, three French horns, two trombones, a melofonium, two pianos and one helluva cramped guest room in his London suburban house, has done his thing with vengeance. The album is largely the result … Continue reading Featured Album – Smash Your Head Against the Wall – John Entwistle
Never know how much I love you Never know how much I care When you put your arms around me I get a fever that’s so hard to bear You give me fever (you give me fever) when you kiss me Fever when you hold … Continue reading One Song, Three Versions – Fever
Once upon a time, my music collection was this: a bunch of albums, cassettes, singles, 8-tracks, etc. Then one day – in the ’80s – the compact disc arrived. Now before I researched this I would have sworn no CD’s were around till the late … Continue reading Featured Album – Flying Cowboys – Rickie Lee Jones
RIP Dr. John the Night Tripper. An occasional series where I feature jazz bands who take a rock tune and spin it on its head … –It’s hard to find much about the genesis of this first album but indications are it might have been … Continue reading Jazzers Who Rock
Yes, yes, children. It is time for that most anticipated and yet largely unloved thing – the “favorite guitarist” list. Now before you dive in and say, “How the fuck could you leave Alex Lifeson (or Eddie Van Halen, Dimebag Darrell, Yngvie Malmsteen, etc.) off … Continue reading My Top Twenty Guitarists of All Time
“Now is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?” To say that Frank Zappa was a unique individual is like saying the sun rises in the East and sets in the West. It’s a given. The thing is – for me – … Continue reading The Crux of the Biscuit – Apostrophe (‘) – Frank Zappa
(Pictured: Big Daddy Wilson) Kids, time for another New Music Revue wherein Yours Truly takes off his blinders and dips his toe into the world of New Stuff. Fun note – occasionally people write to me and ask me to listen to a tune. One … Continue reading New Music Revue – 24th May, 2019
