Side note – Director Nick Cassavetes, son of actor/director John Cassavetes and actress Gena Rowlands is making a biopic about the Allmans. You might recall that Gregg’s bio got canceled when somebody got killed accidentally during production. I honestly didn’t think any movie would get … Continue reading The Mavericks – A Band You Should Know
Wherein ME gets his head out of his…. obsession with old stuff and cuts the proverbial rug to a few newer tunes. And a one-ah and a two-ah… From his press kit: “Naming The Black Keys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Tash Sultana as his … Continue reading New Music Revue – 11.15.21
Regular readers know that I’m fond of doing six-packs of tunes, usually of a given band. But sometimes there are either bands where I can’t think of six tunes, or songs that somehow didn’t get posted in another six-pack or series. Whatever. So here are … Continue reading A Random Six-Pack ‘o Tunes
My fear was mediocrity, being just another cog in the glorious system that would eventually grind our spirit down to dust. I refused to be a prisoner in a gilded cage from which there was no escapeβ¦ I was determined to overcome my limitations, to … Continue reading A Six-pack of Billy Idol
Ever since I started this blog six years ago, I’ve been wanting to interview a musician, and preferably, someone who had deep roots in the rock and/or blues scene. So when Brinsley Schwarz’s label reached out with some tunes, I immediately took up their offer … Continue reading The ME Interview – Brinsley Schwarz
βThings took a funny turn in the early 70s. It all turned out well when I heard John McLaughlin, because his performance on the Miles Davis Jack Johnson album and with Mahavishnu Orchestra said, βHereβs where you can goβ. And every musician I knew was … Continue reading Jeff Beck – Maestro – (Final of 3)
“The most original guitar player ever.” – Rod Stewart In his autobiography, Nick Mason recalls the during 1967 Pink Floyd had wanted to recruit Beck to be its guitarist after the departure of Syd Barrett but “None of us had the nerve to ask him.” … Continue reading Jeff Beck – Part 2 – Chameleon
There’s a certain amount of fuck you-ness to everything Jeff does – Joe Perry. Slash – I said he was the Pablo Picasso of the guitar. Beck said he was more like the Jackson Pollock. If you ask me who the best guitarist is (or … Continue reading Jeff Beck – The Jackson Pollock of Guitar (Part 1)
Will this (movie) simply be a remake ofΒ Let It Be, using the original title of the album, with everything McCartney objected to removed? – Random Internet commenter “John walked into the room one day and said, ‘I’m leaving the Beatles.’ And he said, ‘It’s … Continue reading The Beatles Present Let It Be, the Enhanced Album
Wikipedia: “New Wave is a broad music genre that encompasses numerous pop-oriented styles from the late 1970s and the 1980s. It was originally used as a catch-all for the music that emerged afterΒ punk rock, including punk itself, but may be viewed retrospectively as a more … Continue reading I’m Tense and Nervous and I Can’t Relax – A Six-Pack of New Wave
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