Wherein I randomly crash together a few songs for your entertainment. I mentioned Annie Lennox in one of my lists of favorite singers. She’s not only got a great voice but she channels some real feel into her stuff. Here she covers Bob Marley’s “Waiting … Continue reading Tres Songs
All you need to know about British jazz-rock guitarist John McLaughlin is that he has won just about every major poll and award, is on Rolling Stone’s Greatest Guitarists list and has been referred to at various times by both Jeff Beck and Pat Metheny … Continue reading Mahavishnu Orchestra
Cheap Trick – two guys that look like rock stars, one guy that looks like an accountant and one guy that looks like one of the Bowery Boys. But together they rock. A couple of hours or so due northwest of Chicago is a town … Continue reading Cheap Trick
“He’s the last African-American Everyman,” says Questlove of his hero Bill Withers. “Jordan’s vertical jump has to be higher than everyone. Michael Jackson has to defy gravity. On the other side of the coin, we’re often viewed as primitive animals. We rarely land in the … Continue reading Bill Withers
There is sometimes an odd synchronicity amongst bloggers. One time, blogger Runaway American Dream and I wrote about the long-gone (if not entirely forgotten) T. Rex on the same day. Recently I started dwelling on the idea of doing a Billy Joel six-pack and lo … Continue reading A Six-Pack of Billy Joel
Our first of five tunes is by a dude named Victor Wainwright and he is a 37-year-old piano-pumpin’, blues-lovin’ SOB from Memphis Tennessee. In 2013 and 2014, Wainwright won the ‘Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year’ at the Blues Music Award ceremonies. Pinetop – for many years Muddy Waters’ piano … Continue reading New Music Revue – (4/3/18)
(Picture: Thunderclap Newman with (sort of) band member Pete Townshend) In music, there are, of course, those who have hit after hit after hit. Elvis, The Beatles, The Eagles, etc. And then there are the other guys (and gals) who manage to scale the heights once, … Continue reading One-hit wonders
