So if you meet me Have some courtesy Have some sympathy, and some taste Use all your well-learned politesse Or I’ll lay your soul to waste, So here we are, my fourth (should be fortieth) Rolling Stones concert. I’ve seen two by myself, one with … Continue reading Stones – No Filter Tour – Gillette Stadium, July 7, 2019
Several months back I heard that there was a Jimi Hendrix tribute headed my way. So the boy and I got tickets for that. Then by, I guess coincidence (or not), I read in the Boston Globe that there was a Jimi documentary headed to … Continue reading Just Ask the Axis – Experience Hendrix + Electric Church
On Your Feet Or On Your Knees is the name of a Blue Öyster Cult live album from the Seventies. While not provided as an option, I spent most of my time at the show on my ass, occasionally getting up to boogie. I did a … Continue reading On Your Feet Or On Your Knees – The Amazing Blue Öyster Cult in Concert
Elvis Costello burst upon the rock scene in 1977 as one of the angry young men of the punk/New Wave (r)evolution. His first three albums – My Aim Is True, This Year’s Model and Armed Forces – are classics of great, explosive rock and occasional … Continue reading Elvis Costello and the Imposters, Live at the Boch Center, Boston – Washing the Defectives
When you go to a Billy Gibbons or ZZ Top concert, you are going to hear one of three things – blues, boogie, or blues ‘n boogie. And on a good night you might ever hear boogie ‘n blues. You want ballads? Go listen to … Continue reading Concert Review – Billy Gibbons at the Tupelo (NH) Music Hall
I have been a Skynryd fan for a number of years but for one reason or another never got around to seeing them. Well worth the wait and I have a number of things to say on various fronts. The Xfinity Center (aka Great Woods … Continue reading Concert Review – Lynyrd Skynyrd – Xfinity Center, Mansfield, MA
In a previous post, I talked about Ry Cooder, a guitarist – especially slide – who’s been what I like to call a journeyman for about as long as I can remember. The description of the genres he covers as stated in Wikipedia should give … Continue reading Concert Review – Ry Cooder with the HamilTones at Tupelo (NH) Music Hall
Some of you will know Ford’s work, for some this may serve as an introduction. I had been planning to write about him and lo and behold he showed up at a couple of venues in the area. He has a long history of playing, much … Continue reading Concert Review – Robben Ford
Cream were one of my (and a lot of other people’s) favorite bands ever. They introduced me to the blues, and with their long, freewheeling jams, also paved the way for me to appreciate jazz. I still sometimes put on Wheels of Fire or their more … Continue reading Concert Review – Kofi Baker’s Cream Experience
The Wilbur Theater is an old performing arts venue in Boston’s theater district. It seats about 1,000 people or so and is one of those places that has stopped showing plays to pretty much focus on music and comedy. Last time I was there, just about … Continue reading Concert Review – Dixie Dregs – Wilbur Theater, Boston
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