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
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
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
Wherein I dispense with my usual long-winded historical diatribes and randomly list three songs for your dining and dancing pleasure. You might consider this a “three-peat” as I’ve featured all these artists at one time or another. Purely by coincidence, all three are known for … Continue reading Tres Songs
No, this isn’t a posthumous (Reed died in 2013) collaboration nor has Lou come back from the dead. This was a songwriting collaboration, and Nils has released this new album around it. Now I don’t follow either of these guys that closely so apparently some … Continue reading Featured Album – Blue with Lou – Nils Lofgren/Lou Reed
