I would be remiss if, on the passing of Meat Loaf at 74, I did not repost one of the great rock songs of all time. (Songwriter Jim Steinman died early in 2021). As a bonus, I give you this video wherein Mr. Loaf (born … Continue reading A Song I Love – Paradise By the Dashboard Light – Meat Loaf
What you are seeing in the picture above is my Christmas present to myself. Just in case you’re not aware of it, it’s made by Spotify and it’s called Car Thing. It is paper-thin, weighs nothing, and plugs into your cigarette lighter. And all it … Continue reading Back to the Nineties – The Last Great Era of Rock
βWithin the contents of this book, I wanted to include items from my personal archive that have played a part in my career over 60 years, to illustrate the detail behind the detail.β – Jimmy Page To my great delight and joy, Santa Claus (Father … Continue reading Book Review – Jimmy Page -The Anthology
It came to my attention recently that drummer Graeme Edge of the Moody Blues passed away on 11 November 2021. In tribute to him, I am reposting this piece which I first featured in 2017 before a lot of you were following my blog. Graeme … Continue reading Featured Album – To Our Children’s Children’s Children – Moody Blues
“I live in a world of music, in a house of music; a planet, a star of music,” Nesmith told Australian Musician in 2019. “It goes on in my head all the time. There’s something about music in my life that is like food to … Continue reading An ME Tribute to Mike “Wool Hat” Nesmith
I have been a Dylan admirer for about as long as I can remember, probably for just a little less time than I’ve been following the Beatles. Somehow I managed to blow numerous opportunities to see him, especially one where he appeared with Van Morrison … Continue reading Concert Review – Bob Dylan – Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour
This is not intended to be a review so much as observations on a band I’ve known, loved and read about almost literally my entire life. This documentary greatly changed my perception of them in a way none of the other stuff I’ve seen or … Continue reading Impressions and Observations on the Beatles’ ‘Get Back’ documentary
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
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