Disclaimer – This is a shameless plug for my son’s band, The Color and Sound. Boston-based, they are doing a short tour and then, well, I’ll let them speak for themselves: Hey! Starting this upcoming week The Color And Sound are going on a short … Continue reading The Color and Sound
So in my last post I listed my top ten rock songs. But in the same vein as my top ten albums and corresponding albums that didn’t quite make it, I wanted to list songs here that are great but missed it by that much. I’ve … Continue reading My Favorite Rock Songs (2) – The rest
Ok, phew. Well, this was impossible. I had a list of about 100 songs from which I had to cull 10? Are you kidding me? So, I had to have a Stones song, and a Bruce song and a Beatles song AND an Allmans song. … Continue reading My Favorite Rock Songs (1) – Top Ten
I can still recall when we lost Janis Joplin. It was 1970 and the NY Daily News headline screamed, “Janis Joplin is Dead.” And it surprised me that the headline was so outrageously big because until that point I don’t think I realized how famous … Continue reading Janis Joplin
As you can probably guess from the picture, this is not an article about the latest iteration of Fleetwood Mac, but the first. Now I am not here to say that one version of the band is better than another. I love the Nicks/Buckingham version … Continue reading Original (Peter Green) Fleetwood Mac
I happened to hear the song “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” by Gil Scott-Heron on the radio today. This was an expression used by some in the ’60’s but he’s the guy that wrote a song with that name. It is actually in the … Continue reading Gil Scott-Heron – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
First post here. You’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed You’re gonna have to serve somebody Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you’re gonna have to serve somebody In the late ’70’s Bob Dylan – who is … Continue reading Bob Dylan (Final of 3 – How Many Roads)
