Another music legend has passed away. After a series of recent health struggles, Merle Haggard has died today which was also his 79th birthday. Haggard canceled tour dates in December of 2015 after he checked into a hospital and learned he had double pneumonia. In an interview later with Willie’s Roadhouse on Sirius XM, he […]
An Evening With Todd Rundgren is coming to the Kent Stage on May 16th and May 17th. The show will span 5 decades of his great hits. A Wizard, A True Star. The title of Todd Rundgren’s 1973 solo album aptly sums up the contributions of this multi-faceted artist to state-of-the-art music. Hailed in the […]
J. Geils Band, Tranquility And Featherstich – Akron Civic Theatre – April 5, 1973 43 years ago today in Northeast Ohio music history, the J. Geils Band performed at a sold out at Akron Civic Theatre on their tour promoting the album “Bloodshot”. Opening the show was Tranquility And Featherstich. (poster courtesy of and available at rawsugarstudio.com)
Alice Cooper, Suzi Quatro – Richfield Coliseum – April 4, 1975 41 years ago today in Northeast Ohio music history, Alice Cooper performed at a sold out Richfield Coliseum during a stop on his “Welcome To My Nightmare” tour. Opening the show was Suzi Quatro. (poster courtesy of and available at rawsugarstudio.com)
People ask me all the time, what are you listening to now. Some are surprised, most are disappointed telling me “isn’t that what you were listening to 30 years ago.” “Ah yea” is usually my response. So we went around the offices at Cleveland Rock And Roll and the art studios at Raw Sugar Art […]
Concert Review: David Gilmour at Air Canada Centre (Toronto) by Bear I don’t know what I expected when I drove into Toronto for what has to be one of the last shows we are going to see David Gilmour live in concert. The problem is that seeing Gilmour play live is so rare and their music […]
