Rob Wasserman, a Grammy-winning bassist and composer best known for his long collaboration with Grateful Dead member Bob Weir, has died on Wednesday, CBSSFBayArea reported. He was 64. Weir had posted that Wasserman was in ill health earlier Wednesday, saying on Twitter, “My great friend Rob Wasserman is facing a serious health struggle today. Please […]
Elvis Presley’s first guitarist Scotty Moore has died aged 84. The musician passed away at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday. Moore was famous in the music industry due to his work with Elvis at the height of his career, with his guitar contributions on the singer’s hits such as Jailhouse Rock, Blue Suede Shoes […]
Duran Duran – Blossom Music Center – June 29, 1987 29 years ago today in Northeast Ohio music history, Duran Duran performed a sold out show at the Blossom Music Center. This was their “Strange Behaviour Tour”. (poster courtesy of and available at rawsugarstudio.com)
Neil Young enjoys the music of Adele because she reminds him of all things, singer Susan Boyle the winner of Britain’s Got Talent. Young is sceptical about modern music and tends to avoid listening to contemporary acts however in an interview with Britain’s Q magazine he reveals that he enjoys the music of Adele for a […]
The Who, James Gang, James Taylor – Cleveland Public Hall – June 27, 1970 46 years ago today in Northeast Ohio music history, The Who performed a sold out show at the Cleveland Public Hall. Also on the bill were the James Gang led by Joe Walsh and opening the show was a little known singer songwriter named […]
Rolling Stones, The McCoys, The Standells, The Ronettes – Cleveland Arena – June 26, 1966 50 years ago today in Northeast Ohio music history, The Rolling Stones performed at the old Cleveland Arena. This was the tour in support of their album “After-math”. Opening acts were The McCoys, The Standells, and The Ronettes. (poster courtesy of and available at […]
The Eagles, Mavis Staples and James Taylor will be honored by the John F Kennedy Center For Perfoming Arts on December 4 in recognition of their contribution to American culture through the arts. Also receiving the honor is actor Al Pacino and pianist Martha Argerich. The Eagles were to take part last year, but changed their […]
Pink Floyd – Cleveland Stadium – June 25, 1977 39 years ago today in Northeast Ohio music history, Pink Floyd performed at the old Cleveland Municipal Stadium. This was the Animals Tour and a part of the World Series Of Rock festival series held at the Cleveland Stadium. At the time it was the largest concert of […]
Indigo Girls – June 28th – Kent Stage Amy Ray and Emily Saliers are Indigo Girls. Rolling Stone describes them as the “ideal duet partners. Their voices soar and swoop as one, alternately raucous and soothing. When they sing together, they radiate a sense of shared purpose that adds muscle to their lanky, deeply felt […]
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 […]
