Phil Lesh, the bassist for the Grateful Dead, has bladder cancer. He is currently undergoing treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., and expects to make a full recovery. After canceling several shows, Lesh disclosed the news on the Facebook page for Terrapin Crossroads, the restaurant and concert venue he owns in San Rafael, Calif. […]
Concert Review: The Zombies At Kent Stage by Bear As I walked into The Kent Stage last night I ran into Tom Simpson the promoter of the show and he told me “Cleveland’s rock who’s who is here tonight”. I thought he was talking about me but the first person I saw was Jimmie Fox […]
David Gilmour has released a video for “The Girl in the Yellow Dress,” from his new album, Rattle That Lock. Rattle That Lock was issued September 18 and is Gilmour’s first album since 2006’s On an Island. The video can be seen below, along with a short interview clip with Gilmour.
After 36 years, Patti Smith has been reunited with a number of stolen possessions that were taken from her tour truck in Chicago in 1979. According to The Chicago Tribune, Smith was reading from her new memoir “M Train” at Dominican University in Illinois when she was approached by a woman named Doreen Bender. “A woman stood up […]
One quote says it all. “Some people may not realize it, but The Rascals were the first rock band in the world” – Steven Van Zandt Early in 1965, Felix Cavaliere formed the ‘Young Rascals’ with Dino Danelli, Eddie Brigati, and Gene Cornish. That October, they caught the attention of promoter/manager Sid Bernstein with their […]
Album Review: Sevendust – Kill The Flaw by Chris Akin When I first saw Sevendust’s new release was titled KILL THE FLAW, my initial thought was “what exactly is the flaw?” It leads you to wonder just what it is that caused this band to not break big, while bands with lesser quality catalogs like […]
Today is Paul Simon’s 74th birthday. Happy Birthday to a musical genius.
We often talk about the lost art of the album cover. The following is the New York Times obituary of the great art director and album visionary John Berg who passed away on October 11th. It’s important to remember the great artists who’s works we coveted and admired as we sat and studied those album covers time […]
Roger Waters announced that a 29-track companion to DVD movie will be released on November 20th. It’s being launched as a companion piece to his concert movie version, which will be out on DVD, Blu-ray, digital, and 2-disc Blu-ray special edition on November 16th. The 29-track offering was recorded during the former Pink Floyd frontman’s […]
If you ask John David where he’s from, he may say without hesitation; “I’m from Amarillo.” But depending on who’s asking, he may shrug and say: “I’m from everywhere, I guess.” He would be mostly right either way. “Hanging out in the bar at the Troubadour with Glenn Frey and Jackson Browne and playing open […]
