It's Time For Some ROCK & ROLL NEWS
From The World Wide Web!
The Quirks of “A Hard Day’s Night”
Joe Jackson Revives Genius Of Lost Artist Max Champion
Joni Mitchell’s “Ladies of the Canyon” At 50: A Different Voice
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Read moreMar 14 2024
It's Time For Some ROCK & ROLL NEWS
From The World Wide Web!
The Quirks of “A Hard Day’s Night”
Joe Jackson Revives Genius Of Lost Artist Max Champion
Joni Mitchell’s “Ladies of the Canyon” At 50: A Different Voice
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Read moreMar 13 2024
REMEMBERING BILL HALEY & THE COMETS
Bill Haley was a country singer who loved to play Western Swing music. Bill Haley and his Comets had existed in an earlier, more country-flavored form as The Saddlemen but by the time they…
Read moreMar 12 2024
To me, Chester Burnett aka Howlin Wolf, will always be a touchstone to the exact moment I discovered just how important music played in my life. As time went on, I spent endless afternoons in school daydreaming about Wolf's music…
Read moreMar 8 2024
Located at 301 West 46th Street in New York City, The Scene, which opened its doors sometime in 1965, was indeed the most renowned rock club in the USA for a short span during the mid-sixties. This joint was run…
Read moreMar 7 2024
This is the story of Cocksucker Blues, Robert Frank's Suppressed Rolling Stones Documentary of their 1972 tour. The film captures the Rolling Stones onstage, backstage, and in intimate situations that hardly anybody would want to be captured on film.
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Read moreMar 5 2024
1964
"The Beatles were one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands of all time. They also had one of the fiercest, most intensely loyal fandoms of all time. Beatles fans — mainly teenage girls — offered the band their…
Read moreFeb 27 2024
Beginning in 1976, the Lone Star was a haven for Texas-style bad behavior in New York City. It was a raucous, often crowded place, with free-flowing tequila, pretty good barbecue, not a few 10-gallon hats and performers like Willie Nelson,…
Read moreFeb 23 2024
Feb 22 2024
One Sunday back in 2019, I woke up to the news that D.A. Pennebaker had passed away at the age of 94. While Pennebaker was a well known film maker to many folks, I thought it would be worthwhile to…
Read moreFeb 21 2024
Greetings to one & all!
Today's blog post takes a look @
Concerts in 1960!
Brook Benton / The Platters / Del Shannon
Dee Clark / The Drifters / Gary U.S. Bonds
Phil Upchucrch / The Cleftones
The Forum
Montreal,…
Read moreFeb 20 2024
While my life suddenly got deconstructed due to a lack of gigs right after Christmas, I tried to ignore the madness of the outside world by finally finding the time to read a stack of rock & roll books that…
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