Moments in Time: Rock & Roll Images
Brian Jones prior to his untimely death in 1969
Eddie Cochran on stage
The One & Only Keith Moon!
Jim Morrison
in his final year of existence
in Paris, France
Howlin' Wolf
All…
Read moreMay 2 2024
Moments in Time: Rock & Roll Images
Brian Jones prior to his untimely death in 1969
Eddie Cochran on stage
The One & Only Keith Moon!
Jim Morrison
in his final year of existence
in Paris, France
Howlin' Wolf
All…
Read moreApr 9 2024
This story starts in the United Kingdom...
The British music industry was rigidly controlled by the BBC and London’s Denmark Street music publishers. A handful of powerful managers groomed a stable of homegrown singers in the mold of Elvis Presley…
Read moreMar 20 2024
JERRY LEE LEWIS
The Casuals, Bobby One, Alan Marlo
State Theatre
Niagra Falls, NY
HOWLIN WOLF & HIS ORCHESTRA
Rosewood Club
Memphis, TN
BROOK BENTON
Ruth Brown, The Falcons,
The Pips, The Delloes
James Moody & His Orchestra with Eddie…
Read moreMar 19 2024
"A Pop person is like a vacuum that eats up everything, he's made up
from what he's seen. And that's why people are really becoming
plastic; they are just fed things and are formed and the people who
can give…
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 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 15 2024
The Who
London Coliseum
London, UK
Grateful Dead
Alpine Valley Music Theatre
East Troy, MI
Jerry Garcia Band Electric
Wiltern Theatre
379 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
Lou Reed
Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle
Frankfurt, Germany
Nirvana
Grinch
Murphy's Pub
Cincinnati, OH
Neil…
Read moreJan 31 2024
Today, on this latest edition of Rock & Roll Geography, we take a stroll down to California to check out The Whisky A Go Go, one of LA's most historic music landmarks. Still in business today, this venerable club is…
Read moreJan 24 2024
Psychedelic rock was a musical genre that emerged in the mid-sixties due to the popularity of such mind-altering drugs as LSD, mescaline, cannabis and peyote mushrooms. The roots of Psychedelic Rock begin here: On Friday April 16, 1943 (a day…
Read moreJan 9 2024
This blog post is dedicated to my dear friend,
Jeff Goldstein
who spent many happy hours @ The Fillmore East
The Story of the Fillmore East begins here...
Located at the southwest corner of Second Avenue and Sixth Street was…
Read moreNov 15 2023
The Kinks
Taj Mahal
Sha Na Na
Fillmore West
San Francisco, CA
The Move
Cold Blood
Albert King
Fillmore West
San Francisco, CA
Grateful Dead
AUM
Flying Burrito Bros.
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
Spirit
Nazz
James Cotton Blues Band
…
Read moreNov 1 2023
Over the years there have been many arguments concerning which year produced the best rock album. While this is most probably arrived at via a subjective view point, there is a serious case to be made for the year 1966;…
Read moreOct 26 2023
Today on the Rock & Roll is a State of Mind blog, we travel back in time to 1967 and take a look at Privilege, an obscure film that was part of the the rock & roll landscape. Of…
Read moreOct 18 2023
BOB DYLAN
GRATEFUL DEAD
Oakland Stadium
Oakland, CA
IGGY POP
The Austin Opera House
Austin, TX
BRYAN FERRY
Greek Theatre
U.C. Berkeley
Berkeley, Ca
PERMANENT VACAION TOUR
AEROSMITH
Dokken
White Lion
Lakeland Civic Center
Lakeland, FL
WORLD TOUR '88
AC…
Read moreOct 12 2023
Vince Taylor, while not widely known to US rock fans, was an influential part of the European rock scene in the late 50's and early 60's. While not widely known to US rock fans, Taylor was an influential part of…
Read moreOct 4 2023
From the awwwards.com site :"Long before the digital era and the design disciplines that emerged with it, there was a unique canvas, reaching a visual audience of millions; every designer dreamed of working on a vinyl record album cover. Invented…
Read moreSep 13 2023
Led Zeppelin
L.S.U. Assembly Center
Baton Rouge, LA
Led Zeppelin
Earl's Court
London, UK
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Keystone Hall
Kutztown State College
Kutztown, PA
Ramones
CBGB's
NYC
John Cale & The Only Ones
Paradiso
Amsterdam, Netherlands
…
Read moreAug 30 2023
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
The Bottom Line
NYC
SET LIST
(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
Waiting for the End of the World
Read moreAug 16 2023
The Year Rock Went to Pieces (Mitchell Cohen, Music Aficionado)
“In 1978, rock music resembled a combat zone more than a community. The divisions had been visible for most of the decade, with the fraying of any notion that the…
Read moreJul 28 2023
RAISING HELL TOUR '86
RUN DMC
WHODINI
LL COOL J
Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, TN
"All Hell Breaks Loose at a Run-D.M.C. 'Raising Hell' Rap Concert in California: 'I am great--get it straight--that`s what I say--my name is Run--I`m number…
Read moreJul 20 2023
The Cramps
Eldorado
Paris, France
SETLIST
TV Set
(Ronnie Cook & The Gaylads cover)
(Ronnie Dawson cover)
(The Sonics cover)
NOTE: SET LIST INCOMPLETE
Back In Black Tour '80
…
Read moreJun 22 2023
Today's blog post is about Swinging London; a moment in time that reconfigured the music, fashion, movies and books of the youth culture.
“There came a moment when London first shook off the coils of hidebound British society, the…
Read moreJun 21 2023
As I remember it, the 1980s was a decade in which the genre known as basic meat & potatoes rock & roll began to undergo a myriad of changes. The punk rock revolution was underway but didn't really become a…
Read moreJun 18 2023
It's a beautiful morning on a Sunday
which always reminds me of rock & roll songs that are all about Sundays!
Blue Sunday is track 10 on the Doors’ fifth album Morrison Hotel, which was released in February 1970.…
Read moreJun 15 2023