You’re an electric bluesman in a hip-hop world. Albert King, Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King and Duane Allman and Dickey Betts of the Allman Brothers, to name a few, are long gone. Do you ever feel like you were born decades too late? Kingfish:As a musician who lo...
its sense of throwback menace, or even that it's one of the all-time great debuts in rock. Think about this, though: For all of its raw power, the album actually only hints at where Led Zeppelin would soon go.
Best known for her work on the teen and horror film circuits in movies like "Aquamarine," "The Last House on the Left" and "The Innkeepers," Paxton proves in "The Bounceback" that screwball comedy is where she truly excels. It's no wonder a character in the movie refers to her as...
It was also just a few nights after my last karaoke bash, where I sang “People That Died” and “Damaged Goods.” The next day, the news broke: South by Southwest was canceled. I had tickets for another show at Union Pool a few nights later, for Hallelujah the Hills. That show ...
and Gregg's New York City comrade Deering Howe was directly involved in that project, only to be interrupted when theBrothers and Sisterssessions began, which led to them re-recording the tune in Macon with Sandlin. By the way, the song may be the only one in music history where the to...
stage for “Not Fade Away” which featured the typical crowd chants and clapping of the chorus. It was during this time that Phil & Friends were gearing up on the adjacent stage and with careful timing and precision, they opened with “Not Fade Away,” picking up the jam right where it...
But meantime, it’s always fun to fall back on the old albums from the old days, where there are plenty oflost classicsthat are ripe for re-exposure. Why keep listening to the same old songs the classic rock stations are playing? There are so many more they’ve been ignoring for far...
AC/DC (1977): Here's where Bon Scott and the Young brothers delivered their first undisputed masterpiece. 'Let There Be Rock' is relentless, swaggering and without an ounce of fat -- and by the time it reaches its climax with "Whole Lotta Roise," you'll be breathless. ...
Lewis was famous for many early rock hits like "Great Balls of Fire," "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On," and "Breathless," as well as his electric live piano playing where he'd stand up, pound the keys and sing. Lewis was married seven times, once infamously. He was briefly "cancelled...
“just” another extremely popular regional concert attraction. Of course, the Detroit legend had several near-breakthrough singles in previous years, and in the markets where his songs were played on the radio he could pack the biggest concert halls. But it was the title track of ‘Night ...