since those were the only chords I knew. "Let Him Fly" is in the key of D. I remember sitting there, figuring out that picking part in the beginning, feeling like I had figured out a new language. I could play music. I never looked back. The songs of the Dixie Chicks inspired gir...
I saw Joni on stage at the Troubadour in LA in 1968, this golden-haired beauty playing gorgeous chords and singing with mind-blowing abandon in terms of what she was willing to reveal about herself. I wrote her a fan/love letter and sent red roses. Some years later, she found the unop...
The engine that drives the Stones has long been the brotherly push-and-pull of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. But when that necessary tension boils over into deeply felt acrimony, no one benefits. It’s not a surprise that the nadir of Mick and Keef’s partnership coincided with the worst...
but found himself creatively bankrupt. He squeezed out a couple new tunes, collaborated on a pair with his buddy Iggy Pop and filled the rest of the LP with covers. Some were slick versions of Pop’s old songs, as well as wretched takes on the Beach...
He’s an immense talent. For him to come and sit in with us and be on stage with us and talk to me about songwriting, talking shop, talking old rock and roll records. What we liked about ’em and, “Hey, do you remember the words to this? You remember the chords to that? And...
I saw Joni on stage at the Troubadour in LA in 1968, this golden-haired beauty playing gorgeous chords and singing with mind-blowing abandon in terms of what she was willing to reveal about herself. I wrote her a fan/love letter and sent red roses. Some years later, she found the unop...