Beck’s playing is especially impressive on “Scatterbrain” and the reggae-like interpretation of the Beatles' "She's a Woman." ‘Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live’ achieved gold status upon its release, the last of Beck’s albums to receive RIAA certification. Black Sabbath, Live...
The only live album in the Faces catalog, ‘Coast to Coast’ was less of a celebration and more of an obituary. Rod Stewart had outgrown the band and the writing was on the wall. The Faces tried to avoid being labeled as his backing band, but that's how fans and critics saw it any...
Recorded largely during a 1985 tour, Dio’s first live album featured six cuts, three of which were culled from the group’s most recent studio effort, ‘Sacred Heart.’ While “King of Rock and Roll,”“Rock N’ Roll Children” and “Sacred Heart” all deserve recognition, the crown je...
Johnny Cash began performing in prisons in the late '50s, but it was this 1968 live album that helped resuscitate the Man in Black’s career. At this point, Cash’s popularity was in steep decline, thanks in no small part to his battles with drugs and alcohol. A fascination with this ...
MS:I was 15. I knew Frankie Newton’s name, because my father had the record of “Fine and Mellow” and the label says, “Trumpet obbligato by Frankie Newton.” I’m certain I was the only 15-year-old on the planet in 1979 who knew who Frankie Newton was. A unique, swing era ...
Chatting with our neighbor, Marilyn, as she was picking up her mail last week, I learned that Town Meeting Day was when they always tapped their trees when she was a kid. Her father would go to town meeting and the rest of the family would go out and tap. She also reminded me ...