Five of them (plus their sound-engineer/roadie with the lovely name of “Chewie”) crashed in Caerulia’s parents’ spare place for a few days. That week, when I first met them, I fell in love with every member of the band and later even Paulie, their replacement bass player. They ...
The Band Moondog Matinee 1973 The Beach Boys Wild Honey 1967 The Box Tops Cry Like A Baby 1968 The Brand New Heavies The Brand New Heavies 1991 The Clash The Clash (US) 1977 The Country Gentlemen Sing & Play Folk Songs & Bluegrass 1961 The Flesh Eaters A Minute to Pray, A Second to...
Usually, I try to do the solo stuff more simply so I can play it by myself, but I really wanted to add the drums. Once that started, everything else just fell into place. So it ended up sounding a lot more like a band record. I dunno why I did that exactly, but it’s just...
“There’s no better songwriter alive than Kris Kristofferson,”Nelson once saidof his Highwaymen bandmate at a 2009 award show tribute.Kristofferson, 88, diedlast month at his home on Maui, Hawaii. “He was a great songwriter. He left a lot ...
Really. Often large ensembles fall into the trap of trying to play over one another rather than with each other but not so with Boca Chica. They never step on each others toes. This band literally can go to eleven, but usually they hover around four or five, and sometimes bringing it ...
the remixed Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Bandwith a monumental system,Elvis Costelloand 100 of my closest audiophile strangers. I've never liked the album as much as I do Abbey Road, but even so, listening was a very emotional experience. Which format did producer Giles Martin play it ...
BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE —House Democratic leaderHAKEEM JEFFRIESis going head-to-head with a band of socialist activists in his home district — and he’s being pushed to the brink,Jeff Coltin reports. To Jeffries,NYC’s Democratic Socialists of America are “virtue signalers on Twitter.” ...
band’s run. After all, U2 announced only five dates initially, adding 20 more in three waves to meet demand. “I’m pretty sure we could have kept going,” says Josephine Vaccarello, executive vp, live at MSG Entertainment, who oversees booking for all venues across the company’s ...
James Barker ofJames Barker Band: I think there’s a whole generation of writers and artists in Nashville that were raised on this album in its entirety. The Dixie Chicks did such a great job of blending their musicianship with deep, but still very country, lyrics. They didn’t shy away...
I began tapping out the rhythm to a Django Reinhardt-Stephane Grappelli tune playing in the background. Across the table, Kael was looking at me, smiling and tapping out the same beat. She told me she had learned jazz violin playing in an all-girl jazz band. From then on, we were fri...