“Just a White Boy lost in the Blues” (John Mayall) – Chicago style, that is!…. Having a great time in the Windy City, takin’ in the sights and especially the Blues Sounds….. Here’s a couple of great Bluesmen I had the honor to see perform live since I’ve been here, and, if you’re Blues inclined, […]
….From “My Generation”…… Big names from the past are still at it, and, after listening to some of these new albums, they are still on the top of their game….. Here’s a few of the new ones I’ve been exposed to: Steve Miller Band – Bingo!, J.J. Cale with Eric Clapton – The Road to […]
Found this trivia question. Any ideas? Before establishing himself as an icon of Southern California mellow this multi-instrumentalist played with Jerry Butler, Gene Vincent, and Buck Owens to name a few. Who is he and what two groups was he a member of?
Yep, The Glimmer Twins – Mick Jagger and Keith Richards – have been approached by Johnny Depp to appear as Pirates in the 4th installment of “Pirates of the Caribbean”….. That should be interesting to say the least…. Maybe they’ll write a new song called, “Sympathy for the Pirate”……
…….with Beatles after 40 years….. VATICAN CITY (AP) – The Vatican has finally made peace with the Beatles. The Vatican newspaper says the members’ “dissolute” lives and John Lennon’s boastful claim that the band was more popular than Jesus are in the past, while their music lives on…… Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano paid tribute to […]
B.B. King’s that is…… The Beale Street Blues Boy was born in 1925 and still going strong….. Listen to some Blues today…….
No, it’s not a typo – Ringo Starr now has his own personal star on the celebrity walk in Hollywood…… This makes him the third Beatle on the walk….. John Lennon and George Harrison already have stars…. I think they were awarded posthumously….. It’s the only reason I can think of that can explain why […]
…..That the band who would become “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” set foot on American soil for the first time….. February 7, 1964, The Beatles started their first American tour, which, changed American pop music forever…… John, Paul, George, and Ringo – the Moptops who became the guru’s of music in my generation, and, […]
Yeah, I know February 3 was yesterday, but I thought Sunn might post this as he is our official MR Rock Cornier…… February 3, 1959 has come to be known as “the day the music died”, and, someone “drove their Chevy to the Levy” or something like that….. It was the day Buddy Holly, Richie […]
Ever wonder what was behind the title of a particular album
I just caught a little of this on the news the other day, apparently Sir Paul McCartney is going to license his solo career catalog to be used with The Beatles’ Rock Band software….. Paul always said the money was in publishing and licensing , although it cost him The Beatles’ catalog to one who […]
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We seem to be stuck on wanted dead-or-alive PDB posters, so how about this?: http://www.cracked.com/funny-2359-progressive-rock
It just doesn’t feel like it’s been 40 years……. I missed it in ’69 – not because of funds, transportation, or time, but, because of the non-existence of good rock stations in Oklahoma at the time…… I found out about it after the fact….. I’m not sure if I would have went being so far […]
12 Musicians That are (Surprisingly) Still Alive. 12. Fats Domino It’s been a long, long time since Fats was capable of walking up Blueberry Hill on his own. Fats is 81 years young, now. You know what his thrill was? Young blonde nurses. Meet Fats’ personal nurse Gina. 11. Della Reese Della must have been […]