I didn’t get decked, and I did ask Glen Campbell to sign my album.

‘The Wrecking Crew’ is an intriguing look at the typically anonymous musicians who helped complete so many hits of the Baby Boomer era.

Glen Campbell, stricken with Alzheimer’s, doesn’t shy away from the disease’s brutal realities on “I’m Not Gonna Miss You.”

John Waite’s most famous solo track, the charttopping 1984 smash “Missing You,” grew out of an amalgamation of people, of memories and of influences. As such, the song, then as now, is constantly being pulled apart by conflicting emotions. That gives “Missing You” is emotion, and its power. It wasRead More

Frequently compared to a scruffier version of Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent experienced a brief burst of commercial success in the late 50s with cool-cat rockers such as “Be-Bop-A-Lula,” “Race With The Devil, “Blue Jean Bop,” and “Crazy Legs.” You May Also Like: The Everly Brothers – Two Yanks in EnglandRead More

We sat down with Allen Toussaint, fonky pianist, writer and producer of untold hit songs, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and NOLA’s first-chair favorite son.

As Glen Campbell sang his signature tune “Rhinestone Cowboy” for likely the last time on stage, I thought of another song he’s famous for.

Somber, but I really like this. Glen Campbell is definitely going out on top.

NICK DERISO: This anthology — perfectly subtitled, “How the Time Does Fly” — was a great place to sit for spell and ruminate on the distant twangy past. Flying Fish included 18 tracks culled from nine of Hartford’s brilliant, throwback banjo records. His brand of riverboat bluegrass stayed interesting —Read More