There’s just something about Neil Young. His present-day persona along with his musical past form a sort of rolling time capsule in my head. Very strange, much like the man himself. You May Also Like: Neil Young Set a Solo Course on ‘Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House’

None of this seems like a nostalgia trip, as Joe Jackson’s old and new material come together to celebrate and revel in each other.

I’ve heard people refer to “Night” as one of Born To Run‘s lesser songs, as well the album’s “mistake.” It’s certainly a lesser song in terms of its relative lack of fame as compared to other iconic entries You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the Innocent andRead More

A friend of mine, who I just recently turned on to the pleasures of the LP (he’s hooked for sure now), picked up a copy of 2:00 A.M. Paradise Cafe at the Goodwill store. He might have paid a buck for it. You May Also Like: Ginger Baker (1939-2019): AnRead More

To those Bruce Springsteen fans who decided to sit out this tour: You had no idea what you passed up.

A huge find. Drummer Motian employed two saxes (Joe Lovano, Jim Pepper), bassist Ed Schuller and Bill Frisell (before he was really Bill Frisell, if ya know what I mean). OK, that’s not quite right about Frisell. He does use a volume pedal to get that attackless sound. But there’sRead More

I swear ta gawd, the guy behind me at the theatre said something like “They should have made a movie about a good rock band.” It capped off the experience of seeing This Is Spinal Tap You May Also Like: CJ Vanston Discusses Steve Lukather, Spinal Tap + Joe Cocker:Read More

One night back in the late 1970s, me and my cousin Andy were playing a game of backgammon (cripes, that really was a long time ago … I remember there was a Styx Grand Illusion poster on the wall You May Also Like: Why Pat Metheny’s ‘New Chautauqua’ Still ProvidesRead More

And the change was made uptown and the Big Man joined the band I have heard Bruce play this story of the E Street band many, many times. You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle’

It was either a TDK-SA 90 or a Maxell XLII (not the XLII-S; we were ‘poor’ back then). It had a handmade j-card insert, with the song titles hammered out by a typewriter. That tape was with me all summer. You May Also Like: Being My Own Hero: Neil PeartRead More