Jim McCarty, co-founder of the Yardbirds and Renaissance: Something Else! Interview
Drummer Jim McCarty, who has participated in all of the Yardbirds’ many Rock and Roll Hall of Fame incarnations, stops by for a chat.
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The Love Machine – Electronic Music To Blow Your Mind By!!!; Flower Power Sitar – Rajput and The Sepoy Mutiny (2013)
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDQbIWo94uU&w=500&h=305] Paired now as a single disc by Gear Fab Records, these albums were initially pressed on the Design label in 1968 and 1967 respectively. You May Also Like: Jovian Tea, “Strange World” / “Red and Green Talking Machine” (2022): One Track Mind How ‘Live: Oy Vey, Baby’ RemindedRead More
Shows I’ll Never Forget: Wilco and Calexico, Nov. 20, 2004
Tempe, Arizona: Wilco brought its amazing conglomerate of musicians to Tempe’s Marquee Theatre in support of the terrific A ghost is born, with the equally talented, although unfairly publicly ignored opening act Calexico. You May Also Like: Wilco’s ‘Sky Blue Sky’ Was a Rare Instant-Classic Rock Album ‘A Ghost isRead More
Beatles Songs That Suck (Again!): Gimme Five
We called “All You Need Is Love” a pasted-together goof, “The Long and Winding Road” a devastatingly maudlin bore. And you ripped us to shreds. Now, we’re back for more. You May Also Like: The Beatles, “You’re Going to Lose That Girl” from Help! (1965): Deep Beatles
Steve Lukather – Transition (2013)
I’m not sure Toto co-founder Steve Lukather has issued a solo album that feels more personal, more introspective, more real.
Streams: David Bowie, “Where Are We Now?” (2013)
You knew that if David Bowie ever ended his premature retirement, it would be like this — completely out of nowhere. One of rock’s most mercurial figures, he has returned as suddenly as he left. You May Also Like: How David Bowie’s ‘Reality’ Stood Out For What It Was NotRead More
‘I can’t think of a better axiom’: Beer-swilling David Lee Roth talks Van Halen’s ‘Stay Frosty,’ and a certain tattoo
David Lee Roth celebrates, in his own inimitable way, a No. 16 ranking for Van Halen’s “Stay Frosty” on the Rolling Stone magazine list of the Top 10 songs for 2012: By drinking a tall boy beer and discussing a favorite tattoo. You May Also Like: Why Complaints About VanRead More
Jamie and Steve – ‘Imaginary Café’ (2013)
Jamie Hoover and Steve Stoeckel of the Spongetones have been moonlighting as Jamie and Steve for the past few years.
‘Well, how hard could it be?’: Greg Lake on his switch to bass for the first King Crimson project
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfFBT_dUasg&w=500&h=305] Blame a meddling music label for Greg Lake’s fortuitous switch to the bass. He says childhood friend Robert Fripp needed a frontman for King Crimson — but Fripp, of course, already played guitar. You May Also Like: Why King Crimson’s Biggest Hit LP Was ‘So Fully Formed, ButRead More
Joe Perry on the classic blues song that shaped Aerosmith: ‘I don’t think we realized how important it was’
For Aerosmith’s Joe Perry and Steven Tyler, there was one moment — one song — that forged their musical bond: The Yardbirds’ version of “Train Kept a Rollin.’” You May Also Like: Aerosmith Finally Got Down, Dirty and Just Right Again on ‘Honkin’ on Bobo’ Why ‘Draw the Line’ SignaledRead More
