Last week, Stevie and Lindsey both quoted lyrics on their social media from their song, Frozen Love. They were teasing the re-release of their 1973 album Buckingham/Nicks (finally!), and fans went nuts over the possibility of one more tour. Stevie started this video...
Wednesday Rock Blogging
Ozzy RIP
I was a true Black Sabbath fan - I had Paranoid and Volume 4 on 8-track! This was the best quality video I could find with the most coherent performance - it was filmed in 1998 after the band got back together (Ozzy was out for 18 years doing 13 solo albums)! This is...
Live Aid
I hope everyone is enjoying the 40th anniversary of Live Aid. The behind-the-scenes with Bob Geldof is fascinating - the first episode ran on Sunday and there are four total being aired on CNN on Sundays. I remember watching it and loving the effort by Phil Collins...
Jeff Lynne ELO
I was going to play some of the Black Sabbath footage from their last show but the videos were a mess. Instead, Jeff Lynne of ELO will be playing his last show on Sunday so let's throw back to 1976. It was on this tour that I saw them play at the Phoenix Veterans...
Mick Ralphs, RIP
Mick Ralphs, lead guitarist for Mott the Hoople and Bad Company, passed away this week. He's on Paul's left here. I agree with one of the readers - Bad Company deserves to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:
Sly Stone, RIP
I know that Brian Wilson died but Sly had a bigger influence on my musical upbringing. Not only was his greatest hits cassette was the first one I ever bought, but later I met Rich Romanello who was their first manager and one of my favorite clients of all time. He...
See You In My Dreams
Mom smoked half her life and made it to 90! Pall Mall non-filters for many of those! This one's for her:
Jackson and David
Plant & Page
It appears that this is from 1998 - it's as good as any Zeppelin video I've seen! Put the kids to bed, put the headphones on, and crank it up!