We lost Gregg LeNoir Allman in 2017 at age 70, and we lost Dickie last week at age 80 - rest in peace. We won't see anything like this again. (hat tip just some guy): "Melissa" (sometimes called "Sweet Melissa") is a song by American rock band the Allman Brothers...
These guys are from Tempe, Arizona, which is one of my favorite towns of all-time. When I was 18 years old, I lived there for a year! Two of my best memories were the burgers at the Chuckbox restaurant, and the liquor store on the corner that had a drive-thru lane. We...
"I'm Waiting for the Man" is a song by American rock band the Velvet Underground. Written by Lou Reed, it was first released on their 1967 debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico. The lyrics describe a man's efforts to obtain heroin in Harlem. In various...
Between 1971 and 1978, Joe Walsh was married to Stefany Rhodes. The couple had a daughter named Emma, born in the first year of their marriage. When Emma was just three years old, Rhodes had a car accident which caused Emma to suffer from fatal head injuries. She was...
Johnny Marr should be a full-time member of this band and keep touring! Chrissie is 72 years old! Comment section is working!
This band epitomizes the L.A. punk scene of the late 70s and 80s...and 90s, and ever since. There will be another very special show this year or next:
Our daughter Natalie leaves tomorrow to start the next leg of the Karol G tour, which begins in Mexico City on February 8th. They have shows in Latin/South America over the next three months, then they go to Europe for another two months!...
The English Beat was one of two bands that played the US Festival both years (1982 &1983), with the other band being Oingo Boingo. They are playing at the Belly Up on February 10th:
Filmed at Paradiso in 2019: Paradiso is a Dutch music venue and cultural centre located in Amsterdam. Originally a nineteenth-century church used by the "Vrije Gemeente" (Free Congregation), it was squatted by hippies in 1967, seeking to turn it into a leisure club....
Those who were in the LA area during the 1970s and 80s came across DJ Jim Ladd who played free-form radio for decades. I remember listening during the night that John Lennon died, and he played a memorial set that gave me a new appreciation for Lennon - and music in...
