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Tag Archives: real rock and blues
Not The Post It Is Supposed To Be!
I was going to write a post about the reissue of Maxinquay by Tricky from 1995. This in itself was a bit of a surprise as I am not into Hip Hop (or whatever the genre is called these days) however, I have kept a bit of a watching (listening) brief on Tricky. For one […]
Posted in Reviews
Tagged as: hip hop, knowle west boy, maxinquaye, real rock and blues, rock and blues, tricky
On This Day – Dylan Storms New York, Nearly.
On this day in 1962 Dylan headlined his first concert in New York at Carnegie Chapter Hall. Tickets cost $2 each and the box office was not over run. Just 53 tickets were sold, apparently. Most of those watching his Bobness’s debut in New York were friends and he was paid $20. There is a […]
Posted in On This Day
Tagged as: bob dylan, classic rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock and blues
Someone, Please Stop Kelly Rowland!
There are wonderful songs, there are good songs, there are OK songs, there are bad songs, there are dreadful songs. And then there is ‘When Love Takes Over’ Dreadful song, dreadful voice, and amazingly annoying. When I looked up the lyrics (below) I was really surprised to find that there were any, other than the […]
Posted in Rants
Tagged as: kelly rowland, real rock and blues, rock and blues, when love takes over, worst song in the world
Michael Jackson Worth More Dead Than Alive? (part 2)
When I was doing my research for this post (I know, you are shocked that I do research) I was looking for information about the rights to MJ image. What I found were a couple of interesting news items, I use the term ‘news’ loosely. The first was a tree stump in Sacramento that suddenly […]
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged as: classic rock music, michael Jackson, real rock and blues, rock and blues
White Denim
I often read reviews of bands that refer to influences and there seems to be a settled list of arty influences claimed by most new bands with pretensions. That list includes Lou Reed (Velvet Underground), Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Doors, The Beatles. I usually ignore that bit of the review. When I read an […]
Posted in About and things, rock and blues, Uncategorized
Tagged as: captain beefheart, classic rock music, real rock and blues, rock and blues, white denim
On This Day – The Boss and Anne Murray
Raised eyebrows and presumably a mixed reception as on this day in 1974 Bruce Springsteen opened for Anne Murray, the country singing star in New York. Anne Murray was the golden haired, honey voiced, very clean and wholesome Canadian country singer whose biggest hit was the sweet, and so annoying, Snowbird. What the hell was […]
Posted in On This Day
Tagged as: anne murray, bruce springsteen, classic rock music, love rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock and blues
On This Day – Jagger and Richards Appeal
On this day in 1967 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards appealed their convictions on drug charges following a raid the previous February. This saga began when a private party was raided by the police on 12 February at Keith’s house Redlands his mansion outside a little seaside town called West Wittering Sussex in the UK. […]
Posted in On This Day, rock and blues
Tagged as: classic rock music, keith richards, love rock music, mick jagger, On This Day, real rock and blues, rolling stones
Sam Phillips Dies 30 July 2003
Sam Phillips did more than most to shape popular music in the 50s and 60s. As Owner and leading light of the mighty Sun Records he discovered or developed Presley, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Conway Twitty, Jerry Lee Lewis and more. Inpite of this roll call of talent it is easy to forget […]
Posted in Blues, Departures, On This Day, rock and blues
Tagged as: blues music, classic rock music, love rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock and blues, sam phillips, sun records
On This Day – John Denver Dumped
On this day in 1986 RCA dumped John Denver, his crime? Recording a song called “What Are We Making Weapons For?” You may know that I have absolutely no love for John Denver and others of his ilk. However, they did not dump him because of crimes against music – which would have been fair […]
Posted in On This Day
Tagged as: classic rock music, john denver, On This Day, real rock and blues
Champion Jack Dupree
All things are connected, sort of. Yesterday I wrote about Keef Hartley because I had lost a post about him due to a problem with wordpress (too boring to explain fully, just stay with this). So last night I picked up Keef Hartley’s book Halfbreed opened it at random and started reading about Keef recording […]
Posted in Blues
Tagged as: blues music, champion Jack Dupree, live music, real rock and blues