Big Week For Garth Brooks: His 2nd Presidential Inauguration Performance, and a “Music For LIfe” Award
Monday was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Day, and also the start of "Believe In Music Week" an "online, global gathering to unite and support the people who bring music to the world." Sponsor/organizer NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) presented their...
When Led Zeppelin Met Elvis: Robert Plant Tells All
Remembering “The King” at The Close of “Elvis Week” In 1974, a promoter who repped the era’s two biggest rock acts, Led Zeppelin and Elvis Presley, arranged for them to meet, following Elvis’ performance at the Forum in Los Angeles. The back story and details of...
An Uplifting “Butterfly” from The Bee Gees et al. Plus, Today is Elvis’s 86th Birthday.
On the heels of last month’s HBO Bee Gees documentary "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" is today’s release of "Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1." Barry Gibb has collected Bee Gees favorites and re-recorded them with contributions from Keith Urban, Dolly...
Long Awaited & Anticipated: McCartney III
In the music world, 1964 starred the Beatles, and although they disbanded a mere 6-years later (1970), just a blip on the pop culture time-line, their impact, influence, legacy and fan base is current, on-going and growing, aided in part by the supernaturally talented...
The Ladies of Rock Tell All
When noted music journalist Lisa Robinson began her career 50+ years ago there wasn't any Twitter or #metoo movement to shine a light on the sexual and emotional abuse of women in the music business, which are covered, but not the focus of, "Nobody Ever Asked Me...
Tower Records: Boomers, Radio, and Rock n’ roll
"Know Music, Know Life" Russ Solomon founded Tower Records 60-years ago, built it into a powerhouse, than watched it vaporize. The sole extant Tower is in Tokyo, and it's thriving. For millions of Boomers, Tower was the go-to for a new album the day it came out and...
Leftovers, Football, and a Movie
Choices Abound for Excellent Music Documentaries: Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You (Apple TV) Clive Davis - The Soundtrack of Our Lives (Netflix) Keith Richards - Under The Influence (Netflix) Quincy - Quincy Jones (Netflix) David Foster - Off The Record (Netflix...
Sunday Night’s American Music Awards: Lots & LOTS of Talent
Award season is in full swing, and these organizations have already made their presentations: MTV, Emmy, Academy of Country Music, Billboard, and the Country Music Association. The next scheduled gala is the American Music Awards, this Sunday night on ABC (7 pm/East...
Roy Head and the Enduring “Treat Her Right”
It's been month of loss in the music world: Toots Hibbert of Toots & The Maytals, Helen Reddy, Mac Davis, Eddie Van Halen. Each song and performance left an indelible mark on our collective musical consciousness. While he wasn't as famous as the above artists, Roy...