Tower Of Power founder and sax player Emilio Castillo is a full-fledged Boomer (he’s 67), but in a recent interview, he said "I tell people it's like I'm an 18-year old in my brain. Music keeps you young heart, and it's been a great ride.” That ride continues--...

Last month marked the passing of Aretha Franklin. "The Queen Of Soul" is on the list of greats who were fortunate to record in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, with legendary producer Rick Hall in his Fame Recording Studio. Hall died in Jan. of this year; he was 85-years old....

The American Music Awards  are like a college survey course:  there's enough of an overview that you get the big picture. After watching the show, which airs Tues. night at 8  on ABC, you'll be up to speed not only on today's music scene--the songs and the artists,...

Loretta Lynn is 86-years and she’s releasing her 41st album today. The title song, “Wouldn’t It Be Great?” is, in fact, a (sort of) great song, and her voice is (almost) as good as ever, like, scary strong for her age. Listening to “Wouldn’t it be Great?” brought me...

Thank you Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson for “Music from Big Pink,” a remarkable collection of songs that shook up the musical landscape 50 years ago, and that sounds just as fresh today as it did when it was released....

Re-listening to “The Best of My Love” is a jolting reminder about what a fantastic band the Eagles were! Strange as it may seem today, the group’s first single, 1971s "Take It Easy,” didn’t make into the national Top 10. Nobody knew at the time about the amazing...

Journey is out on tour but former lead singer Steve Perry isn’t with them, because he left the band in 1998, having no plans, at that time, to continue his music career. Fast forward to summer 2018; Perry’s back in the studio, recording the just released  “No...

  Sitting in a houseboat in Sausalito, CA,  overlooking San Francisco Bay, 51-years ago, was the inspiration for Otis Redding’s now classic (“Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" which he later put to words and music with co-writer Steve Cropper, the legendary Memphis...

June 16th was the 40th anniversary of the movie “Grease” and to celebrate, we listened to (and watched) "You're The One That I Want,” a 4-minute clip that is pretty much guaranteed to put you in a good mood-- Olivia Newton-John vamping in black toreador pants, high...