Dw. Dunphy has returned with a new column — and as it turns out, he’s all fired up about these damn kids, with their Rock Band, and their fancy knobs and buttons and whatnot.
Jimi Hendrix
Ken Shane is back in the crates this week, and he’s blowing the dust off a copy of a Hendrix classic.
I don’t want to write this. Like a lot of you, my heart is really heavy today. The only music that I really want to listen to, or even think…
There’s a well-known saying that if you think Woodstock was great, you weren’t there. The point is that the mud, drugs, lack of food and water, and often bad music…
In this week’s Cratedigger, Ken Shane blows the dust off a copy of Stephen Stills’ early ’70s apogee, Manassas.
January 1976, Hollywood, California Á¢€” The first time I saw Paul Kossoff play was back in 1969. Free were opening for Blind Faith on their first (and only) US tour….
There is really no rhyme or reason for the way these things go, but lately I’ve noticed a very definite increase in the amount of people who are discovering, or…
Perhaps you’ve heard their story. A bunch of GIs find themselves stationed in Germany in the mid-’60s. They decide to form a band, which they call the 5 Torquays. The…
Last week I told you about the Hold Steady’s new DVD, A Positive Rage. You may recall that it is strictly a lo-fi affair, and really more of a documentary…
Uncle Donnie gets pissed very rarely, but when he does he can certainly lay into you. I wonder what Scott Weiland thought when he got this. Á¢€”RS TO: Scott Weiland…
If you’re a guitar guy, then all I have to do is write the name “Phil Keaggy” and you’re probably already prepared to offer up praise for his abilities. The…
Last summer, I gave y’alls a Cephas & Wiggins Cold Shot that had no news peg, no current-events hook that made it relevant to that time, just a nice little…
Hey, you! You dig the Beatles, right? ‘course you do! That’s because you belong to some subset of the umbrella group Human Being With A Soul. So, enjoying the music…
Some people are just flat-out smart-asses. It’s not necessarily a bad thing to be at times, mind you, but a good smart-ass pulls it off with a modicum of grace…
Eric Clapton – guitar, vocals Steve Winwood – Hammond organ, guitar, vocals Chris Stainton – keyboards Willie Weeks – bass Ian Thomas – drums I’m convinced that any great concert…