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Okay music trivia fans, can you name the lead singers for the following one hit wonder bands from the early 1970s? We can hum a couple of bars of the Jeopardy waiting music while you search your memory banks: Edison Lighthouse…White Plains…Pipkins…Brotherhood of Man… First Class…okay, time is up! There is one little letter […]
R.I.P. Clem Burke (nee: Bozewski), the longtime drummer for the band Blondie. Born in Bayonne, New Jersey on November 24, 1954, Burke succumbed to cancer on April 6, 2025. Having read that he was finally getting around to finishing his biography (The Other SIde of the Dream – My Life In and Out of […]
Before 2006, I had no idea that there was a drum manufacturer called Canopus or that drummer Steve Murphy endorsed Canopus Drums. For that matter, I didn’t even know there was a drummer named Steve Murphy. All that ended when the Alan Parsons Live Project performed at Michigan Technological University’s Rozsa Center with the […]
Who is Bob Reitman? Until May of 2026, the answer for me was, “I do not have a clue.” Then I got an email from our old friend Gary Tanin at Daystorm Music in Milwaukee asking if I would have time to listen to an extended interview he had done with his dear friend […]
When The Doobie Brothers The Captain and Me album was released in March of 1973, it was hard to miss. Propelled by the singles Long Train Running (March 28, 1973) and China Grove (July 25, 1973), it climbed to No.7 on the US Billboard 200 chart. I am sure these tunes helped me keep […]
What is new in the world of Styx? We haven’t touched base with them since FTV: Styx in Three Acts back in March of 2021. After seeing an interview the current leader of the band Tommy Shaw did recounting how he came to join them in December of 1975, it seemed an opportune time […]
When we reviewed Rik Emmett’s autobiography back in 2025 (FTV: Lay It On The Line 2-5-25), we took note that he spent a lot of time telling long-time Triumph fans that there would be no more tours from this iconic Canadian trio. The reasons included a) he has had some health problems, b) they […]
After enough people asked if Will Farrell was related to Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, a comedic moment was born. For his part, Smith even began sporting a shirt with Farrell’s likeness and the caption “I AM NOT WILL FARRELL”. Jimmy Fallon’s musical sensibilities have seen him engineer some interesting musical moments and […]
From the Vaults: The Black Crowes 2026 It has been a while since we checked in with the Brothers Robinson. When the Gallagher brothers, Liam and Noel, buried the hatchet in 2025 and went out on their first Oasis tour in a long, long time, all bets suggested that it would implode. Maybe viewing […]
When Guitar World Editor-in-Chief Damian Fanelli got an email inquiring if his magazine would be interested in doing an interview with legendary Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, he wasn’t about to say ‘no’. In his Woodshed column from GW Vol 47, NO. 5. (May 2026), he noted how many times Keef’s name and/or image […]