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Dave Mason was feeling anything but ‘alright’ in December of 1968. He was summoned to ‘another band meeting of Traffic’, the band he had cofounded with Steve Winwood, Chris Wood, and Jim Capaldi. The meeting was held at the home of their manager Chris Blackwell who was also the head of their record label, […]
Having done a couple of quizzes about songs and lyrics, I will take a different tact on this outing about Saturday Night Live. AARP – The Magazine ran a ‘test your knowledge of five decades of Saturday Night Live’ feature recently. Using their quiz, I am going to do a Johnny Carson ‘Carnac the […]
Our good friend Gary Tanin at Daystorm Music in Milwaukee recently sent along Jim Eannelli’s first solo album Just Deserts which was released in both digital and physical formats on September 27, 2024. Yours truly was visiting Eugene, Oregon in late August to catch John Fogerty’s 56th Anniversary Celebration concert when the Just Deserts […]
The music world lost an icon when the Godfather of British blues, John Mayall, recently passed away at the age of 90. I can’t say that I knew that much about him, but in his lifetime (November 29, 1933 – July 22, 2024) he saw a lot of musicians pass through his bands. Listening […]
Norman Greenbaum was watching TV one night and saw country music legend Porter Wagoner perform an old Gospel song. Norman thought to himself, “Hey, I could do that,” and thus inspired, he proceeded to write his one and only No. 1 hit song Spirit in the Sky. An urban legend went around that Greenbaum […]
Our good friend Gary Tanin at Daystorm Music in Milwaukee recently sent along Jim Eannelli’s first solo album Just Deserts which is set to be released in both digital and physical formats on September 27, 2024. Yours truly was visiting Eugene, Oregon to catch John Forgety’s 56th Anniversary Celebration concert. When the Just Deserts […]
On Saturday, August 17th, 2024, I got to attend my second show at the Cuthbert Outdoor Amphitheater. Unlike the first show (Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band in June of 2023), this 2024 show involved dodging a few raindrops. The day of the show, a rare thunderstorm rolled through Eugene, Oregon in the afternoon but watching […]
By the end of the 1970s, Triumph (aka – The Rock and Roll Machine) were one of the biggest exports from the Great White North. There were better known bands at the time (see: The Guess Who and Rush) but for the record, Triumph were similar to, yet vastly different, than their Canadian compatriots. […]
Let us first clarify who Craig Frost isn’t. He is not related to Jack Frost. He also wasn’t a member of the Michigan band The Frost or the Swiss metal band from Zurich called Celtic Frost. At one juncture of his career, Craig Frost was a journeyman keyboard player on the Flint, Michigan bar […]
Okay, I now have further proof that 1967 was a long time ago. When Doug Ingle passed away on May 25, 2024, I told one of the kids at school I was going to do an Iron Butterfly tribute. It should not have surprised me when they asked, “Who?” I went through all the […]