Oh my – how did I miss this in 2013? If you did too, let me explain – Def Leppard concocted a fictious Def Leppard band Ded Flatbird and opened for themselves during a nine night run in Las Vegas – what a concept – certainly looks like they had fun. Apparently some in the […]
Playing in a band is fun. At times, it is also a lot of work, but once the gig is on, it is a lot of fun. When I was gigging regularly and people would ask, “Hey, what are you doing for New Year’s Eve?”, I liked to tell them, “I’m working.” If they expressed […]
The whole video is instructive but you can track the highlights with the mission track bar at the bottom – the booster landing sequence starts around 22 minutes. This is a long way from my entire elementary school crowding into the multipurpose room to watch the Mercury launches on a small black and white TV. […]
I started on the topic of keyboard players a while back and began making a mental note of the ones who stood out in my mind. Never try and make a mental list that encompasses nearly 50 years of concert and album memories. I am probably going to have to get one of those ‘on-board […]
*with apologies to Bill Murray and his classic SNL lounge singer bit . . . The Conan clip speaks for itself! May the farce be with you!
Our Australian Hammond B-3 playing buddy has been busy – besides a busy touring schedule in the land down under, Lachey took his first LDG tour to Europe this fall. Some great cuts from his album from the spring of 2015 (Conviction) and a dynamite arrangement of Jealous Guy. This was the last night of the […]
Drummers and bass players always appreciate each other because they are the foundation in most bands. Without any disrespect to the four and six string guitar slingers out there, I have also always enjoyed my encounters with keyboard players. My fascination with keyboards may be rooted in my abandonment of piano for the drums way […]
Innovation and creativity – going back to both videos released for This too shall pass (the Rube Goldberg versiona and the marching band version), Ok GO! has continued to find new ways to meld their catch pop tunes with stunning video creations. This one is intricate beyond belief! Okay!! Ok GO!!!! Check out the ‘Behind […]
4/7 of our day shift (bottom photo: l – r: Kaitlyn Ray, Zacc Ray, Anna Fuller, and Riley Gilmore) want to say ‘have a safe and happy holiday season’. They also want to remind you that WOAS will be off air from Dec 19 to Jan 3 with normal broadcasting to resume on Monday January […]
What qualifies as a ‘character’? We all have character, so technically, the term applies to anybody. For the purposes of this article, we will define a ‘character’ as someone with some unique trait or traits that make them, for lack of a more appropriate description, memorable. Naturally, this could open the door to a list […]