Tag Archives: Classic Rock and Oldies

Johnny Cash might be remembered most for his black outfits and his deep voice. “The Man in Black” sang for almost five decades, and I’m glad to say that this 4-CD set does the country music legend honor. The set is divided into four disc themes: Win, Place And Show …

Can the Stones defy their age and deliver the goods? Here is a preview.

Yesterday in Los Angeles, Superior Court Judge Larry P. Fidler ruled that prosecutors can introduce evidence in Phil Spector’s upcoming murder trial suggesting a long “history of threatening women” before he was charged with killing actress Lana Clarkson in his Alhambra home over two years ago. Deputy District Attorney Doug …

Well, rock me over with a feather - Styx's new CD is damn good.

Over 40 years after Portland, Oregon’s garage rock heroes The Kingsmen turned Richard Berry’s jaunty little calypso tune about a Jamaican sailor pining away for his girl in a bar into a celestially perfect mess of rock ‘n’ roll noise and attitude, the song apparently still has the power to …

Pulling David Johansen's undeservedly forgotten 80's album off the shelves. . .

“I am the blues” – Willie Dixon The recent death of Chuck Berry pianist Johnnie Johnson has brought up the august name of Willie Dixon, a name that deserves full attention. If Willie Dixon wasn’t the literal embodiment of the blues — he lived too long and was too well …

Rock ‘n’ roll and blues piano great Johnnie Johnson — Chuck Berry’s creative partner, melodic and rhythmic foil, and the man for whom “Johnny B. Goode” was named — has died at his St. Louis home at 80. Johnson, age 4, took immediately to the new piano his parents brought …

This week’s crop of indie releases proves that the slightly amateurish can be more satisfying than the slickly professional(ish) – it’s all about inspiration and having something original to say. – JS INDIE ROUND-UP for April 7 2005 === CD: Tim Young, Red If you pine for the time when …

This is the first regular installment of a bi-weekly review of CDs, performances, news and events that cross my path or strike my fancy. Enjoy! INDIE ROUND-UP for March 24 2005 === Cadillac Moon rocked the house at Cornelia Street Cafe last night in a return engagement. The eight-piece blues …