Lukas Nelson is an old soul. Mojo seeps from his veins. Witness this every time he straps on his trusty 1956 Les Paul Junior with his band Promise of the Real (POTR). The tones that emanate from this vintage guitar […]
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It’s about time I featured another one of ND’s photographer and her work. This time it’s Jill Kettles from Atlanta, who mixes photography with her work as a publicist and her life as a raconteur, shoe aficionado, and purveyor of purple […]
Whether it’s listed on the record label as Sittin’ or Sitting, this 1930 country blues number has become an American standard over the years, which was acknowledged in 2008 when it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Although […]
Here’s To Life!: The Story Of The Refreshments There was a brief time in the mid-’90s when a small Arizona bar band took popular music by storm. Following a heralded appearance at SXSW, Tempe’s The Refreshments were signed by Mercury […]
“Legendary” is hardly a sufficient a word to describe Norman Davis and his amazing radio career. For the sake of space, I have not included every station from his over 60 years in radio. Please go to his Radio Thrills […]
In 1964, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium hosted the first televised rock concert. The TAMI show(Teenage Awards Music International) was supposed to be a nonprofit foundation funded by yearly concerts that would award teens music scholarship. None of that would […]
We’re always up in this space gushing about all the great new music that’s ready for your ears, but this week feels like something special is in the air. First of all, the great John Prine has just released a […]
He could get more out of a moan than many singers could wring out of a career. Ray Charles was the voice of pain, agony set to music that bared his soul and exposed his genius to the world. Rhino […]
Welcome to the front porch of The Real Easy Ed, where each week I curate, aggregate and update news, events, images, ideas, sound, fury, odds and ends. Just a little place to pause for a few minutes, get out of the sun […]
Rod MacDonald says the first concert he attended – Ray Charles & His Orchestra at The Bushnell in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1963 – was the best one he has seen. “I suppose the ones that really open your eyes leave […]
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