At this point, a new record from Willie Nelson almost always elicits the same two-point response: 1) It’s not great. 2) Even though it doesn’t compare to what he released during his creative peak, it’s still Willie. And Willie at […]
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Talking with John “Norwood” Fisher…founding member of the legendary FISHBONE… RYAN MIFFLIN: No matter who I interview, I always ask them to introduce themselves, just to hear that description in their own words. So, tell us who you are. NORWOOD: Well, […]
Andre Williams is perhaps the greatest R&B legend you’ve maybe never heard of. He wrote “Shake a Tail Feather”. He scored hits for the legendary Fortune Records in the 1950s (songs like “Bacon Fat”, “Jail Bait”, and “The Greasy Chicken”). […]
Concert: Social Distortion & Pop’s Concert Venue (Sauget, IL) Saturday, April 28, 2012 I’m not in the negative review business. I always feel mean after I write something negative. Besides, who am I to criticize someone’s creation and/or expression? If […]
Growing up, I was generally familiar with the music of Dwight Yoakam. Like most, I knew him as the really skinny country singer who wore super-tight jeans and a cowboy hat pulled low. I liked whatever I’d heard by him. […]
A couple of years ago, John Mellencamp said, “Rock and roll is dead…and it ain’t comin’ back.” For a long time, I agreed with him. My friends and I pondered the possibility, and it’s implications. Is rock and roll a […]
For the past four years, the third Saturday in April has been designated Record Store Day. My personal favorite holiday of the year and one of only two official Dirty Roots Radio approved holidays (the other being The Day of […]
I have what was originally thought to be a stress fracture in my le ft foot. Last week I couldn’t bear any weight on it at all. As I’ve been able to hold a little more weight on it, I […]
As I listen to “We Take Care of Our Own”, the first single from Bruce Springsteen’s new album “Wrecking Ball”, the image I have in my head is one of an elderly Cheyenne warrior named White Antelope. White Antelope was […]
The news of Davy Jones’s passing has had more of an impact on me than I would have expected. I mean, it’s not something I ever gave any thought to. But, if you would have asked me, “How would you […]
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