Stephen Stills was once my favorite musician. That was long ago. I was a little too young to appreciate his first acclaimed group, Buffalo Springfield, but I loved what he delivered in Crosby, Stills and Nash and Crosby, Stills, Nash […]
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Sitting in Red Rocks amphitheater at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in 1975, I was mesmerized by the Colorado venue’s natural beauty and the rugged rock and roll of the Stephen Stills Band. Then band member Rick Roberts stepped […]
Touring for years as Van Morrison’s back-up singer, James Hunter saw many explosive performances by the Irish musical legend. He tells me he learned more, though, from Morrison in just minutes in a recording studio as he and a host […]
Eric Kaz tells me his new collection of songs — which he hopes to have available in January at cdbaby.com — represents a milestone. “This was the first time in my recording career that I’ve been completely satisfied with my […]
The Kingston Trio and Ludwig van Beethoven usually aren’t mentioned in the same sentence — unless you are P.F. Sloan. Sloan, the legendary West Coast songwriter, producer, and pop music recluse, tells me that the most influential concerts he has […]
It’s impossible to define Richard Samet “Kinky” Friedman in a word or two, but maybe “a character” is the quickest summation. There are other words too, of course: musician, singer, songwriter, irreverent humorist, novelist, columnist, politician, cowboy, dog rescuer, pro-marijuana activist, […]
A lot of music has influenced long-time Poco bass player Jack Sundrud, but he says seeing the Beatles at age 15 “was the experience that set the hook of music in my soul.” Sundrud’s memorable day — Aug. 21, 1965 […]
Chelsea Wolfe says the song “Iron Moon” on her new album, Abyss, is the the best song she has composed. “The guitar parts for that song were written by Karlos Rene Ayala and my bandmate Ben Chisholm, and those lyrics […]
Randall Bramblett says his new album, Devil Music, is “a good bit nastier and edgier than my other records.” With such a title, that aim may be understandable for the veteran singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. The album and its title track […]
“It’s better than Mr. Tambourine man, right?” Hollis Brown guitarist and co-founder Mike Montali quips about the name of his five-piece, New York-based band that is starting to get an international buzz. Keyboardist Adam Bock, though, gets to the heart […]
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