If you spend a few minutes talking with vocalist Robert Kidney of The Numbers Band, you’ll quickly realize that the man has a few stories – and he’s willing to share them, but you have to have time, because there’s a lot to talk about. Kidney’s soft spoken voice reminds me of another storyteller – […]
Show of the Week: Tommy Womack at the Beachland
This week’s show of the week is a benefit for Evan Pattison, a local boy with autism, headlined by all-American singer/songwriter/author and general good dude Tommy Womack who you’ll know both from his solo work and his collaborative work with buddy Will Kimbrough under the band name Daddy. Womack is 13 albums deep into a […]
Crowd Surfing: Asia in Cleveland, 8/13/10
I caught prog rock super dudes Asia here in Cleveland at the House of Blues on Friday night. My proper review of the show can be found here, but I also took time to jot down a few sarcastic thoughts regarding the interesting people watching opportunities (as well as random band-related thoughts) that were all […]
Setlist: Tears for Fears in Detroit, 8/12/10
Thursday night found me crossing another artist off of my rock and roll bucket list with a road trip to Detroit Rock City to see the opening night of a fresh set of U.S. dates for Tears for Fears. In a word, it was “awesome.” Curt and Roland sounded great and the show went a […]
A Peculiar Life: The ATV Interview with Richard Page
Life is full of happy accidents — I was in the midst of setting up an interview with Gary Wright via his publicist and mentioned to him that former Mr. Mister vocalist Richard Page (Wright’s current tour mate) had a new solo album out. Wright relayed to his publicist that Richard was willing to speak […]
Getting Connected: The ATV Interview with Gary Wright
As a younger guy in my mid-30s (unlike my Jurassic ol’ pal Bear), it’s always a bit of a rock and roll history lesson any time that I get the opportunity to talk to a classic artist like Gary Wright. The rock and roll resume of Wright is mind numbing to read and even more […]
Good Listening: Bruce Hornsby & The Roanoke Symphony in Salem, 10/9/97
Before I developed my appreciation for the music of the Grateful Dead, I found it hard to understand the tape collectors with hundreds to thousands of hours of Grateful Dead shows. You’d hear them talking about that one version of “Dark Star,” recorded on that one night in Albany. (I’m still fascinated by Grayfolded, the […]
Random Tracks: Rooney – Are You Afraid
Quick rundown of the Rooney catalog: Love the first self-titled album, feel kinda so so about album number two (Calling The World), and generally dig the newest album Eureka. The release of the latest disc brought me back around to Calling The World, to see if there was anything I had missed (besides “When Did […]
Well alright, Doobie Brothers….
World Gone Crazy sounds like an appropriate album title for the new Doobie Brothers album that will hit the streets on September 28th. Listening to the first single “Nobody,” I think that the world must have gone crazy, because I can’t believe how good this tune sounds! Resurrected from the band’s very first self-titled album […]
If you’ll excuse me….
…While I should be blogging or transcribing (especially the second one), I think that I am going to do some good old-fashioned reading instead. Today’s mailbag brought a copy of the new Buck Owens biography by Eileen Sisk, and although it’s technically unauthorized (after beginnings that were initiated by Owens, who was looking for someone […]