Every year, the same old story. Several singers, musicians and bands get nominated to enshrinement in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and we all kvetch and moan about why such didn’t get selected or why so-and-so DID. This happens every year. And we gripe and we grumble, and life goes on. This year,…
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So here’s a reason why you should learn about the Teskey Brothers …
My old bud from my college radio days, Jim McCaslin, forwarded me a website about an Australian rock band named the Teskey Brothers. Okay … interested … The Teskey Brothers were formed by brothers Sam and Josh Teskey in 2008, and they are a blues-rock group with several Oz hits. They just recently won three…
Read MoreAlan Zweig’s Vinyl documentary – a record collector’s expose
A few weeks ago, I watched the Netflix documentary Jack of All Trades, which purported to discuss the trading card industry and instead morphed into a saga over a son’s relationship with his sportscard-trading father. It was a little of each and not enough of both. And it reminded me of a documentary that, as…
Read MoreWe need to TRY.
I can’t watch the news any more without my blood pressure rising to TILT. The utter insanity in Alabama. The caging of children at the southern border. Our ecology is in tatters. And we have a micro-handed Cheeto in the White House. There … I needed to say that. But sometimes I just need an…
Read MoreThank you Greg Haymes. And thank you Sarge Blotto.
These are my memories of Greg Haymes. You might know him as Sarge Blotto. I want to share my memories with you today. It’s 1980 and I’m living in a very toxic home life. One of my few escapes was listening to the local top 40 radio stations. And for some unexplained reason … the…
Read MoreDon’t save me, I’d rather drown.
I like the Albany-based rock band Blotto. Always have, especially back in the 1970’s when radio stations like WFLY and WTRY and 3WD actually PLAYED their songs as part of their regular rotation of Top 40 hits. And that doesn’t happen these days. Of course, if you know anything about Blotto, you know that their…
Read MoreA sonic and historic achievement for Solid Rock
Background. In the winter of 1982-83, I received a cassette tape filled with Australian rock and pop songs, songs by artist I had never heard before – groups like InXs and Midnight Oil and Rose Tattoo and Dragon. Yeah, got hooked on that stuff pretty quickly. One track on that home-recorded cassette tape, however, stood…
Read MoreHow to stand out if you’re a bass player in a band full of women
I’ve often joked that there were times in my life where I felt about as out-of-place as a second trombone in a string quartet. But that being said … This musical clip will make you smile. Trust me. I received this clip from a friend of mine, Paul Rapp (local music lovers might know him…
Read MoreMy prior life as a vinyl record collector
Ah, record collecting. It was my passion, it was my drive … and it was my addiction. For many years, I wrote articles and books on collectible records and collectible musicians, and I still treasure those years working for Goldmine magazine and for several other publications. Recently, I was contacted by one of those publications,…
Read MoreWhitney Avalon sings again!
Actress Whitney Avalon has done whatever it takes to break through in the entertainment industry. She’s appeared in several TV shows and commercials (she’s the mother in the blended family Cheerios commercials), she’s produced a series of wildly popular “Princess Rap Battle” videos (the one between Snow White and Elsa from Frozen has maybe 70…
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