AUGUST 15, 1979
The Freelance Vandals open for John Hiatt
@ Hurrahs NYC
“Hurrah was a nightclub located at 36 West 62nd Street in New York City from 1976 until 1980. Hurrah was the first…
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Jan 19 2021
Time is a River (The Wonk Bros Basement Demos 1996 - 2003)
Time is a River...I'm in a boat
Life is so funny but I don't get the joke
Photo Credit: Paul Colliton
The story behind this blog post is rooted in my past…
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May 20 2020
How Radio Lost Its Groove
HOW RADIO LOST ITS GROOVE
In recent years, it has become obvious that radio, at least as the entity that I grew up with in my teenage and young adult years, has lost its groove. These days,…
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Mar 11 2020
The Most Bizarre Rock & Roll Albums of All Time!
I've been an avid music collector since the early 1960's. Besides the great albums I purchased, I always took note of some of the really bad records I bought over the years...you know what I'm talking about don'cha? Record…
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Nov 20 2019
Out of Order: the new Freelance Vandals album
Freelance Vandals lineup 1981
Left to right: "Diamond" Ray Finch, Jack Finch, Chuck Ciany
Billy "the Mountain" Cairns, Mike Adams & Johnny Pierre
Over the past couple of years, I’ve been curating…
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Aug 13 2019
My First Rock Concert
"Say, what was the first rock concert you went to?" Hmmm...let me think about that for a minute or two...no, wait! I remember now! It happened on a beautiful summer day on August 13, 1967. I had just returned…
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Mar 21 2019
Rock & Roll I Gave You The Best Years of My Life
As a songwriter, I've always enjoyed writing in a wide variety of musical genres but the rock & roll genre has always been my favorite genre. More often than not, rock & roll music has always been there to…
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Sep 4 2018
Memory Lunchbox: Howard Johnson's
I've always found the end of summer to be a time for looking back on various parts of my life. A person never knows when a memory from years past will suddenly capture their imagination. This morning, out of…
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Aug 21 2018
Dancing on the Ceiling with Howlin Wolf & Hubert Sumlin
To me, Chester Burnett aka Howlin Wolf, will always be a touchstone to the exact moment I discovered just how important a role music played in my life. As time went on, I spent endless afternoons in school…
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Jun 11 2018
Rock & Roll Picture of the Week: Billy "The Mountain" Cairns (Freelance Vandals) 1974
Freelance Vandals drummer deluxe
Billy "The Mountain" Cairns 1974
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