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Appreciating Dave Edmunds

Brian Jones & 10 Wild Instrumentals

Lou Reed & The Tots: Doom & Gloom From The Tomb

Why The True Story Of Glam Metal…

JERRY LEE LEWIS

The Casuals, Bobby One, Alan Marlo

State Theatre

Niagra Falls, NY

HOWLIN WOLF & HIS ORCHESTRA

Rosewood Club

Memphis, TN

BROOK BENTON

Ruth Brown, The Falcons,

The Pips, The Delloes

James Moody & His Orchestra with Eddie…

1964

"The Beatles were one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands of all time. They also had one of the fiercest, most intensely loyal fandoms of all time. Beatles fans — mainly teenage girls — offered the band their…

One Sunday back in 2019, I woke up to the news that D.A. Pennebaker had passed away at the age of 94.  While Pennebaker was a well known film maker to many folks, I thought it would be worthwhile to…

The Who 

London Coliseum

London, UK

Grateful Dead

Alpine Valley Music Theatre

East Troy, MI

Jerry Garcia Band Electric

Wiltern Theatre

379 Wilshire Blvd

Los Angeles, CA

Lou Reed

Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle

Frankfurt, Germany

Nirvana

Grinch

Murphy's Pub

Cincinnati, OH

Neil…

Today, on this latest edition of Rock & Roll Geography, we take a stroll down to California to check out The Whisky A Go Go, one of LA's most historic music landmarks.  Still in business today, this venerable club is…

Psychedelic rock was a musical genre that emerged in the mid-sixties due to the popularity of such mind-altering drugs as LSD, mescaline, cannabis and peyote mushrooms.  The roots of Psychedelic Rock begin here: On Friday April 16, 1943 (a day…

This blog post is dedicated to my dear friend,

Jeff Goldstein

who spent many happy hours @ The Fillmore East

The Story of the Fillmore East begins here...

Located at the southwest corner of Second Avenue and Sixth Street was…

The Kinks

Taj Mahal

Sha Na Na

Fillmore West

San Francisco, CA

The Move

Cold Blood

Albert King

Fillmore West

San Francisco, CA

Grateful Dead

AUM

Flying Burrito Bros.

Avalon Ballroom

San Francisco, CA

Spirit

Nazz

James Cotton Blues Band

…

Over the years there have been many arguments concerning which year produced the best rock album.  While this is most probably arrived at via a subjective view point, there is a serious case to be made for the year 1966;…

Prince

Zapp (featuring Roger)

The Time

Rockford Metro Centre

Rockford, IL

Spring Fest '82

Ramones

David Johansen

Jim Carroll

Peter Dayton

Lines

Thunderbird Country Club

Tyngsboro, MA

Diary of a Madman Tour

Ozzy Osbourne

Starfighters

Notre Dame A.C.C.

South Bend,…

Vince Taylor, while not widely known to US rock fans, was an influential part of the European rock scene in the late 50's and early 60's.  While not widely known to US rock fans, Taylor was an influential part of…

From the awwwards.com site :"Long before the digital era and the design disciplines that emerged with it, there was a unique canvas, reaching a visual audience of millions; every designer dreamed of working on a vinyl record album cover. Invented…

It's Time For Our Weekly Compendium  Of 

Random Rock & Roll Articles From The World Wide Web!

Rolling With the Psych Stones

Dinner In Detroit With Aerosmith

Backstage with the Real Almost Famous Queen of Groupies

The Great Lost Grateful…

Led Zeppelin

L.S.U. Assembly Center

Baton Rouge, LA

Led Zeppelin

Earl's Court

London, UK

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

Keystone Hall

Kutztown State College

Kutztown, PA

Ramones

CBGB's

NYC

John Cale & The Only Ones

Paradiso

Amsterdam, Netherlands

…

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Invasion of the Steely Dan Stans

Quantum Criminals: The Ace Steely Dan Book

The Stones & Brian Jones: BBC2 Documentary

Dino Danelli: My Life With The…

David Bowie 

Hollywood Palladium

Los Angeles, CA

Joe Walsh & Barnstorm

Allen Theatre

Cleveland, OH

Sly & The Family Stone

Little Feat

Berkeley Community Theatre

Berkeley, CA

Grateful Dead

Nassau Coliseum

Uniondale, NY

San Francisco Concerts 1973 Bill Graham Presents

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Elvis Costello & The Attractions

The Bottom Line

NYC

SET LIST

Pump It Up

(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes

Waiting for the End of the World

No Action

Less Than Zero

The Beat

Living in Paradise

Blame It…

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Random Rock & Roll Articles From The World Wide Web!

What If Van Morrison Dropped Dead Following Astral Weeks?

2010 Captain Beefheart Obituary: Rock's Father Of Invention

Sufjan Stevens Announces New Album:…

The Year Rock Went to Pieces (Mitchell Cohen, Music Aficionado) 

“In 1978, rock music resembled a combat zone more than a community. The divisions had been visible for most of the decade, with the fraying of any notion that the…

RAISING HELL TOUR '86 

RUN DMC 

WHODINI 

LL COOL J 

Municipal Auditorium 

Nashville, TN

"All Hell Breaks Loose at a Run-D.M.C. 'Raising Hell' Rap Concert in California: 'I am great--get it straight--that`s what I say--my name is Run--I`m number…

The Cramps

Eldorado

Paris, France

SETLIST

TV Set

Zombie Dance

Goo Goo Muck

(Ronnie Cook & The Gaylads cover)

Rockin' Bones

(Ronnie Dawson cover)

Strychnine

(The Sonics cover)

NOTE: SET LIST INCOMPLETE

Back In Black Tour '80

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“Some people say the 1970s New York rock scene started in the 1960s with the Velvet Underground. Others insist that it began around 1968 with the Stooges and MC5 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Or with Lou Reed’s reconfigured Velvet Underground…

Today's blog post is about Swinging London; a moment in time that reconfigured the music, fashion, movies and books of the youth culture.

“There came a moment when London first shook off the coils of hidebound British society, the…

As I remember it, the 1980s was a decade in which the genre known as basic meat & potatoes rock & roll began to undergo a myriad of changes.  The punk rock revolution was underway but didn't really become a…