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Elvis Costello & The Attractions The Bottom Line NYC

 

Tom Waits The Paradise Club Boston, MA

 

The Clash The Saints Cherry Vanilla Birmingham Rag Market …Read more

 

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Keystone Hall Kutztown State College Kutztown, PA

 

Led Zeppelin L.S.U. Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA

 

Led Zeppelin Earl's …Read more

The Beatles The Cyrkle The Ronettes The Remains Candlestick Park San Francisco, CA

 

Bob Dylan & The Hawks Manchester Free Trade Hall Manchester, UK

 

The Beach …Read more

David Bowie  Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles, CA

 

David Bowie Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA  

Joe Walsh & Barnstorm Allen Theatre Cleveland, OH …Read more

“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…

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The Byrds Sonny & Cher Mahalia Jackson Roosevelt Griere Benefit For RFK Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA  

Jimi Hendrix Experience The Soft Machine Stony …Read more

ALIVE AS YESTERDAY: 1967 CONCERTS

Electric Flag, Moby Grape Steve Miller Fillmore SF CA

 

Donovan Cow Palace San Francisco, CA

 

 Lenny Bruce The Mothers of …Read more

Today on the Rock & Roll is a State of Mind blog, we celebrate the 54th anniversary of what many regard as one of  the very first rock festivals...Monterey Pop! 

While Monterey Pop wasn’t the first music…

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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…

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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…

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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 —…

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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…

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Live albums were once a staple of most rock acts but could possibly be considered an endangered species nowadays.  Sure, over the years there have been many live albums that were released as a holding action because a band…

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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…

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An Interview with M. Frank & Johnny Pierre

 

Ed Yipsilanti (Mind Smoke Staff Writer)

 

M. Frank (Author) Johnny Pierre (Editor)

 

Ed: Greetings to one and all.  I'm very excited …Read more

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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This past summer, I was saddened to hear the news that Tom Finn, the remaining member of the rock band, The Left Banke, had passed away after suffering from poor health for many years.  The Left Banke was…

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While my life suddenly got deconstructed during the ongoing pandemic, I tried to ignore the madness of the outside world by finally finding the time to read a stack of rock & roll books that I had on…

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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.…

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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…

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Lester Bangs

In a June 1975 article in Creem magazine, Lester Bangs, while writing about how the impact of the breakup of the Beatles, captured some of the angst that existed in rock & roll…

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It's Time For Our Weekly Compendium Of Random Articles  From The World Wide Web!

Before The Internet, There Was Dial-A-Poem In The 60's! Surprising Facts About Everyday Household Objects Jefferson Airplane's Forgotten Gem …Read more

 

British Invasion Concerts NYC

 

The Dave Clark Five Harry Deal & THe Galaxies, The Six Keys The Knaves Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC

 

Rolling Stones Dave Berry …Read more

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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