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- After 50 years, Clapton is still god… Eric Clapton‘s 50th anniversary tour came through Dallas, Texas March 19th at the American Airlines Center. This tour is not getting the publicity of The Rolling Stones 50th anniversary tour, and it seems typical of Clapton to not toot his ow...
- Guitar Legend Alvin Lee: Dead at age 68…I hate to write another homage to another dead musician, but Alvin Lee, the legendary Blues Guitar player and founder of the band Ten Years After, died last week due to complications from a routine surgery. I have to write about him. He was too g...
- Van Cliburn’s legacy will be that of a musical ambassador…I was saddened to learn of the passing away of Van Cliburn this week. If it were not for him, I may have never taken up playing the piano. His victory at the 1958 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition launched him into “Rock Star̶...
- Reg Presley passed away today at age 71Reg Presley, who was the lead singer of The Troggs, passed away today from lung cancer at the age of 71. His publisher Keith Altham stated “My dear old pal Reg Presley died today, one very real person in a sometimes very unreal world.” Wh...
- Buckingham Nicks LP to be released on CD? Maybe…Album cover for Buckingham Nicks Gate-fold showing Lyrics and album credits for Buckingham Nicks Label for side one of Buckingham Nicks Copyright 1973. Album was re-issued in 1975, but this is a first pressing. This is one of the best kno...
- Transferring vinyl is a major drag on the economy?My turntable in the middle of a vinyl transfer This is going to be one of my shortest blogs ever. Today, in the Wall street Journal, in the review section, on page C-11 there is an article called “Lack of Sleep costs Billions. How about Cat...
- “Live” All Star album is a Masterpiece…This is the last blog in my series on live albums. MILESTONE JAZZSTARS IN CONCERT is a fantastic “Live” LP featuring three jazz giants: McCoy Tyner, Sonny Rollins, and Ron Carter. They were accompanied on drums by a much younger...
- “Time Fades Away”, but this album won’t…on Nov 18, 2012 in LP Records Rock Music Ben Keith Crazy Horse Crosby Stils Nash and Young Danny Whitten David Crosby Elliot Mazer Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Four Way Street Graham Nash Jack Nitzsche Johnny Barbata Neil Young Neil Young Archives Vol. 1 The Stray Gators Tim Drummond Time Fades AwayThis is the very first “Live” LP Neil Young ever released. The album captures Neil Young on his first major solo tour after he released his best selling LP of his long and illustrious career, “Harvest.” Although this album w...
- Steal Your Face is a Steal of an LP…Steal Your Face is a live LP from the Grateful Dead. The album was recorded during their 1974 “Farewell Tour”, but it was not released until 1976. This album is widely regarded as the worst live recording that the Dead ever released. It was...
- Up next, A series of blogs about Live LP’s…My next project is to write a series of blogs about 3 very different, but highly collectible “Live” LP’s. The first blog will be about the worst live album from one of the most famous live bands. I am referring to “Steal You...
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