Sharon Jones (1956-2016): From a Prison Guard Singing to Inmates to Her Own Kind of Glory
Due to large looming deadlines, this appreciation must be brief but I can't let the passing of the wondrous Sharon Jones pass without notice. Jones, a Hillary Clinton supporter, had reportedly suffered a stroke while watching the 2016 election returns. But she had long struggled with pancreatic cancer.
Canadian Darlings, Blue Rodeo, Reflect on Their Storied Career
Since she was young, my daughter Kristin has firmly stated that her wedding would be on the shoreline of Block Island with Blue Rodeo entertaining, and even now, at age 24, she keeps hinting. She doesn’t want to hear that the prolific Canadian band -- which just released an
Eleven More Bass Players Who Belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
"You ask the average person what a bass is, or what a bass sounds like, and most of the time, they don't know. But remove the bass from any piece of music and suddenly it becomes the largest missing piece in the world! Whoa, fifty percent of
Robbie Robertson Gives Us His Testimony
Back in May 1978, I walked into the cool, dark, Rialto Theater in Atlanta, not knowing exactly what to expect. We arrived a little late, so the film had already begun; the Band had just kicked off “It Makes No Difference,” with Rick Danko’s plaintive vocals, Garth Hudson'
Generations Come Full Circle at Gram Parsons Birthday Bash (With Kai Clark Interview)
Funny how the circle turns around
You think your lost and then you're found again
Though you always look for what you know
Each time around it's something new again
-- Gene Clark, "Full Circle"
Gene Clark wrote those words forty-five years ago. His
Leon Russell's Shining Star
I will always remember sitting in the movie theater as a kid watching Leon Russell steal the show during The Concert For Bangladesh, wondering who and what this mystical force was. It was no small feat since he was a piano player on a stage that included George Harrison, Bob