10/18/2005
A cold day in hell happened, John Fogerty resigned with the label he fought with in the courts for years. That is right; John Fogerty of CCR fame has resigned with Fantasy/Concord to record a new album of material and a DVD in 2006. But wait, that is not all, the best thing that happened is the...
10/2/2005
I am glad to know that Christmas Is For Grownups Too. I never claimed to have grown up, just out, as in a larger belly, once I got into my mid forties. That is nothing a few crunches and some vigorous treadmill workouts on regular basis cannot make disappear, but then there is the holidays/
10/2/2005
It has finally arrived, after nearly three years of deliberation and two EPs, Xisco Ponc? Jr. has completed his Suite album. It is everything I expected it would be and more. This young man is ready to take on the world. He gave up everything, sold his house, quit his job, and then moved to Los...
9/29/2005
What happens to a man that is in the Army for 15 years and he gets out five years before retirement, and then decides to start offering the truth about the military to those that will listen? If you can deal with it all the bullshit the military deals out for 20 years, you get to walk away from it...
9/13/2005
Any time Eric Clapton releases an album there is a lot of anticipation and excitement. Clapton's life continues to evolve and so does his recording career. An album, interpreted as a mirror image of a current life situation is a common occurrence. The one factor drives us to feel the way we do is...
9/5/2005
You cannot downplay the importance and sheer brilliance of Pink Floyd's masterpiece The Wall. The tribute albums have come and gone, some were good and some forgettable. Back Against The Wall is a phenomenal tribute that I think the creators of the original recording will find most pleasing.
9/5/2005
Iggy Pop is like a cockroach, you just cannot kill him. It seems like has been around since the beginning of time, as if he was some kind of alien transported here form a wormhole. Every time someone implies that better days are behind him, he comes back spitting and sneering with vengeance,...
8/11/2005
Johnny Neel made his mark many moons ago in the Allman Brothers Band and his song writing credits range from Delbert McClinton, Cyril Lance, Willie Nelson, Government Mule, and Montgomery Gentry, to mention just a few of his many accomplishments over the years. Well, there is another feather to put...
7/2/2005
Crest Of A Knave won Jethro Tull a Grammy and as it turned out, it was voted the best metal album! It just goes to show that the people voting for these awards do not seem to have a clue. It's obvious that they had not heard some of the earlier albums by this band, which were much more deserving of...
6/28/2005
As the remastered series of Jethro Tull albums continues with great success, another round is ripe and ready for the picking. They come out three at a time and we are nearly through the entire JT studio albums at this point.
