Top 5 and Why: Best Bob Dylan Songs
If a song moves you, that’s all that’s important… I don’t have to know what a song means. All Top 5 and Whys are tough, but…
Top 5 and Why: Jack Black
Thomas Jacob “Jack” Black is where it’s at. He’s funny, a better singer than you might think, and has morphed into a gifted character-actor as well. He has…
An Orange-Blue Hue: Allman Brothers All-Time Top Five
Greg Allman is at it again. He’s writing memoirs and having seventh marriages. He has hepatitis and is long-lived for a man who’s lived so many…
Sizing Up The Tallest Man on Earth
WHO IS HE? He’s the enchanting wizard of rhythm. Wait. That’s Beck. You can call him “the next Bob Dylan” all you want, but Bob Dylan…
Three Reasons I’m Man-Crushing on Ryan Adams
I remember the day like it was yesterday. Actually, it was two months ago. The day after this year’s Decatur Book Festival. I was driving north…
Losing My Virginity to Led Zeppelin
The first time I ever heard Led Zeppelin in 1985 I was almost fourteen. It was the summer before I became a high school freshman, and…
Blast from the Past: Iron Maiden Revisited
Eddie has come back from the grave to haunt me. I’ve been playing Powerslave and Piece of Mind wondering what it was that made me such…
Renaming Jazz to BAM = Bad Idea
I’m no jazz aficionado, just a fan, a lifelong fan. I know a fair share of jazz’s history. While I’ve taken some jazz guitar lessons, learned…
I Used To Be A Sparrow’s Debut
Paperwings Records asked me to consider doing a review on the recently released debut album of italian-swedish band “I Used To Be A Sparrow.” I listened…
All in a Friday Night at JJs: Christabel and the Jons, Ashley and the X’s, Stagolee
When they get the sound right in the oddly-shaped rectangular venue at JJ’s–as each band did on Friday night–you get the makings of a magical night.…
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