Your Survival Guy’s been reading “My Effin’ Life,” by Geddy Lee of the band Rush. To understand Lee, one needs to know where he came from: the suburbs of Toronto, Canada, a child of holocaust surviving parents. His father died when Lee was only 12, and as such, Lee knew about loss at a young […]
No Real Music Fan Wants to Miss This
The 2009 archives of my weekly Essential Music choices is something no real music fan wants to miss. Originally posted December 23, 2009. January Week 1: Dreamland by Madeleine Peyroux Week 2: X (Ten) by Trace Adkins Week 3: Desert Heat by Papa John DeFrancesco Week 4: The Guitar Artistry of Charlie Byrd February Week […]
The Resurgence of Vinyl Records
UPDATE 2.7.24: The resurgence in sales of vinyl records isn’t isolated to the United States. UK music buyers have also been buying vinyl in volumes not seen since 1990. The Daily Mail’s Wiliam Hunter reports: From some music lovers, nothing will ever replace the warm crackle of a vinyl record. And recent figures suggest it […]
Open G Tuning Lesson for the Rolling Stones Sound
Originally posted January 17, 2012. Fun lesson on how to get that Rolling Stones sound with Marty from Next Level Guitar. Enjoy!
Saving the Music
Debbie sent this article by Tim Page in The Wall Street Journal to me this morning. Long-time readers will know of the decades I have spent collecting my favorite vinyl records and how much that music means to me. The story here is about Ward Marston, who is also passionate about music. Marston is attempting […]
“It’s My Job” Key West’s Farewell to Jimmy Buffett
Your Survival Guy and Gal were in Key West last weekend to confirm for New England that the sun still exists. It does. But as you snowbirds know, Florida hasn’t exactly felt like Margaritaville. Which brings us to Sunday night, where we were able to find two seats for Mac McAnally’s fourth and final sold-out […]
Remembering the Life of Artie Shaw
In The New York Sun, Mario Naves discusses the upcoming rerelease of the documentary Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got (1986), which has been restored in 4K for modern audiences. He goes on to recount Shaw’s life, from his upbringing as Arthur Jacob Arshawsky to his successful career. Naves writes: Arthur Jacob Arshawsky was […]
Merry Christmas from The Stones
Celebrating a Rolling Stones Icon
Christopher Sandford of The Spectator tells his readers how Keith Richards survived a couple of onstage near-electrocutions, mountainous legal and medical bills, and a permanent place on the US Customs watchlist. He writes: Most of us have at one time played the you-couldn’t-make-it-up game. What were the odds back in, say, 1973, that millions of […]
AARP Sponsors Latest Rolling Stones Concert Tour
In quiet recognition of just how long the Rolling Stones have been rocking audiences across the world, their latest tour is being sponsored by the American Association of Retired Persons, better known as AARP. Chuck Arnold reports for the NY Post: Call it sympathy for the seniors. In a pairing over 60 years in the […]
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