Long-time friend Bob Morrison wrote the Grammy-winning Kenny Rogers song “You Decorated My Life.” He was ASCAP’s Country Songwriter of the Year in 1978, 1980, 1981, and 1982, and inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2016. Here’s an email exchange on the passing of Kenny Rogers. EJ It was great to hear […]
RIP McCoy Tyner
Jazz pianist McCoy Tyner passed away on March 6 at 81. Tyner was the last surviving member of the John Coltrane Quartet. NPR writes of his life: Few musicians have ever exerted as much influence as a sideman. His crucial role in the group’s articulation of modal harmony, from the early 1960s on, will always […]
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VIDEO: Rock n’ Roll The Early Days
“Hello, McFly?”
Nice write-up by Marc Meyers in the WSJ on the anatomy of the song: “The Power of Love” by Huey Lewis and the News, featured in the movie Back to the Future starring Michael J. Fox. Meyers writes (abridged): By 1984, Huey Lewis and the News had eight Billboard pop hits but none cracked the top […]
Remembering Bob Marley: Natural Mystic
It’s not every day you get to go to Jamaica. I remember going for Spring Break one year while studying at Babson. When you’re in Jamaica, you hear Bob Marley songs in the wind as if he’s playing somewhere off in the distance. A special surprise at the end of our trip was hearing his […]
VIDEO: Mojo Boogie – Sonny Landreth, South of I-10
RIP Neil Peart: You Will Always Be Remembered as a “Modern-Day Warrior”
If you’re a Rush fan you’ve probably been asked a couple of questions. One: “Why do you love them so much?” Two: “Is that a girl singing?” But that goes with the territory of being a Rush fan, because being a fan is a badge of honor, of sorts, with the humor not being lost […]
One of My Favorite CD’s: Joe Beck’s Relaxin’
What’s great about CDs is they’re a package of songs that can bring you back in time—who said time travel wasn’t possible?—where you can feel how an artist was creating at that point in their career. Here’s one of my favorites. If you’re interested in just taking a deep breath and thinking about life for […]
RIP Little Feat Guitarist, Paul Barrere
Paul Barrere, guitarist of the band Little Feat, has passed away at 71. Rolling Stone’s Daniel Kreps reports on Barrere’s talented life, writing: Barrere joined the Lowell George-led Little Feat prior the recording of the band’s breakthrough 1973 album Dixie Chicken; on the LP, Barrere co-wrote the song “Walkin’ All Night,” which the Rolling Stone […]
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