One year ago today, the music world lost a little known Big Star. Alex Chilton was a renaissance man of the music world, starting out as the teen vocalist of the Box Tops, well-known for songs such as The Letter, Neon Rainbow, and A Whiter Shade of Pale. Interestingly, the Vietnam Conflict was at least [...]
Happy Birthday Townes Van Zandt
March 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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John Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997), best-known as Townes Van Zandt, was an American country-folk music singer-songwriter, performer, and poet. Many of his songs, including “If I Needed You,” “To Live is to Fly,” and “No Place to Fall” are considered standards of their genre. AllMusic has called him “one [...]
Flashback Alert: Backwater
September 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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The Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980, in Phoenix, Arizona. The group’s original lineup was Curt Kirkwood (guitar/vocals), his brother Cris Kirkwood (bass guitar), and Derrick Bostrom (drums). The Kirkwood brothers met Bostrom while attending Brophy Prep High School in Phoenix. The three then moved to Tempe, Arizona (a Phoenix [...]
Roger Waters on The Wall: 30 Years Later
September 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Cover of Pink Floyd The Wall The following is an excerpt of an article from the Sept. 30 issue of Rolling Stone. This issue is available Wednesday on newsstands and Friday, Oct. 1, online via Rolling Stone’s premium subscription plan. Roger Waters is about to launch a tour where a 36-foot-high wall will rise up [...]
Avoid trends and cliches
September 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as The Hip by radio, is a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie (lead vocals and guitar), Paul Langlois (guitar), Rob Baker (guitar, known as Bobby Baker until 1994), Gord Sinclair (bass) and Johnny Fay (drums). Since their formation in 1983 they have released [...]
1 More From The Vaults: Townes
September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Townes Van Zandt performing Dead Flowers live: Lyrics: (M. Jagger/K. Richards) Well when you’re sitting there in your silk upholstered chair Talkin’ to some rich folk that you know Well I hope you won’t see me in my ragged company Well, you know I could never be alone Take me down little Susie, take me [...]