In Celebration of the Upcoming Royal Wedding. . .
Just flipping through the dial and it seems we are gearing up for the Royal Wedding next weekend. With that I offer these fine gems. . .
Author: wildwestrocks
A Band Of Friends – A Nod to Rory Gallagher
A Band Of Friends. . . Reminds me of the phrase “friends of Bill W”. Sadly the former is even more cryptic than the later. Similar deal. Both deal with loss and celebration. Very different...
Michael Grant: A Video Montage. . .
I first caught LA Guns with Michael Grant in 2015. They were playing a festival over in NJ. They were playing the smaller stage wedged between I believe TT Quick, a local NJ act from...
Who is calling on you?
Is it purely fiction that Johnny Hooker walks into a closed carousel house to find, to actually uncover, a hung over Henry Gondorf? Does a Henry Gondorff actually get such calls? Does such happen?
Ten Ton Mojo
Has been awhile since I have seen these folks. I believe they are off to LA and London. Well at least California and the UK. So if you in those realms do see if they...
A Blast from the Past!
Not that these folks went anywhere, just paths diverge and things evolve and change. And it simply cool and I walk into the Gramercy tonight and find them doing a set.Must be like 10 years...
Kristen Capolino: Mondial featuring Bernie Marsden of Whitesnake at Darryl’s House
As I was updating some gigs to check out, and found this. Kristen Capolino playing Darryl’s House in Pawling NY. She sounds good and seems maybe even local? Not sure about the last part. And...
Two Poets. . .
A look at the lyrics of Patti Smith and Philip Lynott in relation to the romantic and modern traditions of poetry. This started as one piece, but then it just grew into a monster. I...
A Conclusion and Other Thoughts on Two Poets. . .
This was originally a part of an overly large out of control post that I have since sliced up. To see the various slices, go to Two Poets. One Conclusion. . . Patti Smith, regarding...
From Rimbaud Back to Patti Smith
This was originally a part of an overly large out of control post that I have since sliced up. To see the various slices, go to Two Poets. Returning to Patti Smith, it is now...