Paying Attention: To get an appreciation of how deep Chuck Berry’s influence went, you just have to look at the royalty of rock&roll and their performances of his music. Here’s a great clip of Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band doing the Berry classic “You Never Can Tell”. It starts off as rock&roll classic and …
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Transitions: Chuck Berry (1926-2017)
Paying Attention: “You know, my temperature’s risin’ And the jukebox blowing a fuse My heart’s beatin’ rhythm And my soul keeps on singin’ the blues Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news…” –from Roll Over Beethooven by Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry died on Saturday. He was 90 years old and he was known …
The Christmas Playlist Series: No. X
The Hunt For New (Christmas) Music: Embed from Getty Images Combine this playlist(which is Part B) with the previous one (No. X, Part A) and you’ll have several hours of great holiday music. Happy Holidays and good listening. The Fine Print: Image courtesy of our friends at Getty Images (all rights reserved), who graciously make …
Doves Cry
Embed from Getty Images Transitions: Prince (1958-2016). Prince Rogers Nelson, know to his fans throughout the world as Prince (when he wasn’t going by the title of “the artist formerly known as Prince”) was found unconscious in an elevator at his Paisley Park estate/recording studio complex outside Minneapolis today. Attempts to revive him failed; …
Live from Daryl's House: Rob Thomas
The Hunt For New Music. Once in a while, you find a great source of new music. Maybe it’s something that’s been around for a while and you were late to the discovery party. Maybe it’s an entirely new band or sound that came to you in an entirely new way. One of the very …
Live from Daryl’s House: Rob Thomas
The Hunt For New Music. Once in a while, you find a great source of new music. Maybe it’s something that’s been around for a while and you were late to the discovery party. Maybe it’s an entirely new band or sound that came to you in an entirely new way. One of the very …
St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Live at Double Decker, Oxford, Miss. April, 2015
The Fine Print: All Photos (C)Donald L Pierce, 2015. All rights reserved. But if you see something you want to use, have at it (just provide me with notice).
St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Live at Double Decker, Oxford, Miss. April, 2015
The Fine Print: All Photos (C)Donald L Pierce, 2015. All rights reserved. But if you see something you want to use, have at it (just provide me with notice).
The Snow Weekend Concert Series: Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004
The Hunt For New Music: It’s a winter weekend. Maybe you’re stuck inside because a blizzard is raging outside. Maybe you don’t want to watch the NFL playoffs. Maybe what you want to watch is a little blues, a lot of Eric Clapton, a bunch of good music played by very accomplished musicians—each of them …
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The Snow Weekend Concert Series: Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004
The Hunt For New Music: It’s a winter weekend. Maybe you’re stuck inside because a blizzard is raging outside. Maybe you don’t want to watch the NFL playoffs. Maybe what you want to watch is a little blues, a lot of Eric Clapton, a bunch of good music played by very accomplished musicians—each of them …
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