Movie Review: “Echo In The Canyon”

Jun 13, 2019 | Movies, Music

From 1965 to 1967, an extraordinary collection of musicians and songwriters lived near each other in Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles: Brian Wilson, Joni Mitchell, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, and more. They spent a lot of time visiting and hanging out in...

Concert Review: David Crosby

May 17, 2019 | Music

We got back in town the other night in time to see David Crosby And Friends at The Sheldon, adding another check mark to our Rockers Over 70 Bucket List. The last time we saw Crosby he had just emerged from prison and rehab and was back on the road with Graham Nash...

Movie Review: “Session Men”

Apr 30, 2019 | Movies, Music

I have written enthusiastically about music documentaries like “The Wrecking Crew,” “Standing In The Shadows Of Motown,” and “20 Feet From Stardom,” which told the stories of the people whose names you didn’t know while they...

Best Thing I Have Heard Today: Linda Ronstadt

Apr 8, 2019 | Music

In 1980, after years of playing her songs on the radio, I went to see Linda Ronstadt in concert when she toured to support her album “Mad Love.” Afterwards, I was talking with my father about her, as well as Pat Benatar (who I had seen a few months...

Picture Of The Day: Dick Dale

Mar 17, 2019 | Music, Picture of the Day

Dick Dale, the king of surf guitar, has died at 81. You probably know his 1962 song “Misirlou,” which Quentin Tarantino used to great effect in the opening of “Pulp Fiction” in 1994. That made the song a hit all over again, and led to Dale...

Not Just Any Drummer

Mar 12, 2019 | Music

One of the greatest drummers of all time died this weekend at age 90. His name was Hal Blaine, and even if that doesn’t ring a bell, you certainly know some of the 35,000 songs he played on — including 50 number one hits and over 150 top ten hits, some of...