Music lifts the spirits, captures our imagination, making dreams come true. Music also makes us feel good. Here are more ‘feel good’ songs that we love to hear… “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell is a marvelous feels good song about a rotten love – a contradictory thought, but lead singer Marc Almond continues to tour […]
The 31st class of the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame will be inducted at the Brooklyn at Barclays Center on April 8th. This year’s honorees are Chicago, Cheap Trick, Deep Purple, Steve Miller, and N.W.A… Pearl Jam, Jethro Tull, The Moody Blues, and Yes are a few of the deserving acts not yet in […]
The 70s was fertile ground for simple guitar hooks and catchy rock songs, battling the disco sound that was all too popular with the ‘non rockers.’ Grand Funk Railroad was Mark Farner, Don Brewer, and Terry Knight (think of this three-man bad as an early ZZ Top). They were discovered at the Atlanta Music Festival […]
Music is intended to make you feel good. When we turn up our favorite song in the car, we imagine ourselves on stage with a guitar in hand, with the cheering fans urging us to stay in the spotlight. Music makes you feel good, and the 60s and 70s had its share of ‘feel good’ […]
Steve Miller has been around since the 70s, has recorded many a million dollar selling album, and will deservedly be in the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame Class in 2016. Steve is a native of Milwaukee WI, but went to school at the University of Texas Austin, making it big in the music world […]
You’re on the road, the top of the convertable is down, a great song jumps from your car radio. You reach for the volume and crank it up to 11. Yup, some songs are ‘Feel Good’ or ‘Oh Yea’ songs, which is why you love listening to your favorite radio station. Here is a brief […]
The 31st class of the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame will be inducted at the Brooklyn at Barclays Center on April 8th. This year’s honorees are Chicago, Cheap Trick, Deep Purple, Steve Miller, and N.W.A… There are 312 total members enshrined in the hall, 113 of these are groups. All this week we’ll spotlight […]
It’s hard to believe Bad Company is 40+ years old, and the boys are out again on tour. It’s also hard to believe that founding member, guitarist and key songwriter Mick Ralphs, is not with the band this time around. Rich Robinson of the famed ‘Black Crowes’ will step in behind the kit to play […]
Neil Peart, the longtime drummer of Rush, has written a book entitled ‘Far and Wide: Bring that Horizon to Me’ that will be the ‘must have’ of every Rush fan. The book will be a bit of a twist as Neil is an avid biker, thus the book will feature the memories of the R40 […]
Music and Rock N’ Roll are perfect together. We love the songs while we watched the movie. Here are a few more movies that made us feel better to rock… ‘Hard Day’s Night’ was one of the first ‘rockumentaries’ that pulled back the curtain on the hottest band in multiple generations, letting us know that […]