Maurice White the founder of Earth, Wind & Fire is now gone, and we want to go back and share our thoughts on this brilliant group. In 1969, Windy City musician Maurice White, Al McKay, Andrew Woolfolk, Philip Bailey, Verdine White and Larry Dunn formed the “Salty Peppers.” The band had regional success, but eventually […]
2016 has been a cruel year so far as we’ve lost The Eagles’ Glenn Frey, David Bowie, Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, long time Bee Gees manager and producer Robert Stigwood, Jefferson Airplanes Paul Kantner and original female singer Signe Anderson, Earth Wind and Fire’s Maurice White, and Dale Griffin. We still have however, rockers that are […]
This year is a leap year, meaning there were 29 days in February. Amazingly, that time has already come and gone! Let’s leap in 2016 with a new attitude and showcase the most interesting and lesser known artist of our time with a feature we all ‘A to Z.’ Here’s the letter ‘D.’ In early […]
It’s time for another Motown minute… In 1959, Berry Gordy borrowed start-up money from an uncle and started a record company out of his home on Grand Boulevard in downtown Detroit. His boxing career wasn’t taking off, so he figured he’d do something else with his life. Nearly a billion dollars later, the Motown Sound […]
Let’s leap into 2016 with a new attitude and showcase the most interesting and lesser known artists of our time, with a feature we call ‘A to Z.’ Here is the letter E… “I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night,” was a classic late 60s song from a group of Los Angeles studio musicians […]
It’s not uncommon or politics and rock n’ roll to cross paths, but it’s starting to get interesting. Recently, the Rolling Stones and Elton John have publicly announced that presidential candidate Donald Trump did not have permission to use their songs. What most people don’t know is the campaign does have the right to use […]
Bruce Springsteen has written his memoir “Born to Run” due out in the fall, so let’s share a few more thoughts on our favorite songs, and the backstory behind them. Here’s part two of “The Boss Best.” “Rosalita” from his “The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle” album is a seven-minute classic that […]
Prince recently announced that he will be on tour, but did not tell anyone where did not say where he’d be playing. Said differently he’s being very coy about dates, and not using paper tickets. Concert goers will have to buy online and redeem at the door using certified ID to get in. Donald Fagen […]
It’s been a busy past week, so let’s catch up to the many headlines that have come across the waves recently. Let’s start it off with Yoko Ono and her recent sickness that caused her to go to a hospital… Yoko Ono was released from the hospital over the weekend in New York after being […]
If you get a chance this upcoming Spring, be sure to buy tickets to see Motown: The Musical, which is a very popular Broadway show that is now touring the country. The wonderful stage performance is based on Berry Gordy’s autobiography as the head talent master of the Motown music era. Diana Ross and The […]