I read in the "Wall Street Journal" that bowling is making a comeback.  I’m not talking about the wii version, which is almost as good as the real thing, but the one with the sixteen pound balls and the oiled lanes.  The one I was religiously addicted to in the early sixties. That’s where I […]

Fleetwood Mac was an English-based blues band whose manager put a faux version of the act on the road.  That’s what I remember from "Rolling Stone".  It was kind of like a fake Savoy Brown, or another band that gigged incessantly but had never broken through…  Who cared? I’d seen their albums in the bins.  […]

Now my record’s up to number threeAnd a woman recognized me and started to screamThis all seems like a crazy dreamI’ve been invited to a dinner with a prominent queen "Top Of The Pops"The Kinks Despite being absent from the core duo of the Beatles and the Stones, you’d be hard pressed to find a […]

In the late spring of 1971, I went to see Lee Michaels at the Fillmore East.  Primarily known for his one hit, "Do You Know What I Mean", prior to this Mr. Michaels was a combination blues player and thoughtful rocker.  I’m surprised his track "The War" got no airplay in light of the Iraq […]