Archive for 2021/01


Recently Dead Rockers-SiriusXM This Week

Phil Spector, Leslie West, Gerry Marsden, Sylvain Sylvain, Tim Bogert… Tune in tomorrow, January 19th, to Volume 106, 7 PM East, 4 PM West. Phone #: 844-6-VOLUME, 844-686-5863 Twitter: @lefsetz or @siriusxmvolume/#lefsetzlive Hear the episode live on SiriusXM VOLUME: siriusxm.us/HearLefsetzLive If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app: siriusxm.us/LefsetzLive

Do Stand So Close

“Do Stand So Close: my improbable adventure as Sting’s guitarist”: https://amzn.to/38OscAw This is the best book I’ve ever read about being on the road. Yes, even better than Ian Hunter’s long ago memoir. First and foremost, Jeffrey Lee Campbell can write. Positively astounding. Not a week goes by without someone sending me their music book, […]

Dion-This Week’s Podcast

We discuss Mr. DiMucci’s early years in the Bronx, getting a record deal, assembling the Belmonts, going on the road, getting on and off drugs, AA, his life in Miami, royalties, his new work and… Dion has been there and back, he’s full of insight, AND HE’S STILL MARRIED TO RUNAROUND SUE! https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast/episode/dion-80826443 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/The-Bob-Lefsetz-Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast/id1316200737

Streaming

My friend Ralph sends me a cornucopia of newspaper clippings from the U.K. on a regular basis. To a great degree they’re obituaries, or a spotlight on a minor figure who had impact in the world of music, but this week’s package had even more, which I’m going to tell you about now. There were […]