He can play. And he did. Oh, I know what you’re saying right now, there goes baby boomer Lefsetz, out of touch with new music, going to see the dinosaurs, living in his own private feedback loop. You may be right! But let me tell you what’s happening there. You’ve got bands without tapes or […]

LISTEN TO HER HEART You think you’re gonna take her away With your money and your cocaine Tom Petty not only fought to keep his records cheap, refusing to be the first act to charge a dollar more, he also told his label he wouldn’t change the above lyric for radio. Yup, they wanted “cocaine” […]

SO YOU WANT TO BE A ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR So you want to be a rock ‘n’ roll star Then listen now to what I say Just get an electric guitar Then take some time And learn how to play We all took lessons. First it was Peter, Paul & Mary, the folkies, suddenly […]

Oh to write a song as good as “Shower The People”… I’m supposed to be at dinner, but I can’t stop watching “Boston Strong.” Once upon a time these events were on television, when they were infrequent, when we had not yet become inured to tragedy in our lives. Still, isn’t it interesting that when […]