Television never sold tickets.  It’s like being in your living room, a member of the family, would you pay to see your sister? Even though they’re taller now, because the screens are bigger, TV stars have little charisma.  Hell, one can argue TV killed rock and roll.  Where’s the mystery.  Want mystery…STAY OFF TV! Even […]

Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low… If you went to college in the early seventies, you know these words by heart.  It’s Gregg Allman’s opening line from the finest concert album of all time, "Live At Fillmore East".  And last night, the band performed that album from start to finish, I’d say note […]

CARRY ME So Jackson Browne goes to see Lyle Lovett at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara and in the middle of the show Lyle calls him out, insists he come up on stage and perform a number. Jackson figures he’s going to sing backup.  But Lyle hands him a guitar and makes him sing […]

Bob, For close Grammy-watchers, by far the most cringe-worthy moment of the show was not Dylan (weird for years).And it wasn’t the Aretha tribute.But rather, it was Aretha’s over-the-top left-field tribute to: ‘that Grammy Visionary, Producer Ken Ehrlich.’ Whoa? What the hell?  What just happened there?! Well let’s see.Back from death’s door, ‘Re looks 100 […]