Archive for the 'Live Shows' Category


Narada Michael Walden

Just a note to tell you he was Jeff Beck’s drummer last night. Rhonda Smith played bass with Prince, as well as Beyonce and Justin Timberlake.  And Jason Rebello has played keyboards with Sting and Chaka Khan.  And all three were incredible, but I want to focus on Mr. Walden.  Whom I remembered as being […]

Jeff Beck At The Grammy Museum

I can’t fall asleep, I ate too much pastrami. That’s a birthday tradition.  A movie, a sandwich at Langer’s and a hot fudge sundae.  Although it didn’t go down exactly that way today.  You see the movie was too long to make it to the gig so we went to the movie first which meant […]

Eagles At Hollywood Bowl

You might not understand it.  You might be well-adjusted, you might fit in, you might be happy where you are.  But some of us need a fresh start.  We need to leave, move on, to a place where we can be accepted on our own terms, where we can reinvent ourselves, live the life in […]

Lessons Of The Dead

I went to see the Grateful Dead exhibit at the New York Historical Society.  Thank God I slept late.  Turns out they don’t open until noon.  Finally, a rock and roll museum show! Not that I’d recommend it.  You see there’s very little there.  It’s kind of like going to Carvel and getting only a […]