The encore was an a cappella/barbershop quartet version of “Donna” that was utterly spectacular, the best thing I’ve seen all year. But you’ve probably never heard the original. 10cc was a band nobody wanted that was signed by Jonathan King, of “Everyone’s Gone to the Moon” fame, and its initial album came out on King’s […]

Johnny Brower was the promoter of the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival which featured the debut of John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band and is documented in the new movie “Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World,” now playing on PBS.  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/johnny-brower/id1316200737?i=1000665440337       https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/312c9cb8-b9a6-4ffd-ab79-c53b11b0fb10/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-johnny-brower

I was at the show, sitting in the balcony. I’m 55, and like you, I couldn’t believe how tight they were. My wife and I discovered the band during the Coachella streaming and was blown away by Abigail’s stage presence. She has “it,” and it’s not something manufactured. She can sing and she makes it look easy.  […]

I was stunned. If this was 1985, you’d already know their name, because they’d be all over MTV. What we’ve got here is five English women and a male drummer who can play, sing and write songs with melodies and changes. Do you know how rare that is? I didn’t want to go. It’s been […]