Felix told us that he was supposed to be a classical musician.  His mother had him taking piano lessons three times a week, he didn’t know what rock and roll WAS!  But then she died, and some kids at school asked him if he wanted to join a band.  Wanting to integrate, wanting new friends […]

Is it too late for a Police reunion? Genesis is one of the most revered bands of all time.  The PETER GABRIEL-led Genesis.  Fans wax rhapsodic about "Selling England By The Pound" and "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" in a way you can’t get ANYBODY to testify about the band’s hit-laden eighties records.  It […]

So we fired up Monica’s boxed set of the Monterey Pop concerts.  She and Felice wanted to relive their past.  After all, they went when they were just fifteen, without their parents knowing. And I expected nostalgia.  I didn’t expect to be overwhelmed.  I didn’t expect to be jetted back to another era, when music […]

Listen to the wind blowWatch the sun rise… Yes, it’s true.  Little Big Town’s "Bones" is a clone of Fleetwood Mac’s "The Chain".  But does that make it BAD? There was only one Beatles, one band that constantly tested the limits, that pushed their art far beyond our conception.  That’s why they’re remembered, as strong […]