From: ___________@___________Subject: from Tom Scholz re BOSTON – Foreplay/Longtime Dear Bob, I’m glad you enjoyed my song Long Time, even if you didn’t care that much for some of my other tunes.  My mantra has always been that music should make us feel better, a viewpoint we seem to share. Although John Boylan’s participation in […]

I didn’t see one person I knew.  Either inside or waiting outside for the 10 PM show. That’s the modern music business. Yes, he played "We Can’t Make It Here", but the highlight for me was the opening number, "Down Across The Delaware". Watch the video here: James McMurtry – Down Across The Delaware  (Sorry […]

If Sambora doesn’t matter, why not go out as a solo, as Jon Bon Jovi with unknown players and keep all the money? I know, I know, the show must go on, but really? It’s one thing if someone’s paying $3 a ticket.  You’re all in it together.  But at these prices, people expect the […]

You don’t need a good voice, you need good material. That doesn’t mean a manager isn’t important.  With anybody but Irving Azoff, Christina Aguilera would have already been forgotten.  But he keeps getting her on shows, and it’s working for her here.  It’s not her voice, which is pedestrian in that it’s nothing special, but […]