There’s nothing like the rush of music. Used to be you went to the show, shared the excitement with the throng in attendance, went home basking in the glow and…told a few friends over the next couple of days. Now you go, and if you’re not sending a message from your BlackBerry FROM the show, […]

What I find funny is that Universal is left out of the action. Isn’t Jimmy Iovine the most powerful person in the music business? Or is that Clive Davis… They’ve both got scorched earth publicity campaigns. Clive says he’s the godfather, every hit record has to pass through him. Without his imprimatur, you’re irrelevant. Jimmy? […]

In my most recent piece, entitled: "Dirty City feat. Eric Clapton", I made a mistake.  I substituted Gregg Allman’s name for Duane’s. The line was: "Eric did his best work collaborating with Gregg Allman." It should have read: "Eric did his best work collaborating with Duane Allman." If you want to go even deeper, I’m […]

 Wayne Mitzen: Uh.. I think this is the original: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb5KXozi_HM&feature=related ___________________________ Brian Hetherman Bob "Hard Sun" is a cover…not a Vedder penned song Originally written and recorded by a Canadian act called INDIO in 1989 on an album called Big Harvest ___________________________ John Craig: Hi Bob, Please don’t use my email address, but Vedder didn’t […]