Archive for the 'The Music' Category


What The Hell Happened To Blood, Sweat & Tears?

This is one of the best rock documentaries ever made. Today, with everybody having a 4k video camera in their pocket, there’s a plethora of rock docs, done on the cheap, basically hagiography. You may start ’em, but it’s hard to finish them, your mind wanders, you shut it off… In today’s time-challenged on demand […]

Brent Smith-This Week’s Podcast

Shinedown has the most number one “Billboard” Mainstream Rock Songs (18) in the history of the chart (40 years), and Brent Smith is the band’s lead singer. You might have no idea who he is, or have even heard Shinedown’s music, but I guarantee you’re going to find Brent and his story very interesting. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brent-smith/id1316200737?i=1000601250030 […]

Mailbag-Carnes/Rosen/Murphy/More

RE: KIM CARNES/DON’T CALL IT LOVE Hey, Bob. Thank you so much for your very kind words about “Don’t Call It Love.” You’ve given an old songwriter a big lift and I’m grateful. Tom Snow ____________________________________ Original Tom Snow version of “Don’t Call It Love” YouTube: https://bit.ly/3YMY6oz Hyperbolium ____________________________________ Hi Bob, You don’t know me […]

The Shane McAnally Article

Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3YHgkYx 1 “Remaking Country’s Gender Politics, One Barroom Weeper at a Time – The Nashville songwriter Shane McAnally is behind many of country music’s No. 1 hits, which aren’t as straight as they seem.”: https://nyti.ms/3Kh19RC You won’t read this. That’s the dirty little secret, nobody clicks through. They’ve been burned with bad, or mediocre, […]