1 “Doesn’t mean that much to me To mean that much to you” Neil Young is beyond image. He’s lived so long, played so long, that it’s just him, sans trappings. As for his contemporaries… They feel that they’ve got to convince the audience, overwhelm them, prove that they’ve still got it, are as important […]

Re: Inaccessibility Hi Bob, For those that don’t hate Pablo Cruise … at my first meeting with the band, I was immediately taken with their incredible drummer Steve Price, and the original bass player Bud Cockrell. Man could they groove! Bud was a Southern boy and had a wonderful gritty voice that went well with […]

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5E0hOXnOc6NmAscL5d2jXu?si=ccae8f0bcea5411a The music meant more because the people who made it were inaccessible. Now you can reach your favorite artist on social media, or they can make you a birthday greeting on Cameo…is that still a thing? Used to be broke artists scrounged up cash off the radar screen, now they trade on their fame […]

1 This book is bumming me out. Because that’s the way it was and it’s not that way anymore. There used to be a rock culture with defined steps, you buy an instrument, form a band, play in bars and then try to move up the ladder, get a deal and become a success. Now […]