Steven Tyler is a rock star, James Taylor is a national treasure and Lady Gaga knows that fun is the one thing that money can’t buy. Yes, last night at the L.A. Convention Center baby boomers celebrated the life and work of Carole King while across town at the Beats party Gen X honored hip-hop […]

I wanted to hate it on principle. Because she gets more press than I believe she deserves. So her father was Johnny Cash, so she’s big on Twitter… But if you remember the way it used to be when you put on a record in your own private world and no longer felt so alone, […]

Today I went where music lives. Downstairs they were rehearsing. Upstairs I was listening to Sam Smith. In the studio my buds Luke, Frampton and Don Was, supported by Kenny Aronoff, Greg Phillinganes and a complement of keyboardists and backup singers, were preparing for Ringo. Who entered at the appointed time, skinny and short-haired and […]

I read Warren Haynes played “Come and Go Blues” at the Gregg Allman tribute. It’s hard to convey how big “Brothers and Sisters” was. Duane died in ’71, after Bill Graham had them close the Fillmore and their double album tour-de-force was released. But still, most people didn’t know who the Allmans were. No, that’s […]