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Counting Crows Creating Soulful & Intricate R&R

Counting Crows Creating Soulful & Intricate R&R

Even though I had tickets and was not supposed to work and write about the show, I was so impressed with Counting Crows that I insisted on writing the review. I always found the story of Adam Duritz to be very interesting. His battle with depersonalization disorder and how his mental health issues rendered him […]

The Dead Daisies – Attitude of Gratitude

The Dead Daisies – Attitude of Gratitude

It was early evening, the Traffic in San Diego was Heavy and The Dead Daisies were in town to drop some Heavy Rock on the Audience at the House of Blues. The Dead Daisies are a “Supergroup” made up of the Crème de la crème of today’s music industry top guns. Their combined careers span […]

THE BRINK – Nowhere To Run

THE BRINK – Nowhere To Run

The Brink are a hard rock band that sprung right out of Sheffield/Cambridge, England. I’ll give you the short story about the The Brink, then we will roll right into their latest album release, Nowhere to Run. The band was playing out, as many bands do, whenever they could, anywhere they could, as often as they […]

Brad Paisley – Inviting All the Right People

Brad Paisley – Inviting All the Right People

Yeah, OK, so maybe double headliners are not so rare these days, but musical hat tricks are, and if you are lucky enough to sit in 5th row center of one, you bring back a lifetime memory! On May 31st, Country music superstar, Brad Paisley, kicked off his 2019, summer concert tour in Albuquerque, New […]

Foreigner – 40 Strong Years

Foreigner – 40 Strong Years

Foreigner had been touring all summer with Cheap Trick and Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience. Without a doubt one of the hottest concerts of the year! Although we have covered Foreigner many times in concert over the years, this one was special. Not only was founding member Mick Jones front and center but a few […]

Hootie & The Blowfish Launch Highly-Antipated Group Therapy Tour

Hootie & The Blowfish Launch Highly-Antipated Group Therapy Tour

After a decade-long hiatus from full-time touring, iconic pop-rockers Hootie & the Blowfish“clearly seemed thrilled to be back on stage with a sellout crowd in front of them,” as the Raleigh News & Observer remarked of Friday night’s concert, the second of three shows launching the Group Therapy Tour which drew over 19,000 in attendance in spite of a […]

Seventrain’s 2nd Album – “Back On Track”

Seventrain’s 2nd Album – “Back On Track”

Seventrain’s 2nd Album  “Back On Track” is finally out and it is long over-due. The band has had some line-up changes since their first record and has moved toward Metal and gone away from Hardrock all-together. I think the change has done them some good. This record just plain out rocks….Two horns way up! There […]

CRAZY LIXX – Forever Wild

CRAZY LIXX – Forever Wild

Swedish hard rockers Crazy Lixx are back with another sleaze metal gem that harkens back to the best of ‘80s rock, while also keeping a foot planted in the 21st century. “Forever Wild” further cements Crazy Lixx as one of the leaders of the Scandinavian led ‘80s hard rock revival. With huge choruses, memorable hooks and riffs, wailing, emotive […]

Peter Frampton Band’s ‘All Blues’ Debuts #1 On Billboard Blues Albums Chart

Peter Frampton Band’s ‘All Blues’ Debuts #1 On Billboard Blues Albums Chart

As Peter Frampton gets ready to kick off his Farewell Tour tonight in Tulsa, the Grammy-winning guitarist is also celebrating another first in his long and distinguished career: All Blues, his first-ever blues album with his Peter Frampton Band, is debuting at #1 on the Billboard Blues Albums Chart in the U.S. The new collection, released via UMe, also marks his best overall sales numbers and […]