!!!Friday Funk!!! 3/27/20
You know you’ve made it in Rock and Roll when you only need one name. Elvis, Jimi and Janice. Janice Joplin was an explosive performer. She could rip on a…
Falling through the universe at the speed of life
You know you’ve made it in Rock and Roll when you only need one name. Elvis, Jimi and Janice. Janice Joplin was an explosive performer. She could rip on a…
Once upon a time there was a three-piece band from Canada. They couldn’t get any airplay. In a tough rust belt city this song resonated at WMMS and became break…
Emerson Lake & Palmer By David Glenn Cox At 15 Emerson Lake & Palmer were it for me. I was amazed by the musical prowess and it opened my eyes…
Warren Haynes © 2020, MJ Ostrander I first saw Warren after he was recruited by Dickey Betts to play with the reunited Allman Brothers. The venue was an amphitheater dubbed…
The Temptations Of all the stars from Motown none shone brighter than the Temptations. The band was created from two rival groups first hitting the charts in 1968. Otis Williams…
© 2020, MJ Ostrander I came of age during the Arena Rock era. Cell phones and the internet didn’t exist in the seventies. This often made getting good seats difficult…
In rock and roll, dreams can come true and sometimes the dream becomes a nightmare which overtakes the dreamer. Harry Nilsson was a singer-songwriter, but rarely performed in public. His…
Koko Taylor I love raw and powerful vocals, the kind that are perfectly imperfect. The rough, give it all you got kind that help you get over, under and through…