Music musing
On the promise of Wham! and the death of George Michael
Pleased to say that 2017 started with a front page story for Salon on the promise of Wham! and the death of George Michael. You can read it here. ...
Read More
January 4, 2017
Why I Sing The Blues: B. B. King and America’s Racist Revisionism
We all have to go some time. And hopefully, B. B. King was able to reflect in his twilight years that he had lived a longer, greater and more illustrious...
Read More
May 15, 2015
Ben E. King: The Sweet Soul Man
It’s hard to imagine a sweeter person in all of soul music than Ben E. King, who passed away on April 30 at the age of 76. Our family...
Read More
May 1, 2015
The Mediums of Music
When interviewing older musicians, the tables are frequently turned, and I find myself asked for my opinion on contemporary music – its merits, musical and otherwise, and to what extent...
Read More
March 6, 2015
Don Covay 1938-2015
Researching this Wilson Pickett book can at times feel like I’m shadowing the Reaper. Pickett would have turned 74 this year, so it’s understandable that many of his peers have...
Read More
February 1, 2015
Ian McLagan: An Appreciation
I can’t profess to have known Ian ‘Mac’ McLagan in any great sense. But when I was researching my Keith Moon biography, I was (finally) able to secure an interview...
Read More
December 4, 2014
The “Sunday Soul Sermon”
Swapped out my usual monthly, mid-week, 150-minute show on WGXC for a Sunday evening two-hour special, flexing off my travels and research and interviews for my Wilson Pickett biography. Thoroughly enjoyed...
Read More
December 2, 2014
James: La Petite Mort pour toujours
My favorite lyricist is indelibly associated with Manchester, though he doesn’t originally hail from there. His name is Tim Booth and time and time again, over the quarter century-plus that...
Read More
July 17, 2014
Subscribe
Subscribe to this site's RSS feed.