Who is going to be the next great rock n roll band? That is a question I am always out searching the answer for while attending local shows. A friend told me about one such band that recently opened for Blackberry Smoke that hits the mark! The Band Feel has it all, the sound, the look, and the showmanship. It is as if they were right out of central casting from the movie Almost Famous
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A lot of people loved Kurt Cobain. I loved him. However, it wasn’t the love he needed or necessarily wanted. Fame comes at a price and for Kurt, that payment was his life. The media liked to say that he was my generations John Lennon, but john got to be forty years old. What would we have learned from Kurt and his music had he lived to be middle age, rather than taken from the light at age 27. Some say he was just another member of that dumb club. The “27 Club” which lifted the red velvet rope for Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix and more.
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Dennis Parker was here tonight with a selection of collaborators to showcase an evening of Taylor tunes. I was there, along with my dad and my (descriptive relationship status here) Nancy. Dennis and my dad go way back, but we are going to circle around to that story in a bit. Let’s talk about Dennis and where he came from and how he got to the spot that we are at now.
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Lady Gaga performed ‘Hold My Hand’ in New Orleans before the Super Bowl. The pop star sat at a grand
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Roan brought the Grammys crowd to her “Pink Pony Club” with a fantasy inspired performance of horses and clowns. On theme with the night, Roan said of her love of Los Angeles, “‘Pink Pony Club’ is my love letter to L.A. I love this city. L.A. gave me the courage to be myself becauseh ultimately it is where I feel the most free.”
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