Let us travel back in time to Thanksgiving Day 1972 in Austin, Texas. The Grateful Dead were in town, having played for the twirlers and butterfly catchers at Municipal Auditorium the night before. They were scheduled to play Memorial Auditiorium in Dallas the following night, meaning they had a free day to bum smokes, eat […]
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While you may not have heard of them, Prescott Curlywolf was a beacon of real-deal rock ‘n’ roll righteousness in an era — roughly 1994-2003 — saturated with jam band bloat, overwrought emo caterwaul, calculated and pretentious Euro-pop (and their American derivatives), and all manner of disposable, fashion-first “alternative” music, which is to say, […]
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In July 1968, The Byrds played South Africa without Gram Parsons, who decided that shooting smack with Keith Richards was better than playing segregated Johannesburg, so he essentially fired himself. While GP’s political motives were as much expedient as heartfelt, to his credit he flew the coop on a tour that was by all […]
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When we last commiserated on the Lounge, I was bemoaning the loss of longtime Motown Records songwriter and producer, Norman Whitfield, who died last month at the age of 68. My original plan was to pay homage to his legendary career. However, after a lengthy interior monologue I realized that without The Temptations there […]
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Man, the hits just keep on coming. Caught this headline on NOLA.com and had to do a double-take: New Orleans drum legend Earl Palmer dies in L.A. at 83 Not much to add right now, but I’d like to declare a six-month moratorium on anymore of my musical heroes dying. Seriously, this is getting ridiculous. […]
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