Levon Helm died on Thursday and I’m still trying to process this fact. I think I’m in denial. He was the heart (and balls) of The Band, a loose, funky timekeeper who possessed a glorious redneck howl. Helm’s genius was that his rock ‘n’ roll singing was totally rooted in country, and yet his […]
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So, I was away on a mission in a parallel universe where (predictably) I couldn’t communicate by blog. Sorry about that. These things happen. To the 37 people who told me they were holding candlelight vigils until the Adios Lounge came back, thank you for your support. I can’t exactly say what I was […]
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One of my favorite moments of 2010 was seeing John Doe and The Sadies play Cal State Northridge on November 20, and totally by chance. I stumbled upon the LA Weekly listing the day of the show, called a friend, and was at the venue before realizing the enormity of what I was about […]
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The Band – Tears Of Rage Music From Big Pink, 1968 Amazon The Band – Tears Of Rage “Tears Of Rage” opened (Music From Big Pink) with a slow (tempo), which was just another way of our rebelling against the rebellion. We were deliberately going against the grain. Few artists had ever opened an album […]
Read MoreGot turned onto this the other day. It’s a short film inspired by and featuring music from Levon Helm‘s 2007 album, Dirt Farmer. The music is uniformly excellent — big surprise there — but the film itself is a poignant snapshot of life in one desperate corner of rural America. In that sense, I’d say […]
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