Oh Bobby, Won’t You Let It Rock: Bobby Keys, Pt. 1

Posted by Lance Davis - January 10, 2015 - B.B. King, Bobby Keys, Bobby Vee, Buddy Holly, Delaney & Bonnie, Dion, Eric Clapton, Faces, George Harrison, Harry Nilsson, Jim Price, Joe Cocker, Keith Richards, King Curtis, Levon Helm, Little Walter, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones

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Every night’s a Saturday night And every day’s a Sunday I know I’ve been wrong before But I’m gonna try it one more time! –Epigraph to Bobby Keys‘ autobiography, Every Night’s A Saturday Night, 2012 When The Rolling Stones‘ longtime saxophonist, Bobby Keys, died last month due to cirrhosis of the liver, it marked […]

RIP Bobby Keys & Ian McLagan

Posted by Lance Davis - December 6, 2014 - Bobby Keys, Faces, Ian McLagan, New Barbarians, Rolling Stones

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The Adios Lounge was shaken to its core this week when a pair of legendary rock ‘n’ roll sidemen passed away. I’ll offer more thorough rememberances at a later date, but I wanted to get this out there given the importance of these two musicians to my life. On Tuesday, news came through that […]

Ronnie Wood: I’ve Got My Own Show To Do

Posted by Lance Davis - July 15, 2011 - Faces, Ian McLagan, Keith Richards, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood

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“When I made my first album in 1974 at Wick Studios in Richmond (Greater London) there was never any time to lose and this record was made (quickly) by many of my extremely talented friends. We took the songs from the record straight onto stage. Thus the First Barbarians were born.” —Ronnie Wood I […]

Let’s Get Our Shit Together

Posted by Lance Davis - July 9, 2011 - Faces, Ian McLagan, Keith Richards, Rolling Stones, Ron Wood

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Ron Wood – Act Together I’ve Got My Own Album To Do, 1974 Amazon “Don’t expect it to last forever, it never does But it sure beats talking about the weather, it surely does And I like what you’re singing to me But it’s better with a little bit of harmony.” In 1974, Ron […]

Connection: Disconnection

Posted by Lance Davis - November 12, 2010 - Faces, New York Dolls, Rolling Stones, X

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The Rolling Stones have inspired approximately 40 billion words of effusive praise, irrational hate, and all points in-between. Yet, it’s astonishing how few of those words actually address how their various musical parts have fit together, especially at their peak. Voyeuristic tales of drug abuse, debauched sex, satanism (real or imagined), more drug abuse, intraband […]