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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

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 […]

The Roots of Keith Richards

Posted by Lance Davis - May 26, 2014 - Billie Holiday, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons, Keith Richards, Lester Young, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Otis Redding, Robert Johnson, Rolling Stones, Slickers, Slim Harpo, Smokey Robinson, Warren Zevon

I recently finished Keith Richards‘ autobiography, Life (2010), and I don’t know why, but I was surprised at the pathos, honesty, insight, and sense of history. The Rolling Stones have turned into a corporate-sponsored pirate ship, so I think I internalized my disappointment in what their legacy had become. I put off reading Life […]