Don’t let the evening gown fool you, Natalie was a frontman in disguise… — Forget the infamous opening anecdote that kicks off Mötley Crüe’s horrifyingly readable bio, The Dirt. The fact is when it comes to awful, absurdist, WTF remembrances, the tale that opens Natalie Cole’s 2000 autobiography Angel On My Shoulder is the indisputable winner. It was February 10, 1981, and Natalie had…

It’s the little things she did that deserve the most Respect… — By the time I finally got to see Aretha Franklin perform live in 1990, she’d officially entered the victory lap stage of her career. …

Is it possible to love a song too much? Back in 2013 a 60 track, 4 cd deluxe edition of Van Morrison’s 1970 album “Moondance” was released. It was fat with alternate mixes and multiple takes of the original LP’s 10 tracks. And in true nesting doll style, it was…

Not everyone hated the career killing video for “Rock Me Tonite” While I was more than happy to adopt MTV as my personal god, overlord and surrogate parent in the early ’80s, I completely understood why some musicians hated it, especially those that were no longer in the bloom of…

21st century proof that the classic sound of summer may never end. What do you do if you are really into a thing that they don’t make anymore? How do you fill that space, sate that desire? We have all likely experienced the pain of watching things we have loved…

Rush were, are and will always be loved. They’ve sold millions of records, are regarded as one of the finest live bands in musical history and in 2013 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They can also lay claim to having one of the greatest drummers…