2007 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: The Politics Of Induction
By Shawn Perry
The
2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony may go down in history like the 1919
Black Sox Scandal: disastrous, yet undeniably fascinating! The melodrama surrounding
Van Halen already...
Live At Montreux 1982 Mink DeVille
Seeing as this Live At Montreux 1982 DVD is of a concert from 26 years ago, I watched the Mink DeVille Band, recalling how things were in 1982 and...
Live At Montreux 1973 Canned Heat
Don't tell anyone, but Canned Heat is practically synonymous with the word “boogie.” Over a turbulent run of excessive personnel changes, drug problems, personality disorders, and general malaise, Canned...
Live At Montreux 1976 Weather Report
When Mile Davis recorded In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew in 1969 and 1970, respectively, he simultaneously created a new strain of jazz called fusion, combining elements of...
Dixie Dregs | Live At Montreux 1978 – DVD Review
Long before he was in Kansas or Deep Purple, virtuoso guitarist Steve Morse held the torch for the all-instrumental band out of Florida, The Dixie Dregs. What started out...
Carlos Santana & Wayne Shorter | Live At Montreux 1988 – DVD Review
Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter are giants in their there respective musical fields. But together, they take things to an entirely different level. The Live At The 1988 Montreux...
Return To Forever | Live At Montreux 2008 DVD Review
Out of all the jazz-fusion bands to emerge from the shadows of Miles Davis, Return To Forever seemed the most destined for commercial success. That was Chick Corea’s intentions...
Carlos Santana | Plays Blues At Montreux 2004 – DVD Review
Carlos Santana's Plays Blues at Montreux 2004 culls some great footage of the Latin guitar God playing with blue legends Buddy Guy, Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown and Bobby Parker. We...
Where’s Phil?
By Ralph Greco, Jr.
So
the seminal girl group, the Ronettes made it into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame. It’s a long time coming and surely well deserved. Ronnie Spector,
the...
