The Who | The Ultimate Collection – CD Review
Disclaimer: this review was written one night before John Entwistle passed away. I’m not sure if some of my comments would have changed based on the loss of one...
Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen | Live In San Francisco 1971 –...
Reminiscent of those live country radio broadcast from the 1950s, Commander Cody’s “Lost In the Ozone” opens Live In San Francisco 1971. Taken from an evening that Commander Cody...
Robbie Robertson | Testimony – CD Review
Released in tandem with the 40th anniversary of the Band’s The Last Waltz, as well as his autobiography, Robbie Robertson’s Testimony is a snapshot of the songwriter and musician’s...
The Wrecking Crew! – Film Review
Here's a documentary that tells one of the most important stories in rock and roll history. It's not flashy and bouncy like a lot of the modern rock docs...
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | October 15 & 16, 2002 | Olympic Auditorium...
An eyewitness road report from Ken Wait
Hi everybody! Busy month for Pettyheads, eh? Saw the 10/15 on the big screen, but the stereo mix wasn't even "monoed-out." Even worse,...
Harry Nilsson | The RCA Albums Collection – Box Set Review
With 17 discs, there is a lot of music on Harry Nilsson’s The RCA Albums Collection box set from Legacy. It includes all of the singer-songwriter’s RCA albums, some...
The Ox & The Loon | April 24, 2014 | House of Blues |...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Ron Lyon
The original Who was a four-headed monster — its brute strength and execution virtually unchallenged; impossible to duplicate for all its muscle, musicality...
Y & T | August 10, 2011 | Coach House | San Juan Capistrano,...
Review by James P. Shelley
What compels someone to see the same band two times a year, year after year? A solid performance that is never less than two and...
Michael Schenker Fest | March 25, 2018 | City National Grove of Anaheim |...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Ron Lyon
There are countless guitar heroes to hitch a ride with, so why are so many devoted to German wunderkind Michael Schenker? He earned...
Cheap Trick | November 2, 2006 | The Wiltern | Los Angeles, CA –...
Concert Review by Shawn Perry
In late 1978 when I was attending college, I met up with a DJ by the name of Brian. He had a shift at the...
