Merry Clayton | The Best Of Merry Clayton – CD Review
Providing call and response backing vocals to Ray Charles, that eerie iconic female "rape…murder" and "oooh's" to "Gimme Shelter," singing background for Carol King, Tom Jones, and even on...
Rich Robinson | Paper & Llama Blues – CD Review
All during and after his time with the Black Crowes, guitarist Rich Robinson has given us a lot of music. As he prepares to release more music in 2016...
Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 2016 Reissues – CD Review
Fans of Emerson, Lake & Palmer are all too familiar with how the band’s catalog has been passed around like a jug of wine at a Roman bacchanal. Ever...
Van Halen | June 12, 2012 | Honda Center | Anaheim , CA –...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Ron Lyon
I vaguely remember someone’s backyard in Norwalk; the world famous Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood; Cars of the Stars and Planes of...
Elvis Presley | A Boy From Tupelo: The Complete 1953-55 Recordings – Box Set...
Forty years after his death, the love for Elvis Presley has yet to wane. The myth behind the man grows with each passing generation as his catalog and legacy...
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...
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,...
Yes | Magnification – CD Review
The key to the music of Yes has always been about how much texturing could be applied to jolt any given piece through the stratosphere. Anyone familiar with the...
Steve Hillage | Searching For The Spark – Box Set Review
Since he began playing guitar in the early 1960s, through his time with Gong and beyond as a solo artist and one half of System 7, Steve Hillage has...
Ian Anderson | October 20, 2012 | Long Beach Terrace Theater | Long Beach,...
Review by Shawn Perry
The secret is out: Jethro Tull and Ian Anderson may or may not be mutually exclusive. Anderson blurred the line even more when he released...
