Deep Purple/Blue Öyster Cult/Edgar Winter | August 12, 2007 | Pacific Amphitheatre | Costa...
By Shawn Perry
In the last few years, I've had some incredible close encounters with Deep Purple. There was the Blockbuster Pavilion show in San Bernardino, a simmering 100 degrees,...
Chicago | Chicago II (Steven Wilson Remix) – CD Review
Chicago’s sophomore effort would prove to be their most innovative, musically sound and political effort before they fell victim to the powder puff insurgency that overtook bands like themselves,...
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | October 2, 2010 | Verizon Amphitheater | Irvine,...
Review by Shawn Perry
Sitting here at the Verizon Amphitheater in Irvine, amongst a gathering of some 20,000, I reminded of two friends, two Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers fans....
Jeff Beck | April 5, 2006 | House Of Blues | Hollywood, CA –...
Review by Junkman
It seems to me that when I listen to someone describe a particular musician who is really good at what they do, I usually hear the same...
Mickey Thomas & Eddie Money | December 16, 2011 | Spotlight 29 Casino...
Review by Jim Shelley
Photos by Kristin Miller
What was billed as the Jingle Bell Rock show, a Ho-Ho-Ho of sorts, turned out to be a Ho-Ho-Hmmmmm. With the line-up of...
Renaissance | October 29, 2017 | The Egg Center For The Performing Arts |...
Review by David Gardiner
Photos by Stan Johnson
I discovered Renaissance back in 1972 while seeking out progressive music that leaned more toward the classical tone of bands like Emerson, Lake...
Marillion | A Sunday Night Above The Rain – CD Review
I remember first hearing Marillion in a Tower Records store in NYC in 1983. I was taken by lead singer Fish and his Peter Gabriel-like vocals and the group’s...
Lita Ford | January 11, 2014 | M15 Concert, Bar & Grill | Corona,...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Jeff Serpa
Protocol used to dictate that a woman past the mid-century mark who still wants to rock needs to reevaluate her priorities. Fortunately, Lita...
Jethro Tull | November 28, 2007 | New Jersey Performing Arts Center | Newark,...
by Ralph Greco, Jr.
Joking that his and guitarist Martin Barre’s combined ages add up to 121 years, Ian Anderson led the latest incarnation of Jethro Tull through two...
Ian Gillan | Gillan’s Inn (Deluxe Tour Edition) – CD Review
Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan, a true Renaissance man and proprietor of British hard rock, knows how to build on a good thing. In this case, he’s added another...
