Jack Russell’s Great White & M.O.B. | May 4, 2012 | Coach House |...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Glen Willis
OK, I’ll say it: It’s kind of surreal for me to see local, hometown musicians — people you knew about when they were...
Concert Review: Leo Kottke | 2/28/12 | City Winery | New York, NY
Review by Ralph Greco, Jr.
I double-dog dare you to find a better guitarist than Leo Kottke — go ahead and look for one … I’ll wait.
You’d be hard-pressed to...
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...
Jimi Hendrix | West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology – Box Set...
After the beefy reissues of the Jimi Hendrix Experience catalog, Legacy and Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. complete the 40th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix’s untimely passing, with a brilliant, broad stroke...
Twisted Sister | Club Daze Vol. 1: The Studio Sessions – CD Review
Consisting of recordings from 1972-1982, the 13 tunes on Twisted Sister’s Club Daze, Vol. 1: The Studio Sessions present a raw and rough unit of New York-based rockers —...
Status Quo | Aquostic (Stripped Bare) – CD Review
You have to love a rock band a half century into their career, and they're still trying new things. Britain's Status Quo has jumped out of their rockin' comfort...
U2 | May 15, 2018 | The Forum | Los Angeles, CA – Concert...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Alex Kluft & Shawn Perry
Whenever U2 show up in Southern California, it's an event. Actually, it's an event everywhere, much like the Rolling Stones...
Flying Colors | October 2, 2014 | James R. Armstrong Theatre | Torrance, CA...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Ron Lyon
The opening night of a rock and roll tour is typically something special. Seeing Flying Colors, a band who has only toured once...
Bachman & Turner / Foghat | July 20, 2012 | Pacific Amphitheatre | Costa...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Ron Lyon
Vintage Rock’s first show of the year at the Pacific Amphitheatre (during the 2012 Orange County Fair) turned out to be a...
The Beatles | The BEATLES AKA The White Album (Super Deluxe) – Box Set...
The first time I dropped the needle on The White Album it was Christmas Day, 1968. The double album came out the month before, though I was too young...
