Last In Line | August 3, 2013 | The Slidebar | Fullerton, CA –...
Review & Photos by Ron Lyon
The original musicians who helped propel Ronnie James Dio’s solo career to the top of the heavy metal mountain gathered together for the first...
Blue Öyster Cult w/ Desert Dragon | January 24, 2014 | Canyon Club |...
Review by Jim Shelley
Live Photos by Deja Cross & Ron Lyon
It was 1980 when first I saw Blue Öyster Cult, as part of the Black and Blue Tour that...
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...
Poison | Capitol Reissues – CD Review
We can see all around us that the style and tastes of the 80s have made their way back in to mainstream culture. Polka dots, black footless tights, and...
Ian Anderson | November 5, 2009 | Grove Of Anaheim | Anaheim, CA
Review by Shawn Perry
On the surface, Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull are pretty much one and the same. For the last few years, however, the singer has been...
Million Dollar Quartet | Nederlander Theatre | New York, NY
Theater review by Ralph Greco, Jr.
On December 4th, 1956, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis gathered at the infamous Sun Records recording studio...
Dixie Dregs | March 10, 2018 |The Newton Theatre | Newton, NJ – Concert...
Review by Ralph Greco, Jr.
Guitarist Steve Morse joked with me at the after-show hang at the Dixie Dregs show that I had to take into account the band’s...
Bob Dylan | The Witmark Demos – CD Review
When Bob Dylan first started, the music business was a completely different game from what it is today. Songwriters wrote the songs and different singers sang those songs. At...
John Wetton | An Extraordinary Life – Box Set Review
Dearly departed John Wetton surely warrants a sprawling solo career retrospective…and he gets it with an eight-CD boxset called An Extraordinary Life. Although the bassist, vocalist, and songwriter played with...
X, New York Dolls & Cracker | December 20, 2008 | Club Nokia |...
Concert Review by Junkman
OK, I can hear you wondering aloud, “Junkman, what’s with the review of three bands that have nothing to do with metal?” It’s an honest question,...
