My Roots

Joe Bonamassa recently did something very good for the music-loving world. He put his clout to work and assembled a massive thirty-two song tribute album to one of his idols, BB King. And it just about blows your socks off. Wanting to do something to celebrate King’s 100th birthday in September, Bonamassa started asking and […]

On November 08, in Los Angeles, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will hold their induction ceremony and finally the name of Bad Company will appear on the list of inductees. It’s been a long time coming for this rock band that formed from the bluesy ashes of Free. But here they will stand, […]

It’s a beautiful spring day in sunny California, and Don Felder has something other than an interview on his mind when he calls me: “I might have to go out and jump in the pool later this afternoon,” he says with a hearty laugh that sounds very genuine. He may live across the country from […]

Jorma Kaukonen loves words. But as he likes to quote – and usually followed by a hearty laugh – “At this point, I’m a guy that likes having written songs but hates actually writing them.” But written songs he has – many of them – and his fans eat them up. But words are a […]

“Some folks are all about the business, while others are all about the art – and in both cases, it’s sometimes to their detriment. Me, I don’t like drama. All I do is play my guitar and sing a few songs, because that’s what I’ve always done, and that’s what I’ll always do. I don’t […]

Jerry Douglas is laughing, of course. The dobro virtuoso rarely encounters a situation where it doesn’t cause him to start laughing. On the occasion of our recent interview, he was bravely eating some Junior Mints that had mysteriously melted together while holding onto his phone with his other hand. Still, he soon broke out into […]

Living Legend is a moniker usually bestowed upon someone who has stood the test of time, has done stellar work in their chosen profession, and is well-respected to the point of idolization. Singer-songwriter Jimmie Dale Gilmore meets all those stipulations with gusto. An Americana troubadour, the Texas native has been writing, recording, reinterpreting, and performing […]

Americana, bluesy rock, electrified folk, Texas snake oil swing, and hopped-up rockabilly have never sounded so good as when they’re blended together by Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. The heart and soul of a sound that lingers in your stratosphere long after it’s stopped spinning around the turntable, these two road dogs are still […]

With a title like Screamin’ At The Sky, you knew this was going to be a rocking album. With sonics exploding and lyrics straight on, Black Stone Cherry has made their eighth studio record a memorable one. They have outdone themselves yet again by focusing on the lyrics and giving them an adrenaline shot with […]

“I love playing drums. I have eight children and grandchildren and we all play drums together. We get pretty tribal and that makes my life happy,” Artimus Pyle says with a laugh. Considering that his life has been filled with enough drama that would break any human being’s spirit, the Kentucky-born drummer is still standing […]

Back in the 1960s, Jenny Boyd and her sister Pattie were top models in Britain, being courted by rock stars and living a jet-set life. Serenaded by Donovan on his 1968 Hurdy Gurdy Man album with the Top 5 UK single “Jennifer Juniper” and marriage to drummer Mick Fleetwood, the middle Boyd daughter ended up […]

Andy Summers is a Renaissance Man; which means he can do a lot of things very, very well. He is a guitar player with an extensive catalog of recordings – with his former band The Police, as a solo artist and with various other musicians (such as Robert Fripp, Carly Simon and Joan Armatrading). He […]

Gov’t Mule loves to surprise us. I mean, here is one of the preeminent southern blues rock bands and they gave us a big dose of Pink Floyd. On their debut album in 1995, they pulled out an obscure quiet blues scratch by Son House. And they have roared through AC/DC and Zeppelin songs for […]

Take a renowned guitar player, give him some “extra” free time, and see what finally happens after thirty years. Trevor Rabin, guitarist for Yes from 1983 – 1995, culled together some ideas for songs he’d had lying around over the years and created one heck of a solo album that not only includes his fluidity […]

“We have coffee so it’s all good,” Duane Betts says, slightly laughing off the fact that his tour bus is broken down on the side of the road somewhere past Knoxville, Tennessee. “It’s these buses. Parts like the belt, they come off so we’re waiting on a new belt to be delivered or something like […]

“Stewart was quite the gentleman, completely different style but wow what a hell of a drummer he is. I would sit and watch him every night when we were playing with them.” That’s The Go-Go’s Gina Schock’s take on Stewart Copeland, The Police drummer who founded the band and helped bring them to mega-million success. […]

Although he is widely known in the rock & roll world as the drummer on some of Journey’s most popular hits – “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Separate Ways,” “Any Way You Want It,” “Faithfully” and “Who’s Crying Now” – Steve Smith has always called Jazz his home base.

Dokken. Foreigner. End Game. Dio. MSG. The list goes on for as long as your arm when it comes to naming all the bands and special musical projects that Jeff Pilson has been involved in. Going all the way back to ninth grade when he played dances with his band Mahogany, Pilson has had music […]

The Kinks have released The Journey – Part 1, a double CD featuring handpicked songs by the Davies brothers and Mick Avory.. The drummer legend shares the legacy of the band with Glide

You probably know her from the 1988 movie Crossing Delancey. Or Carrie. Or Honeysuckle Rose. The girl with all the curls and bright green eyes was a mainstay on stage and screen since the mid-1970s. She was in the stage version of Amadeus before the Academy Award-winning movie was made, and she was this close […]