Rhino Records is releasing an expanded and remastered version of Tres Hombres, the album that put ZZ Top on the charts in 1973. It’s one of my favorite rock albums with hits like “La Grange,” “Jesus Just Left Chicago,” and “Waitin’ For The Bus.”
The really cool thing about this release? It’s available this […]

A Beatles Memorabilia Auction is happening July 3rd in Las Vegas, featuring Stuart Sutcliffe Original Art, which was endorsed by John Lennon, at that time as Johnny & the Moondogs.  This is the first time Stuart’s art, lyrics and paintings are available for sale anywhere, plus Beatles Memorabilia and Autographs will be displayed and on sale.  
The assorted works of art will be offered […]

Janis Joplin made her national debut with Big Brother and the Holding Company at the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967.  A smash hit group resulted with several more great albums before Janis went solo and did her own thing.  And it was all great rock and roll music. 
Cheap Thrills is one of my favorite classic […]

The Traveling Wilburys Collection released today and will feature both remastered CD’s, Volume 1 and Volume 3 from superstar supergroup The Traveling Wilburys;
George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan.
The ultimate collection has both CD’s, plus the DVD contains the band’s five music videos,  24-minute documentary of unseen footage, and rare bonus tracks.  Rhino Records  3-disc special edition collection is available June […]

The Beatles official website has a fabulous flash tribute to the Sgt. Pepper’s album…there’s good audio snippets from George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Martin talking about making the album in Studio 2 at Abbey Road. 
Plus the pictures from the making of the album cover show interesting perspectives of how the backdrop was built and how […]

First a triumph in 1967 and now a tribute to John, Paul, George & Ringo.  It was 40 years ago when the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, their ground breaking album that changed the music scene forever.  A Google search revealed the following blogs, with a well deserved salute to this incredible album. 
Academics […]