After interviewing around 100 DJs, artists, and music industry people, this will be my last Radio Friendly column. I’ve known Rob Bleetstein for many years, and he is the perfect person for the last column. In addition to running SiriusXM’s […]
John Collins Dawson IV, nicknamed both Marmaduke and McDuke, was only 64 when he died peacefully in Mexico eight years ago. Growing weary of life on the road as a professional musician, he retired in 1997 and had moved to […]
If you haven’t already heard, a reasonable facsimile of the Grateful Dead are reuniting “one last time” for three shows in Chicago’s Soldier Field over the Fourth of July weekend, to celebrate their 50th anniversary. It’s a dream come true […]
I was familiar with Michael Falzarano’s work since 2005 as the rhythm guitarist of the reformed Country Rock band, The New Riders of The Purple Sage. I was also aware that he’d performed in a similar role with Hot Tuna. I’d […]
If hippie Northern California country-rock is your thing, it doesn’t come any fresher than this. The New Riders’ 1971 debut, a gem, is now re-mastered with three bonus tracks and eight pages of liner notes to fill in all those […]
If Buck Owens and Don Rich had dropped some acid and become hippies, it’s quite possible their music would have sounded a lot like the debut of the New Riders Of The Purple Sage. Fronted by a Palo Alto, California, […]
