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1990? Dublin? An Italian? Toto Schillaci is the next logic in that sequence. After spending the eighties slogging through the lower divisions of Italian football in the yellow and red of hardy battlers Messina, Toto hit his purple patch in […]
Nirvana – Bleach (1989) I lived in the Sluice House on the edge of the Dark Ink, a wild lake on the edge of the Sodium Glare, a town in the midlands of nowhere. Ever since I can remember I […]
The Rise & Rise of Nyege Nyege Tapes I knew what I opened the studio for. I was looking for a higher ground, for what I knew existed in the soul of mankind.” Sam Phillips Man, there is something happening […]
There’s a giant in my head and it ain’t me. I despise that giant. Every time I fall into the abyss, I have to fight him, he beats me, forever he beats me and then somehow he releases me and […]
Chuffed to see my Gonzo piece on Liam Gallagher published in Hotpress. Check it out on the link below, it was a wild endeavor… https://www.hotpress.com/music/liam-gallagher-dream-22797881
“This Is Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies” Sam Phillips Howlin’ Wolf, now there’s a handle you are always going to check out. Before I knew of the blues, I knew of Howlin’ Wolf. In the back seat, the […]
Dust Bowl Ballads – Woody Guthrie (1940) “Harsh voiced and nasal, his guitar hanging like a tire iron on a rusty rim, there is nothing sweet about Woody, and there is nothing sweet about the songs he sings. But there […]
Master of the Upsetter “I like to give something special to people: that’s why I tour. I go because the people believe in God, and there is no other God coming but me. I’m not working because of the money; […]
Is this what the Birth of Rock & Roll looked like? The best damn jump combo in Mississippi, The Kings of Rhythm had sent the fine folks of Greenville, Mississippi home sweating and early too. The owner of the small […]
Wolfman Ernie’s Break Through Single “I want my music to be simple enough, so that the boy on the farm out there can learn it and practice it and try to play it, ” Ernest Tubb in conversation with Peter […]