RUNNING MAN: Jackson Browne & ‘RUNNING ON EMPTY’ [email protected] March 5, 2021 With performances from the stage, hotel rooms and even the tour bus, ‘Running On Empty’ is the most ambitious live album ever recorded. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Eagles, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Running On Empty, The Pretender
WAY OUT WEST – the EAGLES & ‘DESPERADO’ [email protected] December 14, 2020 With ‘Desperado’ the Eagles took the biggest chance of their career, recording a cowboy-concept album with no obvious hit singles. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bernie Leadon, Desperado, Don Henley, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Glyn Johns, Hotel California, Jackson Browne, JD. Souther, Joe Walsh, Linda Ronstadt, On the Border, Randy Meisner
COVERED OVER: Twelve Cover/Tribute albums that soar – or bore……. [email protected] May 29, 2020 All Covered Up: JENNIFER WARNES (Famous Blue Raincoat) – Warnes attuned to Leonard Cohen in the way Sinatra was to Cole Porter. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Ferry, Eagles, Elton John, Gram Parsons, Harry Nilsson, Jackson Browne, Jennifer Warnes, Leonard Cohen, Little Feat, Lowell George, Maria Muldaur, Randy Newman, The Byrds, Warren Zevon
BY GEORGE WHAT A BAND – The magnificent LITTLE FEAT [email protected] May 11, 2020 As representation of a Little Feat show, ‘Waiting For Columbus’ reveals them as the most classy band around. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Billy Payne, Bonnie Raitt, Eagles, Frank Zappa, Fred Tackett, Jackson Browne, Kenny Gradney, Little Feat, Lowell George, Paul Barrere, richie hayward, Roy Estrada, Sam Clayton
‘THE SOUND OF MY VOICE’ Linda Ronstadt documentary review [email protected] April 24, 2020 Linda Ronstadt is among the handful of artists blessed with the creative integrity to match her raw talent. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Aaron Neville, Bonnie Raitt, Dolly Parton, Don Henley, Eagles, Emmylou Harris, Glenn Frey, Jackson Browne, JD Souther, Linda Ronstadt
BRICKS & STONES (IRON & STEEL) – Twenty songs with walls or bridges in the title………. [email protected] February 28, 2020 Songs with Walls or Bridges in the Title – SIMON and GARFUNKEL: Bridges/Subway Walls…. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Dan Fogelberg, Eagles, Jackson Browne, John Fogerty, Oasis, Pink Floyd, Richard Thompson, Simon & Garfunkel, The Kinks
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN – Twenty tribute songs to musicians who have passed away……. [email protected] February 17, 2020 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN – GEORGE remembering JOHN, all those years ago………… LET'S LIST AGAIN Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, Eagles, Elton John, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Ian Dury, Jackson Browne, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Robbie Robertson, Rod Stewart, Roger Daltrey, The Who, Warren Zevon
YOUNG ASSOCIATES – Neil teams up with CSN for ‘DEJA VU’ (1970)….. [email protected] January 21, 2020 Parts of ‘Deja Vu’ are good,’ reflected Neil Young, ‘but they’re the parts I’m not on.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills and Nash, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, David Crosby, Deja Vu, Eagles, Graham Nash, Little Feat, Neil Young, Stephen Stills, The Byrds, The Hollies
CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION – Twenty great albums from 1976……….. [email protected] January 14, 2020 Twenty great albums of 1976. The Eagles find distorted illusions at the HOTEL CALIFORNIA. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Blue Oyster Cult, Bob Dylan, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band, David Bowie, Eagles, Graham Parker & The Rumour, Jackson Browne, Joan Armatrading, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Rod Stewart, Roger McGuinn, Stevie Wonder, The Ramones, Thin Lizzy, Warren Zevon
HIGH FIVE – Twenty Great Albums from 1975…….. [email protected] November 18, 2019 Twenty great albums from 1975: ‘Born to Run’ sounds like what may have happened had Phil Spector produced ‘Blonde on Blonde.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Al Green, Alan Hull, Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan and The Band, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, David Bowie, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, James Taylor, John Fogerty, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Patti Smith, Paul Simon, Roxy Music, The Band, The Kinks, The Who