Concert Review: John Fogerty at Hard Rock Live, April 22, 2010
John Fogerty performed at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood on Thursday, April 22, 2010
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Van the Man
Despite an elusive persona that’s been described as gruff, irascible, and, lately, maybe a wee bit randy, Van Morrison has made musical moves that have always attracted notice. He seized the spotlight in the ’60s when he fronted the Irish band Them and sang/snarled their standard, “Gloria.” A prolific solo…
Backstage in South Florida: Who to Thank for Jimmy Buffett’s Illustrious Career
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock ‘n’ roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week, Jimmy gets a hit and Lee gets the nod.Prior to May 1977, Jimmy Buffett was just another wannabe singer/songwriter who did his time in Nashville…
Backstage in South Florida: Iron Maiden Chauffeur Fail
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock ‘n’ roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week, an uncomfortable encounter with Iron Maiden and a mad dash to get their singer to the show on time.Long before the arrival of Hard Rock,…
Q&A With David Gray, Playing the Fillmore Miami Beach Tomorrow, April 14
After three albums and nearly a decade of trying to attract some wider notice, you’d think David Gray would have been pleased when he finally landed in the Top Ten via his international smash “Babylon” and the best-selling album from whence it came, White Ladder. Yet, as the old adage goes,…
Prayer Time
Perfectly coiffed hairdos aside, Bon Jovi always straddled that perilous divide between rock credibility and pure pop fluff. Still, there’s no doubt about the band’s commercial viability. With massive hits “You Give Love a Bad Name,” “Wanted Dead or Alive,” “Livin’ on a Prayer,” among others, and album sales in…
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David Gray
It would be a shame and a mistake to dismiss England’s David Gray as a one-hit wonder, although his career path has been one of false starts and periods of regrouping. He is known on these shores mostly for his haunting chart-topper “Babylon” and the album that birthed it, White…
Pat Metheny
An honorary homeboy by virtue of the fact that he graduated from the UM School of Music, guitarist Pat Metheny has earned a rare distinction in the fickle realms of the music biz. An artist eager to explore other possibilities, he still retains a popular following that generally finds his…
Backstage in South Florida: Tom Petty’s Rocky Introduction to West Palm Beach
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock ‘n’ roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers play their first official gig and get a heartbreaking rebuke.During a pleasant fall evening in 1976, I was in an…
Backstage in South Florida: My Meeting With Macca
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock ‘n’ roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week, a daytripping tale about catching Paul McCartney and his band on the run at American Airlines Arena.It was September 2005 and then as now, I…
Concert Review: Aretha Franklin Performs Short, Occasionally Sweet at Hard Rock Live on March 16
Aretha FranklinHard Rock Live, HollywoodTuesday, March 16, 2010What doesn’t become a legend the most? Well, for starters, a certain behavior pattern that leads the public to wonder if an artist has dived face-first off a 12-story balcony without considering a safety net. Or acting like a spoiled diva by adopting…
Concert Review: The Moody Blues at Bayfront Park Amphitheater,
The Moody BluesBayfront Park Amphitheater, MiamiMarch 5, 2010 It was be easy – and excusable to a degree – for a band like the Moody Blues, whose entire history is draped in nostalgia, to coast by simply on the haze of blissful memories. After all, the majority of the band’s devotees…
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The Moody Blues play Bayfront Park Amphitheater
The Moody Blues play Bayfront Park Amphitheater
Laura Meyer
Considering the circumstances surrounding the bungling would-be plane bomber on Christmas Day, Laura Meyer’s decision to dub her recent northern jaunt “The Long Underwear Tour” might have proven somewhat unfortunate. So it’s a wise choice she shed that banner for her current tour, which includes an extended stay in South…
Best South Florida albums of 2009
Best South Florida albums of 2009
The Best Under-the-Radar Rock of 2009, Part Four
Matt Keating – Between Customers Keating’s follow up to 2007’s astonishing double disc opus Quixotic is another revelation, a collection of richly affecting songs, ranging from the heartbreaking “Louisiana, a passionate paean to the victims of Katrina, to “Better Than That,” a plaintive ballad that sounds like one of Neil Young’s…
The Best Under-the-Radar Rock of 2009, Part Three
The Deep Dark Woods – Winter Hours Both the band’s name and the album title may seem intimidating, but in truth, Winter Hours shines light on warmly-lit environs via easily embraceable melodies, supple arrangements and the most earnest of sentiments.Bap Kennedy – Howl On The ever affable rocker turned country troubadour who…
The Best Under-the-Radar Rock of 2009, Part Two
Slaid Cleaves – Everything You Love Will Be Taken AwayAfter toiling in the trenches these many years as a folk-tinged journeyman singer-songwriter, Cleaves has finally painted his masterpiece, one that ought to make both his longtime fans and those who are still novices react with awe.Richie Furay – AliveThe good…
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The Best Under-the-Radar Rock of 2009, Part One
Over the next few blog posts, Crossfade contributor Lee Zimmerman gives his top picks of the best unheralded rock releases of the past year.Lee Alexander & Co., Mayhaw Vaudeville Retro never sounded so remorseful, but thanks to Lee Alexander’s forlorn, affecting vocals, Mayhaw Vaudeville provides a perfect example of an…
Concert Review: Roger Daltrey at Hard Rock Live, November 29
Roger DaltreyHard Rock Live, HollywoodSunday, November 29, 2009The Review:First the good news. Take half of the Who, after being ravaged by the demise of its mighty rhythm section, Keith Moon and John Entwitsle. Then divide the remaining Who two in half, leaving only singer Roger Daltrey, concluding his first solo…
Concert Review: Jackson Browne at the Fillmore Miami Beach, November 21
Jackson BrowneThe Fillmore Miami BeachSaturday, November 21, 2009The Review:Like much of his audience these days, Jackson Browne seems to have embraced age and maturity only reluctantly. That’s the inevitable result, perhaps, of growing up in the untamed times that were the ’60s and ’70s. That’s evident, of course, in his…
Jackson Browne
As both the precocious bard and poet laureate of the Laurel Canyon elite, Jackson Browne created a late-’60s/early-’70s repertoire that found him standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the other notables of the day. Alongside peers such as Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Browne helped define the West…