Author: Lee Zimmerman

Blues Rock 

A Devilish Dish

December 10, 2018December 10, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bill Wyman, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, Jean-Luc Godard, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones

50 years ago, The Rolling Stones treated their fans to a magnificent Beggars Banquet

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Folk Rock 

Sunlight Through The Cracks

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments New West Records, Nick Drake, Parker Gispert, The Whigs

A trip back to the country finds Parker Gispert flipping his Whigs

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Rock 

Was It The Dead Or Was It Disco?

December 1, 2018December 2, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1978, 40th Anniversary, Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, The Grateful Dead

Regardless, Garcia and Company got into a groove on Shakedown Street

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Rock 

On Lee Michaels’ Nice Day for Something and Tailface

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments A&M Records, Columbia Records, Lee Michaels

A brief but pervasive tag team triumph

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Rock 

The Boss Underscores the Completion Principle

November 28, 2018November 29, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, Bruce Springsteen, Columbia Records

Bruce Springsteen’s Tracks turns 20

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Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Sedan Delivery

November 28, 2018November 29, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1988, 30th Anniversary, Francis Ford-Coppola, George Lucas, Joe Jackson

Thirty years ago, Joe Jackson released the Soundtrack for Tucker: The Man and His Dream and got a Grammy nod in the process

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Pop Punk Rock 

Lessons In How to Enhance the Pop Punk Recipe

November 24, 2018November 25, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Dinosaur Jr., J Mascis, Jazzmaster, Sub Pop Records

A look at Elastic Days, the winsome new album by Dinosaur Jr. chief J Mascis

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Rock 

On Mark Knopfler’s Down the Road Wherever

November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Blue Note, Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler

Former Dire Straits kingpin continues the journey alone

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Rock 

Supper’s Ready

November 15, 2018November 15, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Mark Kozelek, Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon

On his latest Sun Kil Moon LP, This Is My Dinner, Mark Kozelek shares unexpected adventures

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Rock 

“An Incredible Ego”

November 13, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bill Ryder-Jones, Domino Records, The Coral

With Yawn, introspective English auteur Bill Ryder-Jones defines triumph by means of challenge

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Folk jazz Rock 

Back to the Garden

November 10, 2018November 10, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments David Crosby, Snarky Puppy, The Lighthouse Band

David Crosby’s new connection

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Pop Punk Rock 

Echo & The Bunnymen’s The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon

November 7, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Echo & The Bunnymen, Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant

Chief Bunnymen McCulloch and Sergeant hop on some cool classics

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Rock 

A Decade of Dave

November 2, 2018November 2, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Dave Davies, Ray Davies, The Kinks

The Kinks’ Second in Kommand offers up ten years’ worth of riches

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Pop Rock 

Alone Again, Naturally

October 31, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Comebacks, David Lee Roth, Journey, Rod Stewart, Steve Perry

Steve Perry returns to the solo life with his new album Traces

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Rock 

And C Is For Cool

October 29, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment Beer, Ben Lee, Books, Musicals, Tom Robbins

In regards to the new Tom Robbins/Ben Lee project B Is For Beer: The Musical

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