Rev. Keith A. Gordon RockandRollGlobe.com Author Profile

David Olney and the Poetry of Life and Death

Reflecting upon the career of this Nashville luminary, gone too soon at age 71, through an insightful 2007 interview

Soul

Stax’s Soul Aftershock

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment Booker T. And the MG's, Booker T. Jones, David Porter, Delaney & Bonnie, Johnnie Taylor, Stax, Stax Records, Stax Soul Explosion, Steve Cropper, The Bar-Kays

Looking back at the legendary Memphis soul label’s mini-explosion

Blues

Dave Specter Explores The Blues From The Inside Out

January 18, 2020January 18, 2020 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Blues From The Inside Out, Brother John Kattke, Dave Specter, Delmark Records, Howlin' Wolf, Jorma Kaukonen, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Sarah Marie Young

An exclusive chat with the modern day master of classic Chicago blues

Blues Psychedelics Rock

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Revisiting the 1969 Ann Arbor Blues Festival

December 29, 2019December 29, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Ann Arbor Blues Festival 1969, B.B. King, Big Joe Turner, Big Mama Thornton, Bobby Blue BLand, Buddy Guy, Carey Bell, Freddie King, Hound Dog Taylor, Junior Wells, Lowell Fulson, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Roosevelt Sykes, T-Bone Walker, Third Man Records

Third Man Records offers a definitive edition of the very first major festival dedicated entirely to the blues

Punk Retail

Celebrating 40 Years With The Clash’s London Calling Scrapbook

December 14, 2019December 19, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1979, London Calling, The Clash, The London Calling Scrapbook

An inside look at an essential new perspective of the best punk rock album ever

Rock Rockabilly Surf

Revisiting the Utterly Fantastic and Totally Unbelievable Career of Los Straitjackets

December 9, 2019December 9, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1994, Big Sandy and his Fly Rite Boys, Daddy-O Grande, Estrus Records, Link Wray, Los Straitjackets, Nashville, Nick Lowe, The Raybeats

The Luchadores of surf guitar celebrate 25 years in modern music

Blues

The Healing Power of The Hook

November 9, 2019November 9, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1989, Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker, Los Lobos, The Healer, Virgin Records

Celebrating blues legend John Lee Hooker’s late period classic at 30

Blues

RE: The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker

October 26, 2019October 28, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1959, 60th anniversary, Albert Collins, Blues, Country blues, George Thorogood, John Hammond, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Winter, Keith Richards, Nick Lowe, Rolling Stones, Ry Cooder, Sonny Boy Williamson, The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker, The White Stripes

The Hook’s original original folk blues classic turns 60

Blues

A Half Century of Muddy Waters’ Greatest Album

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Chess Records, Fathers & Sons, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters

The RNR Globe dives further into the legacy of Fathers and Sons in its 50th year

Rock Rockabilly

In California, Dave Alvin Is Still The King

August 10, 2019August 12, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Belinda Carlisle, Bill Bateman, Blue Blvd., Columbia Records, Country Dick Montana, Craft Recordings, Dave Alvin, Greg Leisz, Gun Club, Hightone Records, June Carter Cash, King of California, Memphis Slim, Merle Haggard, Mojo Nixon, Museum of Heart, National Steel, Romeo's Escape, Steve Berlin, The Beat Farmers, The Blasters, The Flesheaters, The Go-Gos, The Knitters, The Pleasure Barons

Americana punk pioneer revisits his best solo album for its 25th anniversary

Music Journalism

Bonfire of the Vanities: A Look Back at Woodstock ’99

July 27, 2019July 30, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 20th Anniversary, Elvis Costello Woodstock, Head like a Hole, Iggy Pop Goose Lake 1970, Kid Rock full Woodstock concert, Metallica full concert woodstock, Michael Lang, Nine Inch Nails, Rome NY, Tori Amos, Woodstock 1969, Woodstock 94, Woodstock 99

Michael Lang still can’t shake the spectre of 20 years ago when “3 Days of Peace, Love and Music” devolved into something worse than Altamont

Blues

Celebrating 60 Years of Moanin’ In The Moonlight by Howlin’ Wolf

July 8, 2019July 9, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1959, 60th anniversary, Chess Records, Howlin' Wolf

The teeth on this menacing 1959 masterpiece are as sharp as ever after all these years

Blues Soul

Stax’s Soul Explosion 50 Years Later

June 12, 2019June 13, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1969, Craft Recordings, Memphis, Stax Records

A deep dive into an indispensable compilation that redefined the Memphis label in ’69

Blues North Americana Rock

Will Kimbrough: The Hardest Working Man in Nashville

May 15, 2019May 16, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Grayson Capps, Nashville, Shemekia Copeland, Will and the Bushmen, Will Kimbrough

The Americana mainstay and in-demand session guitarist returns to the solo life with I Like It Down Here

Remembrance

Detroit’s Russ Gibb Remembered

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments

The beloved school teacher and founder of Detroit’s legendary Grande Ballroom was 87

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