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Jeff Beck: The Guitarist’s Guitarist

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment Blow By Blow, Cream, Derek and the Dominoes, guitar, Guitarist, Jeff Beck, Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop, Led Zeppelin, RIP, Rod Stewart, The Jeff Beck Group, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Wired

Remembering the life and career of England’s greatest axe man

Blues Remembrance Rock

Bidding Farewell to Savoy Brown’s Kim Simmonds

December 18, 2022December 18, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Andy Silvester, Brice Portius, Chicken Shack, Chris Youlden, Cream, Dave Walker, Eric Clapton, Foghat, John Lee Hooker, Kim Simmonds, Martin Stone, Paul Raymond, RIP, Savoy Brown

The British blues pioneer has passed away at age 75

North Americana Rock

Lilly Winwood Accentuates the Positive, Takes Turn for the Verse

August 20, 2022August 21, 2022 Michael Bialas 3 Comments Cream, England, Eric Clapton, Lilly Winwood, Nashville, Spencer Davis Group, Steve Winwood, Talking Walls

With new LP, daughter of English rock legend goes on amazing journey of her own

Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. 17: March 2021

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments ‘Til Tuesday, “Voices Carry", Aimee Mann, Cream, Famous Quotes, Gang Green, Ginger Baker, Jim Sullivan, Michael Hausmann, My Way, Paul Anka, Paul Westerberg, Pop Will Eat Itself, Richard March, Sid Vicious, the Ginger Baker Jazz Confusion, The Replacements

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

Art Pop Britpop Glam Heavy Metal

The Man Who Made Metrobolist

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 2020, Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, Cream, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Metrobolist, Mick Ronson, Parlophone, Reissues, The Man Who Sold the World, Woody Woodmansey

David Bowie’s classic proto-metal third album gets a new stereo facelift from its original producer

Blues Records Rock

An Offer from the Godfather of the Blues that Fans Cannot Refuse

December 4, 2020December 5, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Box sets, Cream, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Madfish, Manfred Mann, Peter Green, Snapper Music, Stone the Crows, the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, The Yardbirds

A massive new John Mayall box set serves as an essential acquisition for anyone interested in the pathway between blues’ American origins and its full exposition within the creative confines of the U.K.

Blues Rock

55 Years On, Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown Make It Clear They Ain’t Done Yet

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Cream, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Kim Simmonds, Savoy Brown, Ten Years After

Rock & Roll Globe shares a one-on-one conversation with one of the true masters of British Blues

Progressive Rock

For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Us: Jethro Tull’s ‘Benefit’ at 50

June 27, 2020June 29, 2020 Jordan Blum 4 Comments 1970, Beardfish, Benefit, Big Big Train, Chrysalis Records, Cream, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, Martin Barre, Mick Abrahams, Phideaux Xavier, Rikard Sjöblom

Fifty years later, Benefit remains one of Jethro Tull’s most ageless, individualized and tight records

Rock Southern Rock

The Allman Brothers Band: A Half Century of Southern Solidarity

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Alice Cooper, Allman Brothers Band, B.B. King, Berry Oakley Jr, Black Cat Bones, Brownsville Station, Butch Trucks, Cactus, Canned Heat, Capricorn Records, Cream, Dickey Betts, Duane Allman, Fleetwood Mac (1967-1969), Gary Moore’s Skid Row, Gregg Allman, Humble Pie, Jamoie, Killing Floor, Leaf Hound, Nitzinger, Pot Liquor, Savoy Brown, Stan Webb’s Chicken Shack, Status Quo, Tear Gas, Ten Years After, the Groundhogs, Trouble No More, Vinegar Joe, Warren Haynes

A definitive new box set looks back at a career that defied the racial divide in America

Blues Hard Rock Psychedelics

Cream’s Longest Goodbye

March 17, 2020March 24, 2020 Meghan Roos 0 Comments 1968, Cream, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Goodbye Cream, Goodbye Tour Live 1968, Jack Bruce, Polydor, Spoonful, Sunshine of Your Love, Toad, White Room

A new four-disc box set revisits the trio’s 1968 farewell tour in the band’s first release since the death of Ginger Baker

Blues Hard Rock jazz Rock

Weird of Scotland: Jack Bruce’s ‘Songs for a Tailor’ at 50

October 23, 2019October 24, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Atco, Chris Spedding, Colessium, Cream, Felix Pappalardi, George Harrison, Jack Bruce, Polydor, Songs for a Tailor

The late Cream bassist’s solo debut is an absolutely deep AOR treasure

African jazz Psychedelics Rock

Ginger Baker Did Not Want To Be Remembered As The Best Drummer In Rock

October 7, 2019October 7, 2020 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment Art Blakey, Bill Frisell, Blind Faith, Charlie Haden, Cream, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Ginger Baker Trio, Hawkwind, Jack Bruce, Kofi Baker, Ltd., Masters of Reality, Max Roach, Public Image, RIP

Jim Sullivan recounts his testy interview with the legendary percussion great upon his passing at 80