Wayne Kramer

Country and/or Western New Wave Remembrance Soul 

Rest In Peace, Sweet Pea Atkinson

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment Andrew Gold, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Brick By Brick, Circus Money, Countryman, David Was, Don Was, Dot Com Blues, Elvis Costello, George Jones, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, I'm Alive, Iggy Pop, Ivan Neville, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Smith, Michael McDonald, Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers, Paula Abdul, Phantom Blues, Richie Sambora, RIP, Sir Harry Bownes, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Taj Mahal, The Hard Stuff, Under The Red Sky, Walter Becker, Was (Not Was), Wayne Kramer, Willie Nelson

Reflecting on the Detroit soul singer’s career beyond Was (Not Was)

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Music Journalism 

Boy Howdy Rides Again!

December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 Eric Davidson 0 Comments and John Sinclair, Barry Kramer, Cameron Crowe, Chad Smith, Creem, Dave Marsh, Ed Ward, Jaan Uhelszki, Jeff Daniels, Kirk Hammett, Lester Bangs, Michael Stipe, Niagara, Paul Stanley, Richard Meltzer, Scott Crawford, to stars like Joan Jett, Wayne Kramer

An interview with Scott Crawford, the director of the new documentary about legendary rock mag Creem

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Punk 

Motor City in Paradise

September 17, 2018September 18, 2018 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Billy Gould, Brendan Canty, Kim Thayil, MC5, Rob Tyner, Wayne Kramer, Zen Guerilla

Brother Wayne Kramer’s MC50 kick out the jams in Boston

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Punk Rock 

Reissue the Jams, Motherf#&!ers!

September 12, 2018September 12, 2018 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments Dennis Machinegun Thompson, Detroit, Fred Sonic Smith, MC5, Rob Tyner, Wayne Kramer

A new box set celebrates the 50th anniversary of Detroit proto-punk legends the MC5

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Remembrance Rock 

Remembering Pat DiNizio

December 13, 2017April 11, 2019 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Clem Burke, Duckman, Jason Alexander, Jim Ellison, Kathy Valentine, Material Issue, Mike Zelenko, Pat DiNizio, Pete Zeremba, Smithereens, Telecommando Americano, The Wild Bunch, Wayne Kramer

Smithereens singer was 62

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