Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (1929-2000) was an early rock ‘n’ roll/rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, and one hell of a performer. Hawkins had an outrageous, tongue-in-cheek…
If I had to sum up Julian Leal’s self-titled 1985 LP with only a handful of words, I’d go with “power pop bliss.” I knew…
The Replacements and Johnny Thunders in the late 1980s. In the spring of 1989, Johnny Thunders opened a couple of shows for the Replacements. For…
In 2017, we told you about the time when David Bowie was in Iggy Pop’s band, specifically the final concert of The Idiot tour. But…