I was riding in the car the other day and a familiar song came over the radio: “No New Tale to Tell” by Love and Rockets from their Earth, Sun, Moon album. At the time, my brain was hopping around like a frog trying to avoid capture.  (Like the tree frog that got into my house […]

I saw In the Mood last night at the Knight Theater in Charlotte.  The event featured big band music from the 1940’s.  There was comedy, dancing, singing, and awesome music.  The group tours throughout the year across the U.S.  My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the show.  If you like big band era music, it is […]

The name says it all (and look at the awesome album cover). If you like your basic rock guitar band from the 80’s, this is one of my favorites. I have their albums Offering and Nemesis. Most people my age would recognize the band by their most famous song – “Rock and Roll Party in […]

What I like most about music is the memories. Music brings back memories of memorable times in my life. So when I was sitting down to decide what musical artist to write about, the recent winter storms reminded me of the worst winter in my memory, and a particular song. When I think of Blue […]

In my current job, I travel quite a bit. I live out of my laptop bag and spend too much time in rental cars. My current travels remind me of my younger days in the Navy when I drove cross-country from duty station to duty station. It was the early eighties and there was a […]

I have an i-pod in my car that has over 5000 songs on it from all the cd’s I bought over the years. I have it set for shuffle and I never know what tune from what era of music is going to play next. Most songs bring back memories, but certain bands or songs […]

Looking back, it’s funny to me now how fast music formats have changed. I started out with a portable record player and 45 records. I can’t imagine now having to wait between songs to change the record, but that’s what we did back when I was in elementary school. Back then, we didn’t buy as […]