Matt Baldwin |
I can't remember how or where I first met East Bay guitarist Matt Baldwin, but it was a couple of years ago, around the time that he, Adam Snider, and Sean Smith released the acoustic guitar/instrumen...
Posted by Pat Thomas on Thu, 22 May 2008 04:07:00 PST |
Deadheads and Jewish Soul Mamas |
I'm far from a deadhead, but I do have every album they recorded in the 1960's and 1970's and quite a few hours of live recordings - but as much as I like the Dead, I probably wouldn't list them in my...
Posted by Pat Thomas on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:21:00 PST |
The Who vs. REM |
ok, a little background where this blog comes from - I'm on a music newsgroup where one guy posted that The Who never made a good LP after Quadrophenia and another guy posted something about ...
Posted by Pat Thomas on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:14:00 PST |
2007 - the year in music |
ok, I finally decided to summerize what I liked and listened to in 2007 - in no special order:
Fionn Regan - I think this dude is from Ireland, he's a young fresh face in the folk/singer/songwriter cr...
Posted by Pat Thomas on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:36:00 PST |
Rob Bayne creates a masterwork |
for the 15 years or so that I've known san francisco based musician Rob Bayne, I've mainly known him as a drummer - first with Sonya Hunter, then later with the "Family Jewels". I knew he c...
Posted by Pat Thomas on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:22:00 PST |
Tony Visconti - producer of Bowie, T-Rex, et al. |
for years, I knew the name Tony Visconti as the producer of the best T.Rex and David Bowie albums. He's the man who helped shape "Electric Warrior" and "The Slider", "Low" and "Heroes". All albu...
Posted by Pat Thomas on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 03:38:00 PST |
Patti Smith vs. the Allman Brothers |
when the Allman Brothers came into the scene in the late 60's - there was nothing quite like them - sure they used basic blues rock as a jumping off point - but no-one else (except them) was blen...
Posted by Pat Thomas on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PST |
handguns - why ? |
After this recent mass murder in VA, I ask myself once again - why isn't the media screaming out for new gun control laws ? ok - you say everyone has the right to own a gun - no problem, if...
Posted by Pat Thomas on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:17:00 PST |
Neil Young is a jerk - but I still love him |
If you've read the detailed Neil Young biography Shakey or talked to anyone whose had the pleasure of working with Neil directly - or even just watched and waited for his long discussed archives box s...
Posted by Pat Thomas on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:43:00 PST |
Sandy Denny - she's ready for a comeback |
I've been listening to Sandy Denny for so many years now, I take her for granted. I first heard her via Fairport Convention's Unhalfbricking album in 1982 and later that year, I bought a 2 ...
Posted by Pat Thomas on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 02:04:00 PST |
