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For the record, I hate ‘no shows’. You know, when a band decides to cancel a show for some reason. I have no problem if it happens because someone falls ill or is having a family emergency. Canceling a show due to a hangnail or slow ticket sales is another thing altogether. While a […]
FYI to our listeners – we have our new tower elements tested and they will be in transit soon. We expect to have them installed ASAP in June so we can test them out. If all goes well (and I have confidence in Jim and Al that it will), we will return to the air […]
REO Speedwagon came charging out of Southern Illinois and made a national name for themselves in the 1970s and 1980s. With the band’s name pretty much retired as of December of 2024, it seems a fitting time to chart the ups and downs of the band. The REO story, from its inception in 1967 […]
Quick, when you think of the Rolling Stones, whose name(s) come to mind? Mick Jagger and Keith Richard(s), aka Mick and Keef or the Glimmer Twins, of course. The second ‘(s)’ is present for Keith because early on, Keef was just plain ‘Keith Richard’. Along the way, the adoring press and/or fans added […]
Blues Music Magazine is a quarterly publication I have subscribed to for many years. I have been a fan of all types of music for years but it was former WOAS-FM General Manager Mike ‘Zenith’ Bennett’s over the top love for the genre that got me deeper into the blues. BMM is published quarterly […]
At the end of 2024, I took some time to repay a long overdue debt. Over the last decade, Gary Tanin from Daystorm Music in Milwaukee has been kind enough to send me music from a host of artists he has worked with. Corresponding via email, I got to know a bit about Gary […]
Perhaps Joe South said it best: Walk a mile in my shoes / Walk a mile in my shoes / Hey, before you abuse, criticize and accuse / Better walk a mile in my shoes (1968). These words popped into my head when I read comments deriding a pop star for complaining about how […]
Michigan has been the home of numerous rock stars. Near the top, if not on the top, of that list would have to be Bob Seger. Detroit born, Ann Arbor raised, Seger went from the barrooms to arenas before he retired from touring in 2019 (at the conclusion of his Travelin’ Man Tour), but his […]
Wait…what? Who is Eddie and why are we happy that he is 50? First off, my father’s given name was Eddie Rudolf Raisanen and there is a 50 year connection to that moniker, but we will come back to that a little later. The Eddie in the above title is the beloved mascot of […]
“The Nazz Are Blue,” Lee said in reference to nothing in particular. “Who are they and why are they blue?” I asked. Lee was the bass player in my second band, Knockdown, and this discussion took place when I was dropping him by the IGA grocery store at the Marquette Mall. Lee’s wife worked […]