Musical ramblings from the manager
I like Weird Al Yankovic. I like his parodies, his sense of humor, and his accordion playing. He seems to be the kind of guy you could sit down and talk to. With that said, I would really like to meet the guys in his band because they are able to take what Al does […]
Some time ago I mentioned one of our ‘golden nugget’ moments at WOAS-FM occurred when Australian Hammond B-3 wizard Lachy Doley dropped us a line announcing the release of his newest CD Conviction. Subsequent research lead to another happy accident when I discovered that Lachy has a keyboard playing brother named Clayton, a fact confirmed […]
Born on Long Island, NY on September 19, 1981, Scott Bradlee was the perfect age to be heavily influenced by the music produced in and around that decade. This leads one to believe that he may have been inspired by the post-disco period, the emerging hair metal scene, or even grunge. No, Bradlee fell […]
Wonderful! The new Rusty Wright Band CD Wonder Man is wonderful! When they last visited Upper Michigan for two performances at the Ontonagon Theater for the Performing Arts in March of 2014, they were promoting their last release This, That, and the Other Thing. A wonderful CD in its’ own right, TT&OT was recorded with […]
Robert Colclasure: aka Rouse. I knew Bob in passing the first couple of years I was in Ontonagon as he was subbing at OASD from time to time. I first realized what a funny, talented guy he really was when I hosted a little musical gathering in my basement for anyone who wanted to show […]
Okay music fans – complete the song lyric in the title – go ahead, I will wait. If you had ‘in perfect harmony’ pop in your head (where it is probably now stuck)(sorry), you win the grand prize. Now the bonus round: Who wrote it? This FTV isn’t actually about that commercial (yes, it was […]
Guitar World magazine has a Q & A feature in every issue that asks a famous guitar player about their first live gig. Monthly reading of this section spurred me to start thinking about my earliest gigs and it was fun remembering how enjoyable (and how much work) it was putting a band together. I […]
The WOAS West Coast Bureau recently sent me a copy of a CD by Noel Gallagher and his current band High Flying Birds. Our WCB music guru Todd has been making me compilations of Oasis songs for quite some time. I was only a casual fan when they first arrived on the world stage, but […]
Barry Manilow spent a good deal of time on the road in 2014 and 2015 for what he was calling his ‘farewell tour’. While this may or may not be true based on other musical artist’s habits of making multiple ‘farewell tours’ (ie: Cher, The Rolling Stones), no one can doubt the recorded legacy Manilow […]
Another King and a Muleskinner have left the building. While we should feel sad that they are no longer with us, we should also feel a sense of jubilation for the mark they left in the music world. Though BB King passed away at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada, he was never that far […]