Musical ramblings from the manager
There was a twenty year window that opened around 1965 when a lot of great, nationally known bands made their way to Marquette. Living as I did across the street from the Northern Michigan University campus and within sight of Hedgecock Fieldhouse (where most concerts were held before Lakeview Arena was built), all I had […]
It is a great philosophy: K.I.S.S. Engineers use it. Mechanics use it. Mathematicians use it. Even coaches use it. Keep It Simple, Stupid. It is a self admonishment to anyone trying to solve a complex problem or fix a broken widget that (usually) the simplest solution is (usually) the best solution. Oh, we […]
I will give you fair warning – this installment of FTV will not be about music. It is about a book, and I will further warn you that it is not a book about music, musicians, or MTV. This isn’t a book review, either. It is more of a commentary on the topic […]
The more I think about the longevity of some bands, the list of those who would fit in this article gets longer and longer. The original idea was to talk about bands still playing after their early careers came and went. I put a band on my list if they carried on with at least […]
We started a discussion of bands that kept playing after their original line ups broke apart. The caveat here is that at least one original band member has to still be involved for them to enter the discussion. I am not sure if there is any significance in that all the bands in Part 2 […]
There are many examples of bands that have been around a lot longer than one would expect. Bands remind me a lot of machines: they are composed of multiple parts that need to work well together in order to function properly. The integral parts can be changed, but if they don’t mesh well with […]
Multitasking isn’t something that arrived with the computer age. In the old days, multitasking wasn’t something you could do sitting in one place with the digital platform of your choice in front of you. No, in the old days, multitasking usually involved frequent relocation from one jobsite to another. There was a two year period […]
Dewey Bunnell. Dan Peek. Gerry Beckley. A few of you may recognize these names. A greater number of people will recognize A Horse With No Name more readily even if they can’t place the names of the creators of this folk rock classic. They may not be the hit making machine they were back in […]
The continuing tale of the Doley Brothers! If you are keeping score. . . Lachy Doley had sent WOAS an email out of the blue in the spring of 2015 asking if we would be interested in previewing the new single off his new CD Conviction. Naturally, I said yes and we engaged in some […]
Anyone who spends any amount of time talking or writing about music will eventually bring ‘misheard lyrics’ into the discussion. I would not want to feel left out of this club. In fact, anyone who has had to figure out songs for a band to learn faces the task of unmasking mystical (and sometimes undecipherable) […]