REDBEARD'S BLOG

• Steve Miller Band “Book Of Dreams” 35th anniversary

  From the time he was a toddler, Steve Miller was surrounded by giants of 20th century American music including Les Paul and Mary Ford, Charles Mingus and T-Bone Walker. Not just their recorded music, but Continue Reading

• Black Crowes”Southern Harmony & Musical Companion”20th anniversary

  When Black Crowes lead singer Chris Robinson visited me In The Studio the first week of May 1992 , it was our second time to talk about the Atlanta-based band he fronted with his guitar-playing Continue Reading

• Ted Nugent “Cat Scratch Fever” 35th Anniversary

        Thirty-five years ago , Ted Nugent’s Cat Scratch Fever clawed its way to #17 on the Billboard album chart , becoming his third consecutive multi-million seller . Nugent would take Cat Scratch Continue Reading

• Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson Suffered Father’s Gay Intolerance

  (This is part four of my Ian Anderson interview about the new Thick As a Brick 2 ) RedBeard :   On Thick as a Brick 2  , it’s integrated, it doesn’t sound like paint by Continue Reading

• Deep Purple “Machine Head” 40th anniversary w/ Ian Gillan & Roger Glover

  I am not a relativist . I don’t think that a particular musician’s or band’s merit to qualify for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame should in any way be compared to others already Continue Reading