I’m happy to hear any current release that prominently features prog rock flavored keys. The Hammond organ as a lead instrument has a warm place in my musical heart. Initially, I couldn’t tell whether this was an actual Hammond, the lumbering monsters that we used to have to lug around to get that percussive and …
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Not being scholarly about the relative prominence of melody, harmony, rhythm and tone in music, I can only share my gut reactions to the video. My impressions, as an aging keyboard player whose tastes were forged by the circumstances of growing up as an adolescent in the ascendency of prog and classic rock, is that …
Wanting to say this video was “how I spent my summer vacation” – although it has been decades since that really applied. Spent many a summer late night working out this piece. It was a labor of love. – Steve Gans
I was having a beer with a friend of mine when I got the news of Keith Emerson’s death. There seems to have been a recent wave of rock and roll icons exiting stage left – and given all of our advancing ages – more soon to come. But hearing about the untimely demise of …
Watching this video I had two trains of thought. One was how impressive this kid is in navigating and playing his instruments, while really holding his own vocally. Some have implied that the fact that Geddy Lee sings like a 12 year old boy is one of the reasons it took Rush so long to …
Back in Chicago in the 1970s in my early teens my dad took my brother and I to see Oscar Peterson at the now defunct Rick’s Café Americain (one of many such named and themed Casablanca bars of the time). As a budding keyboard player, I was struck then and now, by how that guy …
Just received this lovely keyboard work from Steve Gans yesterday. I would like to call it An American in Portland, and use it as the theme, or one of the themes, of East Portland Blog. And so it shall be, says I, at least here among the electrons of East Portland Blog. But, closer to …
Kayne West’s sampling of King Crimson’s 21st Century Schizoid Man on his most recent album not withstanding, it’s generally not too hip nowadays to pay homage to the icons of early 70’s progressive rock. This brief clip is of one of my adolescent musical heroes, Keith Emerson, working out some piano parts from Emerson Lake …
Steve Forbert Comes to Portland’s Alberta Rose Theatre November 2, Releases New Album, Over With You
STEVE FORBERT Friday, November 2 • PORTLAND, OR • Alberta Rose Theatre Showtime: 8 p.m.; Tickets: $20 www.albertarosetheatre.com • • • GRAMMY NOMINEE STEVE FORBERT RETURNS, STAKES HIS CLAIM AS A GREAT AMERICAN SONGWRITER New studio album Over With You, just out September 11, focuses on matters of the heart LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Over With You, Steve Forbert’s first studio album in three years, …
Steve Gans has said “there are two kinds of music: the kind you’re introduced to as a teenager, and everything else.” Quite true. I’ve been watching musical guests on SNL for decades, from the beginning to the present, and the two most memorable for me are still performances by Elvis Costello and the Specials which …
Legendary rock musician Ann Wilson has returned with her first release in two years. “The Revolution Starts Now” is available now on Ann’s official YouTube Channel and for digital download on AnnWilson.com. “The Revolution Starts Now” was originally recorded by Steve Earle and first appeared as the title track of his GRAMMY nominated 2004 album The Revolution Starts Now. “This is …
It’s been two days since I saw the Dwarves play at Seattle’s Highline bar and my body still feels as though it’s been through the washing machine on the spin cycle. I’m still getting my spine back in alignment and sticking body parts back together. I can still feel the bruise I got on my …
Monday night April 15th Seattle’s Showbox SODO hosted the Godfathers of Punk — Bad Religion. Around since 1979, the only band considered being in the punk genre that rivals Bad Religion in longevity is Social Distortion. Social D was born in 1978 but didn’t release their first album until 1983. Bad Religion released their first …
Night Two of Soundfest, this time at El Corazon which is on Eastlake under the Denny Way viaduct. When I arrived, Neutral Boy from Bremerton, WA, was just starting their set. These guys are more metal than punk, but they were quite good. They play it fast and they play it hard. The vocalist has …
This is just in from Andrew Hamlin who states, “A new take on one of Tom’s (Tom Kipp‘s) old favorites!” *********************************** To which Tom replied: Hi Andy: If only it weren’t phoned in from “My Producer Said This was a Good Career Move” Land! No death-defying vocal swoops or witty inflections. Utter rhythmic stasis. Hell, …