Everynight Charley’s Manhattan Beat: Hot Tuna, Knower, Sean Kershaw, Puma Perl & Friends Everynight Charley Crespo January 15, 2020 Concerts, Reviews Hot Tuna/The Town Hall/November 29, 2019 No one would have expected that a side project of a major band would outlive its ancestor and last 50 years. Guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Casady, who st... Read More...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N’ Roll Mike Greenblatt November 13, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll J. Howard Duff… Rock Star In 1973, 18-year-olds could legally drink in New Jersey. Bars all across the state catered to those 18 and over by employing live rock ‘n’ roll bands. It was a glorious time to be ... Read More...
Manhattan Beat – Hey Guy, The John Butler Trio, & More! Everynight Charley Crespo December 12, 2018 Columns, Manhattan Beat Hey Guy/Mercury Lounge/Nov. 16, 2018 Boris Pelekh was born in Russia and moved to New York City in 1991, at age 9. He played classical guitar as a child, rocked on electric guitar in his e... Read More...
Everynight Charley’s Manhattan Beat: Hot Tuna, Jim James, The Living End, and More Everynight Charley Crespo December 21, 2016 Columns Hot Tuna/Beacon Theatre/November 19,2016 In 1969, Jefferson Airplane was on hiatus while Grace Slick recovered from throat node surgery. Several remaining members of the band began playing clubs in the B... Read More...
Rant ‘N’ Roll: One-On-One With Hot Tuna’s Jorma Kaukonen Mike Greenblatt November 20, 2013 Columns One of my favorite albums of all time is your 2002 Blue Country Heart solo record. Thanks man, I’m particularly proud of that one. We’ll be doing a bunch of songs off that record on this tour. How was F... Read More...
Rant ‘N’ Roll: Bar Band Horror Stories Mike Greenblatt June 13, 2011 Columns So after almost three years of reviewing all kinds of music, the publisher of this newspaper made me Music Editor in 1977. I had never taken one journalism course in college and I didn’t know how to edit. I... Read More...
Bonnaroo Music & Art Festival 2007 @ Manchester, TN Glyn Emmerson July 4, 2007 Concerts MANCHESTER, TN—The annual Bonnaroo fest turned the corner on its jamband history and offered up its most eclectic lineup ever in southeastern Tennessee, a little more than an hour plus ride from the state’s cap... Read More...
