The Pretenders

by Jim the Realtor | Jun 21, 2023 | Wednesday Rock Blogging

It’s amazing how she endured two of these guys overdosing and 44 years of rock and roll and still be on the road doing it as good as ever. Here’s how it all started – she quit smoking at age 60!

Jeff Beck Tribute Show May 22

by Jim the Realtor | May 31, 2023 | Wednesday Rock Blogging

Tina Turner, RIP

by Jim the Realtor | May 24, 2023 | Wednesday Rock Blogging

It’s probably hard to believe that this old desert rat is a fan of Broadway musicals, but since Kayla moved to NYC we have frequented a number of plays when we visit.

One of the best was Tina, the Tina Turner Story, which is coming to the San Diego Civic Center at the end of July this year. The music is fantastic and the appreciation for Tina’s life is worth seeing if you get a chance.

Here she is in 1993:

The Missing Years

by Jim the Realtor | May 10, 2023 | Wednesday Rock Blogging | 1 comment

Chickenbone Slim & the Biscuits

by Jim the Realtor | Apr 26, 2023 | Wednesday Rock Blogging

Coming up on Saturday, April 29th! Here’s how they sounded last year:

https://www.adamsavenuebusiness.com/event-info/adams-avenue-unplugged/

Talking Heads This Ain’t No Disco

by Jim the Realtor | Apr 19, 2023 | Wednesday Rock Blogging | 3 comments

 I comment because you might see a dance version of this video later by yours truly.

I was exposed to this album and The Pretenders debut on the same day, and they probably had everything to do with me moving back to California from Arizona and leaving the metalheads behind.

Joe Strummer Last US Concert

by Jim the Realtor | Apr 12, 2023 | Wednesday Rock Blogging

This was sadly to be Joe Strummer’s last public performance in the United States before he passed away on December 22, 2002 at age 50.

He died from a heart attack caused by an undiagnosed congenital heart defect, and was found by his wife at his home in Broomfield, Somerset, having just returned from walking his dog.

Procol Harum

by Jim the Realtor | Apr 5, 2023 | Wednesday Rock Blogging

Keith Reid passed away on March 23rd. He was co-founder of Procol Harum with Gary Brooker and they hold the distinction of their first song being their best song….after co-writing 100+ songs for the band even though Keith didn’t play an instrument.  Robin Trower joined the band in 1968, and I think this is him playing their biggest hit that was one of the signature songs of the flower-child movement in the 1960s:

Procol Harum played their first live gig at London’s Speakeasy club on the day “A Whiter Shade of Pale” was released. They performed a set of mostly Brooker/Reid songs mixed with covers of Bob Dylan, The Rascals and Tim Rose tunes. Jimi Hendrix was an early vocal supporter of the band and attended their first show where, at the start of their performance of Rose’s “Morning Dew”, he went on stage, took Knights’ bass and joined in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procol_Harum

Tears For Fears

by Jim the Realtor | Mar 29, 2023 | Wednesday Rock Blogging

This band was popular during the new wave/punk era but isn’t this just straight-ahead rock and roll?

Everybody wants to rule the world.

David Lindley, RIP

by Jim the Realtor | Mar 15, 2023 | Wednesday Rock Blogging | 1 comment

We lost David Lindley on March 3rd. He lived in Claremont, and played at the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad seven times! My Uncle Bob and I saw one of the shows, and he was fantastic.

Click below for a video of David telling stories, including how to quadruple your beer-drinking capacity:

https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/david-lindley

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