Published April 18, 2013
As Record Store Day and its accompanying vinyl avalanche nears, and as talk has turned to McCartney concerts and a reissue of "Wings Over America," I've found myself transported to the dawn of my vinyl obsession.
Published March 18, 2013
It was announced today that Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience has been added to the Wisconsin State Fair's opening night, Aug. 1.
Published Sept. 5, 2012
Bombastic and epic, while at the same time folky, bluesy and mind-bendingly mystical, the recorded music of Led Zeppelin has become the '70s iteration of classical music. More than a tribute band, Get The Led Out has been working to capture the essence of Zeppelin's catalog and bring it to the stage for the past decade.
Published April 12, 2011
The weathered roadie types clamoring for a lasting Led Zeppelin reunion and the soccer moms who fell in love with Robert Plant's Grammy Award-winning collaboration with bluegrass-country singer Allison Krauss all had reason to smile at his Monday night show at the Riverside.
Published Oct. 7, 2009
On Jan. 28, 2008, three guys got together to talk about guitars. While it happens every day all over the world, this meeting was different. The three men were The Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White, and that meeting was captured on film by "An Inconvenient Truth" director Davis Guggenheim. The resulting picture, "It Might Get Loud," arrives in Milwaukee this month.
Sunday April 28th, 2013 – Chicago, IL I received last minute word that George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic were performing in Chicago tonight, so of course I had to rearrange my schedule so I could attend. It’s impossible to ever know for sure when the last time w...
Thursday November 22nd, 2012 – Kenosha, WI Here comes the holiday season, like it or not. I’ll be glad when it’s over, but I know millions of people love it so I hope it’s a good one for their sake. I just wish the whole thing wasn’t so damn omniprese...
A preamble of simple drums, and then a tempest of harmonica and guitar, the symbiotic force filling the arena and the ears of all eager listeners. This is the epic beginning of the blues song "When the Levee Breaks," the last track on Zeppelin's fourth album (1971). This is the epic ope...
Sunday July 22nd, 2012 – Fox Lake, IL Happy birthday today to George ‘Dr. Funkenstein’ Clinton. Anyone who knows me knows I’ve been a big fan of his music since I was in junior high school, and that’s a long time ago now. For reasons that still tend t...
Thursday February 2nd, 2012 - Fox Lake, IL “The hippest trip in America…sixty non stop minutes across the tracks of your mind.” I can still hear the silky smooth announcer’s voice on my television letting me know ‘Soul Train’ was about to chug thro...
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