One of the underrated powerhouses of the country-rock hybrid, Buffalo Springfield created one of the most poignant political anthems of turbulent 60′s and helped launch the careers of CSN&Y, Poco and Loggins and Messina. Bob the Paper Guy takes a look back at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Career. TR_BUFFALO Tweet
If the bleeding ears from watching a rock star “sing” the National Anthem at a sporting event left you wondering, “What were they thinking?”, then this week’s Total Recall is for you. Bob the Paper Guy remembers the good, the bad and the ugly renditions, including one, that may have placed a hex on the…
Cold Fronts, a melodic garage-rock band straight out of Philly’s fortified DIY scene, played an energetic set on Sunny Side Up last weekend. Led by singer/guitarist Craig Almquist and drummer Alex Smith (pictured, right), their debut EP Pretty American hints at what’s to come from this double guitar-driven quartet: drunk punk with extremely hummable tunes….
There’s a drummer for prog-rock Gods Genesis who is NOT Phil Collins. Though he might not officially be a member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame trio, Chester Thompson is definitley part of their extended family tree. And Baltimore’s as well! I mean, you gotta love a Charm City native who also played with Frank…
Leave it to the folks at Glassnote Records to find bands from across the pond who look to our shores for inspiration. First, England’s Mumford & Sons and now from the Emerald Isle, anthemic, roots-folk band Little Green Cars. This young five-piece with the five-part harmonies just released their full-length debut Absolute Zero. Steve Appleby’s…
Who knows if Michael Stipe is a fan of Weird Al Yankovic, but both are marking thirty year milestones in 2013: Stipe, for one of his band’s seminal albums and the squeeze-box squeezing song satirist, who made a career out of lampooning MTV-era rock stars, for his first record. Aside from the anniversary, R.E.M. and Weird…
Wake Owl started out as a vehicle for Pacific Northwest singer/songwriter and former rapper Colyn Cameron. But it’s now starting to take shape as a full-fledged band. Their new EP Wild Country (out on Vagrant Records) features Cameron’s longing vocals and the seasonably-warm strings of Aiden Brant-Briscall. They blend beautifully with lyrics inspired by wanderlust…
Known for blistering fretwork during the performance of “I’m Going Home” at Woodstock by his band Ten Years After, guitarist Alvin Lee died last week of complications following a routine surgery. He was 68. And while classic rock radio made the band’s “I’d Love to Change the World” a staple hit, Lee furious solos on…
Music Madness Part Deux starts tomorrow, and in the spirit of that, Bob the Paper Guy fields a rock and roll dream team whose prowess on the stage might translate well onto the court. Check out this weeks’ towering Total Recall below and listen in live every Wednesday at 615am on the TMD Morning Show….
A singular band of multi-instrumentalists and vocalists, the California group who call themselves Milo Greene make shimmering, cinematic rock. And given all their hours traveling across the country by van, it sure helps if to have an affinity for movies and a DVD player. Their self-titled debut features instrumental interludes between songs; the warmly-layered music…
Brooklyn trio The Lone Bellow are poised for a potentially big 2013. The country-soul three-part harmonies and back-porch rhythms on their self-titled debut should satisfy recent cravings for authentic American music. But what really makes the band unique is the journal-like lyrics and redemptive story of lead singer Zach Williams, whose wife was nearly paralyzed…
This weekend, break out your pompoms and megaphones and try out for the Ravens cheerleading squad, catch the acerbic wit of John Stewart at the Meyerhoff, catch a cool aerial show at the Baltimore Theater Project at Mt. Vernon, and show us your….fur?….as the Patterson Theater in Highlandtown hosts the comedy canine/human team Mutts Gone…
Keith Richards is unarguably one of rock and roll’s most important guitarists and wildest characters (think Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean and the guy who strangely fell out of a coconut tree On this week’s Total Recall, Bob the Paper Guy recounts how Keith Richards’ drug misadventures in the land of Bob and Doug…
The Denver folk-rock band Churchill may have Morrissey to thank for thier big break. The avid animal rights advocate refused to play Jimmy Kimmel Live because the scruffy hunter pimps on reality show Duck Dynasty were booked for the same episode, and so, the band that recently played Sunny Side Up stepped in for the…
This morning, Vinny Perrone, one of the filmakers behind the new documentary on the Nation’s Capital’s lost rock club, The Bayou joined me. The Bayou: DC’s killer joint airs on Maryland Public Televsion tonight at 9pm. The somewhat tucked-away club under an elevated Georgetown overpass holds many memories for Baltimoreans, who often made the trek…
This week, buy some high-end crafts at the Convention Center- or at least pretend you are, sample some home-brewed beer at the EMP Collective, find out what it’s like to be a sports mascot and catch the legendary leader of the Modern Lovers, Jonathan Richman in Hampden! For more, click here. WOTR_022113_ED_RICHMAN Tweet
