Rebecca’s speech at The Michigan Daily 125th Anniversary gala

While waiting to receive a copy of the video, I've posted a written copy of Rebecca's speech from the Michigan Daily's 125th Anniversary dinner. I will post the video as soon as I have it. It was an honor to help Becky craft this speech. The…

Full Set Video – Tedeschi Trucks Band and Friends, Mad Dogs and Englishmen

// Tedeschi Trucks Band & Friends, Tribute To Joe Cocker and Mad Dogs & Englishmen, Lockn' Festival, Arrington, VA - 9/11/15 Introduction, The Letter, Darling Be Home Soon, Cry Me A River, Girl…

RIP Moses Malone

I was really sad to hear that Moses Malone passed away in his sleep last night. He was just 60 years old. It's really odd and extra discomfiting that he died so shortly after Darryl Dawkins. I interviewed him for Slam, circa 2004. He was…
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9-11 14 Years Later: Still Raw

Reposted as I will every year on this date. I don't think the words will ever be any less true. The following summer I visited the Flight 93 crash sight in Shanksville, PA and paid my respects. All the same feelings... Fourteen years…
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My Backstory Interview with Warren Haynes

// I sat down with old friend Warren Haynes in front of about 100 people at AOL Build Studios in Manhattan for an hour-long live-streaming interview yesterday.  We started off talking about his great new Americana album Ashes…

RIP Stevie Ray Vaughan, gone 25 years

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-1312120505976613", enable_page_level_ads: true });   Twenty five years ago, we lost Stevie Ray Vaughan. SRV has…
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RIP Darryl Dawkins

Oh no. I'm seeing confirmed reports online that Darryl Dawkins has died at age 58. The Chocolate Thunder - so named by Stevie Wonder! - was one of the great characters in modern sports and one of the first basketball players to go…
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Review of Live at the Fillmore East and West – by Bob Lefsetz

Bob Lefsetz writes a music industry newsletter I find consistently interesting and enlightening. I recommend subscribing and checking out his archives here. He reviewed a new book about the Fillmores. I have not read it yet, but am going…

Interview with Gregg Allman Band guitarist Scott Sharrard

My Gregg Allman Wall Street Journal interview kicked up a lot of dust because of what he said about Dickey Betts: "I would love to play with him again." You probably already saw all that.  The reason for the interview was Gregg's excellent new…

Warren Haynes and Railroad Earth plus other friends – DelFest 2011

In honor of the release of Ashes & Dust and the fact that I'll be seeing Warren Haynes and Railroad Earth at New York's Town Hall, I present to you the 2011 DelFest jam that unofficially launched his Americana kick. This is Warren's…