Johnnys Rock Blogs
Creative Rock Drummers
I’ve always thought that the very best rock bands have a great, creative drummer. Ordinary...
Pedal steel man for hire...
Pedal steel guitar isn't most people’s idea of rock n roll. It was always associated...
So good live…
I first fell in love with live albums early on....
Glam Rock or Brickie's in Lippy...
For a time from the early to mid-70s, the British charts were dominated by glam...
The thrill of cheap records is a thing of the past...
Feel and embrace the records...
Bootlegging...
Some of the most expensive records today are bootlegs from the glory days of the...
Old fart music and the arrival of punk rock...
If you were a teenager like me in the mid-70s and were going to gigs...
The Rabbit Holes of Rock...
There are bands, often a bit obscure, whose records I only bought because of a...
All part of the culture we embraced...
In these days of consolidation and fragmentation, record labels don’t have any individual vibe the...
Their blues rock always delivers...
Ten Years After are a band that I return to time and again with their...
Seen Them Live...
Remember when bands used to tour their new album. It was one of the few...