Johnnys Rock Blogs
Star Spotting in California
In the year we lived in Southern California, 1993-94 we stayed in a beachfront hotel,...
What spoiled one of the highlights of my gig life...
I’ve written before about the first open-air festival I ever went to; Led Zeppelin; Knebworth...
All in pursuit of rock n roll...
One of the most dangerous days in our life was seeing Bon Jovi supported by...
Ian Anderson will never know the pains we went through...
I seem to recall, as a teenager, a group of us were very enamoured with...
The Blues...
I was thinking yesterday how, one way or another, they form the core of music...
Your favourite unsuccessful bands...
Which are your favourite bands that made records, but never had any or much success...
Do rock bands attract such a reaction anymore?
I’d like to take you back to June 12th 1980 when we were all young...
The Vinyl Itch...
We are in a strange place, the likes of which we couldn’t have imagined back...
The British Blues Boom...
You’ve heard of the British Blues Boom, haven’t you? Well, aside from the headline acts...
Gary Moore's sustaining note, loud rock, snakebites and hormones...
Going to gigs in the 70s and early 80s was, as I’m sure you remember,...
Wishbone Ash, Supercharge & Southern Comfort...
I’d like to say I saw Wishbone Ash on their New England tour. I’d like...
Covers - an exciting part of the whole musical experience
I can’t have been alone in cherishing a newly acquired record, religiously reading every bit...