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GRAND FUNK RAILROAD Twin River Casino Event Center Lincoln, Rhode Island February 17, 2017 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc It was a night of getting back to the roots of classic American Rock N’ Roll and the enjoyment of real music and songs that have spanned decades. In front of a capacity crowd of just under 3,000 at Twin River Casino Event Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island on a Friday night. A crowd of all ages that came together for one thing, to enjoy some of the best musical legends to originate out of the 70’s rock era. Starting off the night was longtimeRead More →

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ALTER BRIDGE House of Blues Boston, Massachusetts February 7, 2017 Another trip into Boston, another rainy cold miserable night. One that has finally caught up with me and I have more than merch to keep this show in my thoughts, at the least the merch isn’t wreaking havoc with my head and sinuses. My first trip to the House of Blues wasn’t that bad. A nice venue with a lot of room and plenty of bars, and drink prices weren’t too bad. The night started earlier then I was expecting, with the opening band taking the stage at 7:15 and not 7:30 like advertised, soRead More →

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IAN ANDERSON TO RELEASE A CLASSICAL COMPILATION OF JETHRO TULL: THE STRING QUARTETS U.S. Tour Dates Through May 26 – June 1st, 2017 February 8, 2017 Ian Anderson, John O’Hara, and the Carducci Quartet are set to release “Jethro Tull – The String Quartets,” a collection of 12 re-imagined Tull classics, allowing Tull fans and classical music connoisseurs to enjoy the band’s vast catalog in a new way. “Aquafugue (Aqualung)” for example, starts with the recognizable six note theme before continuing to follow the rules of a fugue. A subject, counter subject, and an accompanying counterpoint all alternate between the tonic and dominant keys. “LocoRead More →

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GLAM SKANKS Don Pedro Brooklyn, New York January 25th 2017 Back in November or so, I found out that Adam Ant was coming back to the United States for a small tour and I was introduced to the music of the band that had been tapped to open for him. Glowing reviews of the Glam Skanks from my friend Chris, sent me to their YouTube channel. After a little online research, I found a new band to listen to and a whole new level of excitement for the Adam Ant show. The Glam Skanks are 4 young ladies, Ali Cat, the front woman, Veronica Volume,Read More →

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ADAM ANT Kings of the Wild Frontier Tour 2017 Wilbur Theatre Boston MA January 24, 2017 I know in many of my reviews I talk about the bands that influenced me, bands that became popular when I was a young strapping lad, bands that pushed an envelope that has become the standard for so many bands today. In the early 80s, with the birth of a certain cable television channel I started seeing and listening to bands that I had not known existed. Music Videos changed my tastes from the mundane radio fodder I was being fed, to bands such Duran Duran, Dire Straits, TheRead More →

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HO– USE OF LORDS Bristol, Connecticut January 20, 2017 I first started listening to House of Lords when they released their first album back in 1988, I mean cmon it had Ken Mary of Alice Cooper on drums and Gregg Giuffria on keyboards at that time, I had to. The vocals of James Christian tho blew me away. Through the years I would have their first three albums playing all the time, but unfortunately my musical tastes would drift into other directions. Over the last 15 years or so, I missed out on some great music by this band until I picked up their lastRead More →

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Blue Oyster Cult January 9, 2017 The Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun Casino Uncasville CT It is January, I shouldn’t be surprised that it was cold and snowing to beat all hell on Saturday. I shouldn’t be surprised that there were winter storm warnings and accidents on barely plowed roads heading down towards Southeast Connecticut. I am surprised that I made it there in one piece and so did a bunch of other people, most importantly, Eric Bloom, Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser, Richie Castellano, Kasim Sultan and Jules Radino, who are more commonly known as Blue Oyster Cult. The crowd was definitely there for aRead More →

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DROWNING POOL December 9, 2016 Stafford Palace Theater Stafford Springs CT 5 O’Clock on a Friday and the only thing on my mind was that I was going to a Rock Show at Stafford Palace that night. Although it is well over an hour drive from home to the Stafford Palace, it is still my favorite place to see a rock show and one of my favorites to shoot at. Plenty of room to move around (unless your planted at the stage for the whole show), reasonable drink prices and fantastic staff. I have covered shows at a lot of venues about the same sizeRead More →

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DEEP PURPLE TO RELEASE NEW STUDIO ALBUM “INFINITE” ON APRIL 7TH, 2017 ON EARMUSIC LYRIC VIDEO FOR FIRST SONG “TIME FOR BEDLAM” RELEASED December 14, 2016 Deep Purple has announced the release of an upcoming new album on April 7th, 2017, “inFinite”, to be released by earMUSIC. “Time For Bedlam”, an up-tempo classic Deep Purple song, has just been made available via a lyric video, watch it below. The song will be available as instant grat as part of the digital album pre-order as well as on all streaming platforms starting from Thursday, December 15th, midnight worldwide with the physical preorder of the album toRead More →

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LYNCH MOB November 20, 2016 Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den Uncasville, Connecticut At the last minute, I decided to tag along with my brother in law to Mohegan Sun Casino. He was headed there for the triple status points that day, but I was headed there to catch a rock show in the Wolf Den. Lynch Mob is the creation of former Dokken guitarist, George Lynch. One of the best guitarists to come out of my favorite era of music, the 80’s. Along with Oni Logan on vocals, Sean McNabb on Bass and Jimmy D’Anda on drums, he was bringing the rock to the Wolf Den.Read More →