Bill Copeland
The Comeback Story That Wasn’t: Blondie’s 1999 “No Exit” CD Revisited
After conquering early 1980s rock airwaves Blondie vanished from the scene when singer Deborah Harry took several years off to nurse her boyfriend and Blondie guitarist Chris Stein back to health after he contracted a rare genetic disease. By the late 1990s, Blondie were attempting a comeback. They tired to get their name back into circulation when nostalgia performances became routine.
Common Knowledge entertains revelers at Village Trestle holiday party last night
Common Knowledge rolled out some fantastic covers of classic rock and blues numbers at the holiday party at the Village Trestle in Goffstown, New Hampshire last night. It was hard to get into the socializing aspect and the food when a six-piece band of top-notch musicians were laying down a monster sound.
Common Knowledge features lead singer Amberly Gibbs, her husband, guitarist Scot Gibbs, saxophonist-harpist-singer Steve Roberge, bass player Bill Ingalls, drummer Bob Pratte, and sound man “Slutty” Pete Zona occasionally singing and or playing harmonica.
Why we mourned Michael Jackson like a lifelong friend
We were all caught off guard by the news of Michael Jackson’s death on that fateful Thursday afternoon. When I heard something on the radio that sounded like a celebrity death, I assumed they were talking about everyone’s favorite Angel and 1970s pinup star Farah Fawcett. I was completely surprised when I heard the announcer say “Michael Jackson died of cardiac arrest this afternoon.” Since then, MJ’s death has dominated TV, radio, and Internet news. Google reportedly slowed to a crawl by the massive numbers researching Jackson’ life and death.
John Moriconi goes solo, gets tapped to help record music for September 11 film documentary
John Moriconi is known through out the blues scene for his blue trumpet, the one he played in the Chicken Slacks until he left them a few weeks ago. But, how many people know that Moriconi has been working on a documentary soundtrack? Read further and get clued in.
