she can still hit those notes, definitely. What’s also interesting about Heart after all these years, besides the acoustic side to their music, and the definite female power they did way, way ahead of most (definitely in rock) – is when you hear them talk, how they are still truly PNW flower children inside. Kudos (7+ years late, I know) – bittersweet, but completely appropriate that Chris Cornell is the inductee presenter (RIP).
we miss ya, Cozy!
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Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart dies at 67
Rush’s Neil Peart: unassuming, thunderous drummer who became a music legend
Jack Black, Brian Wilson, and more pay tribute to late Rush drummer Neil Peart
Musicians Offer Tributes To Neil Peart On Social Media
Dave Grohl on Rush Drummer Neil Peart: ‘We All Learned From Him’
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works for me…!
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yet another very interesting looking book i’ll have to check out from the library sooner or later – great interview in the meantime….he’s also such a nice guy, just to listen to.
Geddy Lee’s Big Beautiful Book of Bass
https://www.powells.com/book/-9780062747839
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One of the greatest annual rock shows happened again last night, Mike McCready’s semi-annual Flight To Mars benefit show for the Crohn’s Foundation (he serves as a regular fundraiser and advocate, as he has the illness). I’ve blogged about this before:
2016: http://www.theglasschicken.com/?p=2814
2017: http://www.theglasschicken.com/?p=3144
Last year we missed it because they simply didn’t have one – only an abbreviated performance at some other benefit later in the summer.
But as always, THIS. SHOW. ROCKS. If you haven’t gone before, it’s basically McCready and a number of other amazing music locals playing UFO covers, essentially a near-identical set list to the Strangers in the Night live album of yore.
And last night did not disappoint – the opener was a Cheap Trick cover band – ‘Dream Police’ with the Friel brothers (of Rockfords and Goodness fame, among others)- you can hear a different, earlier set they did at a previous benefit a couple months before here.
As to the set, awesome as per usual, and Tim DiJulio just keeps getting crazier with the guitar solos every year I see these guys. here’s a couple phonecam clips i found this am from the show:
Rock Bottom – poster has the date wrong on the clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt-9tDSaI0U
Love to Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xh-TSXxTeY (not the entire song)
The encore was several Thin Lizzy numbers, then closing with
Let There Be Rock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za20SzPJ8yI
and then Thank You:
Apparently Friday night’s show had a cameo from Chad Smith, Duff McKagan and others doing Jeepster from T-Rex… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcl6MiWR0NM
the majesty of ROCK, lives on….!
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While in the car today, they said it was Keith Moon’s bday, and that he would have been 72 years old (he only made it to 32, sadly, he passed in 1978).
While I don’t think he was the absolute greatest in rock (nor is Ginger Baker, although HE certainly thinks so) – he’s definitely one of the all time greats – not for many of the same reasons as most, though – he’s fairly unpredictable, and manic, and undisciplined to boot. But in the crazy world of The Who – he was a perfect fit.
RIP, Keith – somewhere I hope you are looking down from the biggest set of drums any cloud ever tried to hold aloft, and still driving everyone crazy along the way….
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Man, Neil Finn is young in this:
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but must have been even harder for STING to believe….
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