On what could have been – should have been – James Marshall Hendrix’s 78th Birthday on the 27th we pay, and play, due tribute to he …and these other supreme six-stringers:
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Gary Pig Gold with AXES: BOLD As JIMI’S
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags Beach Boys, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly, Carl Wilson, Crickets, Dave Davies, DBAWIS, Dexter Romweber, Elvis Presley, Flat Duo Jets, Gary Pig Gold, Glen Campbell, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Ramone, Kinks, Link Wray, Ramones, Scotty Moore, segarini on November 23, 2020 by segariniDOUG THOMPSON – RISING TO THE TOP AT MOTOWN
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags alice cooper, Aretha Franklin, Barney Ales, Berry Gordy, Bill Withers, Brian Holland, Carl Wilson, Carly Simon, Carpenters, Carvin Winans, Chicago, Daryl Hall, David Foster, DBAWIS, Deke Richards, Dennis Coffey, Diana Ross, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Thompson, Earth, Eddie Holland, Eric Clapton, Frank Wilson, Gary Brooker, George Harrison, James Dean, Jimmy Ruffin, Joe Messina, John Oates, Lamont Dozier, Luther Vandross, Martha Reeves, Martina McBride, marvin gaye, Marvin Winans, Michael McDonald, Motley Crue, music, Norman Whitfield, Pam Sawyer, Paul Anka, Paul Riser, Phil Collins, Procol Harum, Quincy Jones, R. Dean Taylor, R. Kelly, radio, Records, Roger Desjardin, Rupert Holmes, segarini, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Tami Terrell, The Beach Boys, THE TEMPTATIONS, The Winans, Tommy Lee, Toronto, Was Not Was, William Witherspoon, Wind & Fire on September 15, 2017 by segarini
Sometimes meeting your heroes can be very disappointing. They could just be having a bad day or had a fight with their significant other or their manager, or recently received bad news about a pet project…or as is sometimes the case, they could just be an asshole.
On the other hand, some heroes exceed your expectations and then some.
Doug Thompson: CONFESSIONS OF A PROFESSIONAL ROCK AND ROLL INTERVIEWER – “GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT I’D BE WITHOUT YOU…”
Posted in Opinion with tags Carl Wilson, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Thompson, John Lennon, music, radio, The Beach Boys on December 30, 2012 by segarini
Before you begin reading, please note that occasionally, I will be quoting short lyric lines from various hit songs to accent this article (with proper attribution and year it was a hit). It seemed like a good idea at the time.
So here I was in Los Angeles in the early summer of 1976, recording interviews for a Canadian radio special for Footprint Productions in Toronto called “Welcome Back”, a multi hour back-to- school radio special featuring celebrity memories of their high school years.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 