I was hoping to go a full week without reporting another celebrity death. But we’ve had half-a-dozen since the passing of The Eagles’ Glenn Frey including actor Abe Vigoda (‘Barney Miller’, ‘The Godfather’) whose website has finally been changed to no longer read the whimsical “still alive” message.
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JAIMIE VERNON – ALL THINGS MUST PASS
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Abe Vigoda, Abraham Lincoln, Adam Levine, Adele, Anne Murray, Beethoven, Black, Bob Segarini, Bruno Mars., Canadian Music, Christopher Columbus, Colin Vearncombe, Dave Grohl, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Frey, Grace Slick, Heroes, Jack White, Jaimie Vernon, Jesus, Jimmy Bain, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Lady GaGa, Leonardo da Vinci, Lindbergh Baby, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Michelangelo, Mickey Thomas, Mozart, Olympus, Paramount Records, Paul Kantner, Paul McCartney, Prince, Queen, Rock Gods, Shoulders of Giants, Starship, Taylor Swift, The Beatles, The Masters, The Smithsonian on January 30, 2016 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – THAT PEACEFUL EASY FEELING
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Beach Boys, Bob Segarini, Boomers, Buffalo Springfield, Canadian Music, Carole King, Commodores, Crosby Stills & Nash, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Glenn Frey, Gordon Lightfoot, Guess Who, Hotel California, Jaimie Vernon, James Taylor, Jim Croce, John Lennon, love songs, Mamas & Papas, marvin gaye, Matthews Southern Comfort, music heroes, Music Therapy, Neil Young, Nostalgia, Paul McCartney, Simon & Garfunkel, Space Oddity, The Carpenters, The Eagles, vinyl on January 23, 2016 by segarini
Another week, another childhood music idol walks among the immortal choir. No sooner had we hosed off the glitter and put away our vinyl copies of David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust” we learned that Eagles founder Glenn Frey had passed from complications related to his dependence on medication to control severe rheumatoid arthritis and acute colitis.
Cameron Carpenter: Past & Present Tens – Earthquake Weather
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Andrew Matheson, Buffin, Cameron Carpenter, Celine Dion, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Glenn Frey, july talk, Leah Fay, Mott the Hoople, music, radio, Records, Rene Angelil, Rock Lobster, segarini, The Bovine, Tiki Bar, Toronto on January 21, 2016 by segarini
In 1989 the late Joe Strummer released a great solo record by the name of “Earthquake Weather”. It seems as if we are right in the middle of it right now. Depending on your age and musical taste there recently have been a series of major quakes and after-shocks which are shaking the world of music to its very core. Last week was no exception.
Segarini – Heartache Tonight
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Cherry Cola's, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Glenn Frey, Hollywood, music, radio, Records, segarini, Sunset Strip, The Eagles, Toronto on January 18, 2016 by segarini
We were sitting on the patio of Hamburger Hamlet…me and two guys I had run into over the last little while at the Whisky and other hang-outs on Sunset, as well as the front bar at the Troubadour on Santa Monica Blvd. Good guys, fun loving, and could keep up with me shot for shot, beer for beer. We had met when both their duo, Long Branch Pennywhistle, and Rand Bishop and I, had worked on the soundtrack for a film called Vanishing Point
The three of us decided to write a song together, bought a case of beer, grabbed our guitars, and headed to the apartment of a girl they knew….
Doug Thompson: ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE MISSES THE MARK…..AGAIN!
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Rolling Stone Magazine recently released their latest ‘list’, “The 100 Greatest Songwriters” rollingstone.com). Let me repeat that title, “The 100 Greatest Songwriters”. Their descriptive line states “From Brill Building tunesmiths to Punk poets, from Woody Guthrie to Max Martin, the visionaries who defined music history.”
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 