rawk Archive
26 Mar 2024
A Look Back at Johnny Winter Archival Releases
IMPORTANT NOTE: This review concerns the long out-of-print vinyl releases of early Johnny Winter material — The Johnny Winter Story, About Blues and Early Times — NOT any subsequent reissues. […]
25 Mar 2024
Album Review: Anton Barbeau – Morgenmusik/Nachtschlager
Some things in life are a sure thing. One of those is the fact that Anton Barbeau can be counted on to produce fascinating and worthwhile music. His latest release, […]
22 Mar 2024
The Chocolate Watchband is Still Rocking
Legendary garage band’s story isn’t over yet They’re far from a household name, but among aficionados of sixties garage and psychedelic rock, the Chocolate Watchband is spoken of in reverent […]
21 Mar 2024
No Compromise: The Sound of Shakin’ Street
The following is a liner note essay I wrote for Scarlet, a brand-new archival release from Liberation Hall Records. It’s a document of the band’s August 1979 set at San […]
15 Mar 2024
30 Days Out, March 2024 #2: Scott Stapp, Western Carolina Writers Showcase, Consider the Source, Los Straitjackets
Rock, regional singer-songwriters, popular prog and the best surf-style music you’ll ever hear: those are the highlights of Asheville live music in the coming 30 days. Here we go… Artist: […]
14 Mar 2024
Still Got the Mojo: A Conversation with Foghat’s Roger Earl (Part 4 of 4)
Continued from Part Three… With regard to a life in music, what’s the best advice you’ve ever been given? I left school when I was 15. I’d been working after […]
13 Mar 2024
Still Got the Mojo: A Conversation with Foghat’s Roger Earl (Part 3 of 4)
Continued from Part Two… 1977’s Foghat Live was even a bigger smash than was Fool for the City. It came out during that period when everybody put out a live […]
12 Mar 2024
Still Got the Mojo: A Conversation with Foghat’s Roger Earl (Part 2 of 4)
Continued from Part One… Foghat had some commercial success early on, but it was when “Fool for the City” came out that things really took off. With the benefit of […]
11 Mar 2024
Still Got the Mojo: A Conversation with Foghat’s Roger Earl (Part 1 of 4)
Foghat began in 1971 when three of its members – guitarist “Lonesome Dave” Peverett, bassist Tony Stevens and drummer Roger Earl left Kim Simmonds’ band Savoy Brown to start their […]
08 Mar 2024
Please Do Not Fight: Fresh New Things
As the great philosopher Ringo Starr once said, time takes time. And nothing illustrates that aphorism more succinctly than the arc of Bay Area band Please Do Not Fight. Launched […]