Jimmy Webb’s Songs For Eternity
By Steve Houk livingonmusic.com In researching the astonishing songwriting career of the legendary Jimmy Webb, one image kept cascading through my mind. My parents. You see it was Lynn and John Houk who got...
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Adrian Belew: Best Of Both Worlds
By Steve Houk livingonmusic.com For a musical virtuoso and true groundbreaker like Adrian Belew, you’d think that sharing the studio and the stage throughout his illustrious career with legends like David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Talking Heads,...
Reviving The Music of a Legendary Concert
By Steve Houk livingonmusic.com Among some other notable factoids, September 3, 1977 is considered by some to be the day the Grateful Dead proved to everyone that they were absolutely here to stay, drawing so many...
Mary Gauthier Powerfully Soldiers On
By Steve Houk / livingonmusic.com Mary Gauthier has to feel that life is full of the gloriously unexpected. Twenty-nine years after she stopped drinking cold turkey and twenty-two after she wrote her first song,...
Music Notes: The Rhythmic Brain Of Mickey Hart
By Steve Houk / livingonmusic.com Mickey Hart has got rhythm. Of course anyone who knows anything about rock music knows that. I mean, as drummer and percussionist extraordinaire for the Grateful Dead for over...
Luther Dickinson: Livin’ The Dream
By Steve Houk / livingonmusic.com One of rock’s most respected musicians keeps finding bliss amongst his many collaborations. If there was ever a rock star basking in a musical heaven-on-earth right now, it’s got...
Music Notes: 50 Years Later, Feats Don’t Fail Them
Stepping on stage during their 50th anniversary tour, the ‘Little Feat’ band members know exactly why they’re still there (wherever it is they may be). “We remember rock and roll when it was beginning.”...
Live At The Fillmore Embraces the Authentic Allman Brothers Sound
The tribute band is led by a gifted musician and longtime fan who believes authenticity is what fans want most.
Music Notes: The Loving Return of Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
One of the best late 80’s bands uses love, respect and camaraderie to pick up where they left off.
