2016 may go down in history as the year the music died. In just four short months the world has lost David Bowie, Merle Haggard, Maurice White, and Glenn Frey. Sadly, another name has been added...
My name is Chris Carlson. I’m a middle-aged father of three; a steak-grilling Midwesterner; a driver of pick-up trucks and toter of guns…and I’m a Little Monster. Paws up, baby. There’s...
Long before those days of “celebrating” good times, Kool & The Gang were a deeply sophisticated R&B / Funk band that delved heavily into the jazz/progressive side of things. Like their...
The Ugly Kings Of Sins The hardscrabble geography of Australia is not for the faint of heart. On one side you have seas filled with swimming Cadillac’s with razors for teeth, the other is barren...
It is no secret that I'm a fan of Ernie Mannix and his book Six Devils in the San Fernando Valley, a classic tale of good and evil. However, Mannix started as a musician, with a pop album in the...
This Vintage moment comes from Michael Goedhart- Released in November 1994, Redman’s sophomore album Dare Iz A Darkside was unlike almost anything before it in hip-hop, and remains an...
This Vintage Gold comes from Chris Carlson- Since the time I learned to write my own name, there were two things – aside from family and country – that I’ve always cared about: the Minnesota...
Otis Redding was one of the greatest performers of the twentieth century, wearing the well-deserved "King of Soul" crown during his short but spectacular career. That career was tragically ended with...
Growing up in a Christian home in the 80s had some challenges, especially when it came to a music fanatic finding good music to listen to. For one thing, music I was allowed to...
The passing of trumpet and trombone master Mic Gillette, a founding member of Tower of Power, is a good time to put down my reflections about the band he helped create. "The Tower of Power family...
