by talkfromtherockroom | Nov 12, 2024 | Now Showing, Reviews
Nicky Hopkins played on over 250 records over the course of his career. A supremely talented pianist who tapped the black and whites as a child prodigy at age 3; by his teenage years Hopkins had won a scholarship to attend the Royal Academy of Music in London. He...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jun 9, 2024 | Now Showing, Reviews
Prior to the days of social media information dumps and viral moments, Saturday Night Live was the place to be heard and to be seen. A cultural touchstone, many a career were jump started by an appearance as the featured musical guest on the legendary late night...
by talkfromtherockroom | Apr 9, 2023 | Now Showing, Reviews
Shot between January and November 1971, Neil Young’s docu-film Harvest Time is a cinema verite’ capture of Neil Young’s most prolific era as a songwriter. Caught bounding between locations in the Bay Area, London, Nashville and New York, the film...
by talkfromtherockroom | Apr 9, 2022 | Now Showing, Reviews, Take One
Spinning in the ‘rock room’ today is an influential and important 7″ cut during the heyday of early electric blues. Aleck Miler, Alex Miller, aka Rice Miller, aka Sonny Boy Williamson II was a master harmonica player and songwriter in the blues...
by talkfromtherockroom | Dec 2, 2021 | Now Showing, Reviews
Now Playing in the ‘rock room’ is a long time circulating audio and video performance by the Grateful Dead. Taking place on August 30, 1970 and broadcast on KQED San Francisco as well as local television the performance has long been a favorite of...
by talkfromtherockroom | Aug 17, 2021 | Now Showing, Reviews
Some special rock footage guaranteed to blow your mind has recently come into circulation and for the time being is available for review online. In 1974 Ravi Shankar and George Harrison undertook a 45 show concert tour across the US running concurrent with...
