by talkfromtherockroom | Sep 1, 2021 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Spinning today in the ‘rock room’ is a 30 minute archival tape of 24k musical gold. Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks captured live and in action on magnetic tape in London, Ontario, Canada, February 24, 1964. Three weeks removed from the arrival of the Beatles, music was...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jan 19, 2021 | Reviews
Recorded over two days in February of 1975 and released in April of the same year, The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album was the perfect combination. Levon Helm and songwriter Henry Glover had the excellent idea to have the legendary Mississippi Muddy Waters up to Helm’s...
by talkfromtherockroom | Apr 13, 2020 | Reviews
Originally Published In 2012. During a recent family vacation to Orlando, Florida it did not occur to me that I would drive right by the town of Winter Park. Winter Park, Florida has the dubious distinction of being the location of Richard Manuel’s suicide in...
by talkfromtherockroom | Sep 27, 2019 | Reviews, Tools of the Trade
Today in the rock room we examine one of the most famous guitars in the annals of rock and roll history. Bob Dylan and Robbie Robertson’s 1965 Fender Telecaster traveled the globe, was cheered and jeered on the road while also being played on many of rock and...
by talkfromtherockroom | Oct 25, 2018 | Reviews, Take One
Bob Dylan’s ‘Hero Blues’ is a composition which surprisingly never found a home on an official release. Even though the song was never destined for Dylan’s mainstream audience, it retains a mystical history and important slot in Dylan’s colossal discography....
