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  • 2021.05 Boomerocity Buzz

    Patrick Sky, Folk Singer and Bob Dylan Contemporary, Dead at 80
    Member of the Sixties Greenwich Village folk scene, Sky released acclaimed satirical LP Songs That Made America Famous in 1973

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    World Premier: Hear David Lee Roth’s Twanging New Song ‘Giddy-Up!’

     

    Why Alice Cooper’s Manager Refused to Manage the Beatles

     

    ‘Friends in Low Places’ Songwriter Dewayne Blackwell Dead at 84

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    Former Sen. John W. Warner of Virginia, A Former Navy Secretary Who Was Once Married to Elizabeth Taylor, Has Died at 94, His Longtime Chief of Staff Said Wednesday

     

    Megadeth Nixes Bassist David Ellefson Over Sex Scandal — Ellefson Responds

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    MGM Will Plug Into Amazon Streaming Machine As It Hits Higher Gear

     

    Songwriters Demand Greater Transparency from the Copyright Royalty Board Over Mechanical Rates

     

    The Richard Marx Rand Paul Controversy

     

    Queen + Adam Lambert Announce New European Shows

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    Bob Dylan at 80

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    TwinstheNewTrend Discover Heart’s “Alone”

     

    Federal Judge Denies Original Lady A’s Motion to Dismiss or Transfer Lawsuit Filed By Lady Antebellum

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    Vevo Launches ‘Vevo Rewind’ to Better Target Nostalgic Viewers

     

    Morgan Wallen Plays Unannounced at Kid Rock’s Nashville Bar

     

    Roger Hawkins, Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section Drummer, Dead at 75

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    Gary Numan on His Dark New Album, ‘Intruder’: “If the Earth Could Speak, How Would it Talk About the Way it Feels at the Moment?”

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    Brian May Undergoes ‘A Little Bit of Eye Surgery’

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    TwinstheNewTrend Discover The O’Jays’ “Forever Mine”

     

    Bruce Springsteen Will Guest on New John Mellencamp LP

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    Charles Grodin Dies: ‘The Heartbreak Kid’ Actor, Unrivaled Talk Show Curmudgeon Was 86

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    Nancy Wilson Debuts New Cover of Pearl Jam’s “Daughter,” As Heard in the Netflix Film ‘I Am All Girls

     

    Paul McCartney Docuseries ‘McCartney 3, 2, 1’ Coming to Hulu

     

    Black Crowes Announce Rescheduled 2021 North American Tour

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    Rock Hall President: ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Was Never Just Four Skinny Guys With Long Hair + Guitars’
    Rock Hall CEO: 'Rock Was Never Just Four Guys With Guitars'

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    World Premier: Check Out Billy Gibbons’ Video for New Solo Song ‘My Lucky Card’

     

    Concerts Are Coming Back: Opening Night Plans for Rock’s Big Acts

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    Rundgren, Turner, King and Foo Fighters React to HOF Inductions

     

    No Foul Play Suspected in Death of Tawny Kitaen, Whitesnake Video Star

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    Tawny Kitaen's Brother Gives Insight Into Potential Cause of Death

     

    Guitarist Bruce Kulick Shares An Advice To Young Musicians

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    Let the War of Words Begin: Todd Rundgren, Foo Fighters and Randy Rhoads Honored by Rock Hall

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    Alice Cooper Leads Star-Packed 2022 Monsters of Rock Cruise

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    Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Payments Will Start Arriving Next Week

     

    Morgan Wallen Isn’t Getting Dropped by His Record Label, Big Loud/Republic — “Cancellation Is a Slippery Slope”

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    Nancy Wilson Announces Livestream Show With the Seattle Symphony

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    Tawny Kitaen, Whitesnake Video Star, Dies at 59

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    Metallica’s James Hetfield Says He’s ‘A Little Skeptical’ of COVID-19 Vaccines; Hopes Vaccine Passports Aren’t Required for Future Concerts

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    Live Nation Stock (LYV) Surges as Live Concerts Come Back to Life — “Fans Are Buying Tickets Faster Than Ever Before”

     

    Alan Jackson, Vince Gill, Mickey Guyton Set For National Memorial Day Concert

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    Songwriters Demand a Streaming Music Overhaul — “There Is No One Single Magic Solution But Rather Several Key Changes Required”

     

    AMC Networks Posts Softer Q1 Revenue On Advertising And Licensing Slide, But Profit Beats Wall Street Forecasts

     

    Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee Buys ‘Japanese Inspired Modern Sanctuary’ In Brentwood For $4.15 Million

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    Broadway To Reopen Sept. 14, Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo; Broadway League “Cautiously Optimistic”

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    Michael Jackson’s Image Is Only Worth $4 Milion, U.S. Tax Court Rules

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    Flashback: TwinstheNewTrend Discover Queen's 'Somebody To Love'

    Billie Hayes Dies: Wicked Witchiepoo Of ‘H.R. Pufnstuf’ Was 96

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    Watch As Paul McCartney Cries As He Remembers John Lennon

     

     

    Sad News About The Monkees As They Announce Their Farewell 

    Here’s Where You Can Donate to Help Struggling Music-Industry Workers
    A comprehensive list of music industry–related charities aiding those affected by the coronavirus pandemic

     

    Steve McQueen’s Former Malibu Beach House Hits the Market for $12 Million

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    Paul Stanley Is Still 'Open' To Ace Frehley & Peter Criss Making Guest Appearances During 'End Of The Road' Tour

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    The Sad Ending To The Band Survivor

     

    BJ Thomas Obituary

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    World Premier: Rolling Stones Share Lyric Videos for Newly Remastered “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and 1968 B-Side “Child of the Moon”

     

     

    GENE SIMMONS And FLEA Show Support For NAOMI OSAKA After She Withdraws From FRENCH OPEN

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    $18 Concert Tickets Cost $1,000 for Unvaccinated Fans

     

    Real Milli Vanilli Singer John Davis Dies at 66

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    World Premier: Hear Marty Stuart Cover the 1967 Country Gem ‘Skip a Rope’

     

    47 Years of Music Industry Change — In 47 Seconds or Less

     

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    World Premiere: Classic Cars and a Sweet Reunion Define Trace Adkins’ “Heartbreak Song” Video

     

    Bob Lefsetz: Today’s Music Business

     

    Garth Brooks Earns Kennedy Center Honors
    Brooks was honored alongside Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Allen, Joan Baez and Midori

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    World Premier: Night Ranger Announce New Album With First Single, ‘Breakout’

     

    The Who Celebrated With New Royal Mint Selection of Coins

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    Pop legend Leo Sayer Reveals What Elvis Presley Said to Him Just Before He Died

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    World Premier: Previously Unheard Slash + Chester Bennington Collaboration Leaks

     

    David Crosby Recruits Michael McDonald for New Song ‘River Rise’

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    World Premier: Duran Duran announces new album and releases first song “Invisible”

     

    Jackson Browne Announces New Album, ‘Downhill From Everywhere’

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    Cher Is Turning 75 & Unwrapping A Universal Biopic Eric Roth Is Scripting And ‘Mamma Mia!’s Judy Craymer & Gary Goetzman Are Producing

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    Blackberry Smoke Confirms 2021 “Spirit of the South Tour: A Celebration of Southern Rock N’ Roll”

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    Lady A Debut Unreleased ‘Things He Handed Down’ Live at the Grand Ole Opry (Watch)

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    Guns N’ Roses, Stevie Nicks, Foo Fighters Confirm More 2021 Shows

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    Eric Clapton’s Anti-Vaccine Diatribe Blames ‘Propaganda’ for ‘Disastrous’ Experience

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    Frank Sinatra's Secluded Palm Desert Compound Could Be Yours for $4.25 Million

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    Live Nation Is Opening a 5,000-Person Venue In Houston as the Live Concert Comeback Begins

     

    Kiss Manager Credits Success to ‘Four Chords and Bad Lyrics’

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    Rock Hall Boss Defends Its Heavy Metal Record

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    Flashback: The August 2020 Boomerocity Interview W/ RRHOF CEO, Greg Harris

     

    Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Carrie Underwood Get Las Vegas Residencies

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    Norman Lloyd, Star of 'St Elsewhere' and 'Dead Poets Society,' Dies at 106

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    Little Big Town Announce New ‘Nightfall’ Tour Dates for 2021

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    First Time In History: Garth Brooks’ Daughter Allie Colleen Achieves Her First Top-40 Country Hit

     

    Luke Bryan’s ‘Crash My Playa 2022’ Is Now Sold Out

     

    Ann Wilson Revisits First, Pre-Heart Recordings With New Reissue

     

    Lloyd Price Dies: Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer, Hitmaker With ‘Lawdy Miss Clawdy’ Was 88

     

    Alex Van Halen Posts New Tribute to Brother Eddie: “VH Forever! The view from my drum set will never be the same.”

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    Zac Brown Band Announces 'Comeback Tour'

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    Styx Announce New Album, ‘Crash of the Crown’

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    TwinstheNewTrend Discover Bob Seger’s ‘We’ve Got Tonight’

     

    Cinemark’s Q1 Sales Fall 80% To $114 Million But CEO Mark Zoradi Says Theater Chain, Industry “On Road To Recovery”

     

    Rolling Stones Guitarist Ronnie Wood Joins Recovery Charity as Ambassador

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    $70 Million Distributed to Musicians by the AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Fund

     

    Dirty Honey Announce June Headline Tour With Joyous Wolf

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    Red Hot Chili Peppers Sell Their Entire Catalog for $140 Million

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    A 5,000-Person Outdoor Music Festival Was Held Without Masks or Social Distancing to Study How COVID-19 Spreads

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    Monkees Announce Fall 2021 Farewell Tour

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    ROB HALFORD Says JUDAS PRIEST Is Working On 'Very Potent' New Album: 'We've Got A Bunch Of Great Ideas'

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    TwinstheNewTrend Discover Simply Red’s ‘Holding Back The Years’

     

    The Recording Academy Votes to End Grammy ‘Nominations Review Committees’ — Will That Reverse the Ratings Nosedive?

     

    Alice Cooper Recalls Jimi Hendrix Was the First Person That Gave Him A Joint

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    More Celebrity Virtual Concerts: Wave and Warner Enter Strategic Partnership

     

    Olympia Dukakis Dies: Oscar-Winning Actress For ‘Moonstruck’ Was 89

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    Gavin MacLeod Dies: ‘Love Boat’ Captain And ‘Mary Tyler Moore’ Regular Was 90

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    Cheap Trick’s Tom Petersson ‘Much Better’ After Heart Surgery

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    Kevin Clark Dies In Bike Accident: Young Drummer In ‘School Of Rock’ Film Was 32

     

    World Premier: Watch TOTO Perform 'You Are The Flower' From 'With A Little Help From My Friends' Blu-Ray/DVD

     

    Vintage Hollywood Hills Bungalow With Rockstar Pedigree Wants $1.9 Million       The owners of this historic Laurel Canyon home associated with The Doors and Jim Morrison are asking nearly $1.9 million

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    Quincy Jones Is Backing a New NFT Marketplace for the Average Music Fan
    Jones, Whitney Houston, TLC, Doja Cat, John Legend, and more will release collections on the environmentally friendlier OneOf platform, which is scheduled to launch in June

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    Copyrights, Royalty Splits & More: ‘Ruthless’ NFT Market Sparks New Legal Debates

     

    Small Business Association Confirms That $0 Have Been Distributed to Indie Music Venues In America

     

    Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival Tour Announces 2021 Dates

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    Randy Rhoads’ Stolen Guitar and Amp Mysteriously Returned

     

    David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash Speak

     

    Robert Plant Will Allow Unheard Music to be Released After Death

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    FOREIGNER Plays First Concert With New Guitarist LUIS MALDONADO (Video)

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    Micky Dolenz on the Monkees’ Farewell Tour, New LP ‘Dolenz Sings Nesmith’
    “I will always be Micky, the wacky drummer on that classic old television show,” says Dolenz, “just like Leonard Nimoy was always Mr. Spock”

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    Roger Daltrey Announces 2021 U.S. Solo Tour

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    TED NUGENT: Why I Won't Tour In 2021

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    SAMMY HAGAR And CHAD KROEGER Cover STEVE MILLER's 'Fly Like An Eagle' With Afghan Girls

     

    Journey to Perform at Lollapalooza 2021, Says Neal Schon

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    Thom Gimbel Officially Leads Foreigner

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    Lindsey Buckingham American Idol Appearance Could Be A Preview of Things To Come

     

    Alice Cooper and Ace Frehley Are Teaming Up for a Fall Tour

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    Dierks Bentley, Brad Paisley, Jimmie Allen + More Join ‘Good Morning America’ Summer Concert Series Lineup

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    Alan Jackson Shares Hilarious Backstage Story About Merle Haggard: ‘He Was Crazy’

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    You.MUST.Watch.THIS! TwinstheNewTrend Discover Jefferson Airplane's 'White Rabbit'

     

    Universal Music Group Sued by Beach Boys Member Over Alleged Underpayments of International Royalties

     

    KISS Manager Believes Ace Frehley Will Show Up on Final Tour

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    Go-Go’s on HOF Induction: ‘We’d Gotten Used to Being Rejected’

     

    GENE SIMMONS Says It's 'Disgusting' That IRON MAIDEN Has Not Yet Been Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

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    Jimmy Buffett On Getting Back to Playing Live: A Pirate Looks at 75

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    Over Half of Americans Won’t Feel Comfortable Enjoying Live Entertainment Until Fall or Later, Study Finds

     

    Is This Yet Another Spotify Surveillance Patent?

     

    World Premier: DENNIS DEYOUNG Releases Lyric Video For 'The Last Guitar Hero' Featuring TOM MORELLO

     

    JOURNEY's ARNEL PINEDA Collaborates With BILLY SHEEHAN And JOEL HOEKSTRA On Cover Of STEVE MILLER BAND's 'Abracadabra

     

    Flashback: TwinstheNewTrend Discover The Beatles' 'Here Comes The Sun"

     

    Megadeth Issues Statement Regarding Bassist David Ellefson

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    Whitesnake's David Coverdale Sends Condolences to Tawny Kitaen's Family Following Her Death

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    TwinstheNewTrend Discover Journey’s ‘Who’s Crying Now’

     

     

    World Premier: Listen to Styx’s New Single, ‘Crash of the Crown’

     

    Paul McCartney’s Solo Career Honored With Royal Mail Stamp Set

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    Spotify Files Another ‘Surveillance’ Patent Tying Music Recommendations to the ‘Physical Parameters of the User’

     

    Watch George Lynch Pay musical Tribute To Eddie Van Halen At Dallas International Guitar Festival

     

     

    Ed Ward, Rock Historian and Early ‘Rolling Stone’ Editor, Dead at 72
    Ward was also involved in the launch of South by Southwest

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    Pink Floyd’s Touring Museum Exhibit to Hit U.S This Year

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    The Music Industry's War On Gordon Lightfoot

     

    Bobby Unser, Three-Time Indianapolis 500 Winner, Has Died at 87

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    The Black Keys Showcase Mississippi Blues Landmarks With ‘Goin’ Down South’ Video

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    STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET: 'I Owe Everything To God'

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    Pharrell Compares Label Advances to ‘Illegal Loans’ — ‘No One Should Own You’

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    See Inside Reba McEntire’s Incredible Real Estate Holdings

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    Heart Sisters Ann And Nancy Wilson Only See Each Other When They Tour Together

     

  • 2022.01 Boomerocity Buzz

     

    WKRP in Cincinnati”s ‘Dr. Johnny Fever’ Howard Hesseman Dead

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    SLASH To Perform On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' This Wednesday (February 2nd)

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    Neil Young Couldn’t Remove His Music From Spotify On His Own. Here’s Why.

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    Steve Vai Postponed Tour Due to ‘Stupid’ Pizza-Making Injury

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    JIMI HENDRIX IN MAUI GETS GLOBAL THEATRICAL RELEASE IN FEBRUARY FROM ABRAMORAMA

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    America’s Gerry Beckley recalls band’s “rocket ship” ride that began with debut album’s release 50 years ago

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    Flashback: Dan Peek’s Last Interview Exclusively On Boomerocity (Two Parts) Here and Here

     

    ‘IRL’ Concert Platform Fever Raises $227 Million in Goldman-Led Round, Touts Demand For ‘Thrilling and Well-Curated’ Events
    Fever, an eight-year-old “global live-entertainment discovery platform,” has officially raised $227 million in a funding round led by Goldman Sachs.

     

    Peter Robbins, Original Charlie Brown Voice Actor, Dead at 65

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    Van Morrison Postpones Florida Concerts From February To April Because of COVID Surge

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    Elvis Costello Inks ‘Exclusive’ Administration Deal With BMG as Catalog Sales Rush Continues

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    What Happened To The Actors From “Dukes Of Hazzard?”

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    Flashbock 1: The 1st Boomerocity Interview With John Scheider

     

    Flashbock 2: The 2nd Boomerocity Interview With John Scheider

     

    World Premiere: Hear Bryan Adams’ Punchy New Song ‘Never Gonna Rain’

     

    Randy Travis “More Life” Documentary Sets Premier

     

    Following UMPG Publishing Deal, Bob Dylan Sells Recorded Catalog to Sony Music

     

    2022 State of Music: Is TikTok the New SoundCloud?

     

    VENTURES GUITARIST DON WILSON DEAD AT 88

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    Daryl Hall Announces Spring 2022 U.S. Tour With Todd Rundgren

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    Clapton Speaks: The Real Music Observer

     

    KISS’ PAUL STANLEY REFLECTS ON TURNING 70

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    A New ‘Guitar Hero’ Video Game Could Be Coming

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    TikTok Testing Support for Paid Subscriptions to Creators

     

    Queen’s Brian May to Make His Acting Debut on British Children’s Show

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    GRETA VAN FLEET's JAKE KISZKA Celebrates 61st Anniversary Of GIBSON's Iconic SG Guitar

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    World Premiere: Listen to Joe Satriani’s Groovy New Single ‘Sahara’

     

    Garth Brooks Reschedules Gillette Stadium Concert

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    The Enduring Mystery of “Magic Alex”

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    Chris Daughtry Confirms Stepdaughter’s Cause of Death

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    Kenny Chesney sells music catalog to Hipgnosis Song Management

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    Sound Credit Unleashes Version 4 — A Quantum Leap for Eliminating $1.4 Billion In Annual Missing Royalties

     

    Marty Roberts of Iconic Los Angeles Lounge Act “Marty & Elayne” at The Dresden Dies at the Age of 89

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    DAVID ELLEFSON And JEFF SCOTT SOTO Have 'Something Brewing'

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    Who Are the Richest Musicians? Here’s a 2021 Year-End Ranking

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    TwinsTheNewTrend Discover Michael Jackson’s Off The Wall ( Acapella with Backing Vocals Complete )

     

    John Mellencamp Likes the Effect Smoking Has Had on His Voice

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    Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi Mourns the Death of His Longtime Manager Ernest Chapman

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    Country Legend Dallas Frazier Dead, Writer of Oak Ridge Boys Hit ‘Elvira’ Was 82

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    World Premiere: “Big Dreams and Faded Jeans” - Now Streaming - Listen to the first track off the companion album to Dolly’s
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    Boomerocity Coulda Told You This: What Year is It? Nearly a Third of the iTunes Top 100 Taken By Oldies, New Releases Not Catching On

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    55 Years Ago: Hippies ‘Turn on, Tune in, Drop out’ at Human Be-In

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    World Premiere: New Alex Lifeson Project “Envy Of None” Releases First Single

     

    ROGER TAYLOR DEFENDS ‘BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY’ TIMELINE CHANGE

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    A 1964 Porsche 904 GTS Once Owned by Robert Redford Could Fetch $1.7 Million at Auction
    The gorgeous racer is one of the just 100 road-legal examples ever made

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    PIMCO, ONE OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST INVESTMENT FIRMS, TURNS ITS ATTENTION TO MUSIC RIGHTS

     

    Primary Wave Acquires Stake in America’s (the group) Catalog, ‘Certain Name and Likeness Rights’

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    50 ALBUMS TURNING 50 IN 2022

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    World Premiere: JETHRO TULL Releases Video For Title Track Of First Album In Over 18 Years, 'The Zealot Gene'

     

    Elvis Costello Says He Won’t Perform “Oliver’s Army” Anymore, Tells Radio Stations Not to Play It
    The song contains the line "One more widow, one less white n*****"

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    Releasing Music Is Easy, Marketing Music Is Hard. Here’s How Chartmetric Is Leveraging Data to Make Marketing a Lot Easier

     

    Bob Dylan Fires Back Against Sexual Assault Allegations: ‘A Brazen Shakedown Masquerading As a Lawsuit’

     

    Nita Strauss Makes History as First Active Rock Solo Female Chart-Topper

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    Calvin Simon, Former Singer for Parliament-Funkadelic, Dead at 79

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    World Premiere: See Previously Unreleased Footage of Rolling Stones at Altamont

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    Sidney Poitier, Beloved Legend And First Black Best Actor Oscar Winner, Dead At 94

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    Catalog Releases Now Account for 75% of U.S. Music Consumption — With 89% of Baby Boomers Streaming Songs

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    Bon Jovi Announce Spring 2022 North American Tour

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    World Premiere: Hear Edgar Winter Cover ‘Johnny B. Goode’ Featuring Joe Walsh

     

    Watch The Beatles’ Rooftop Gig in IMAX Theaters on 1/30 as a Special One-Night-Only Engagement

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    Fender CEO Andy Mooney “Not Optimistic” That Guitar And Amp Supply Chain Struggles Will Improve Any Time Soon

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    British Recorded Music Industry Eeks a Modest 2021 Gain as 1,918 Artists Surpass 10 Million Domestic Streams

     

    With Get Back, Paul McCartney Became the Most Interesting TV Character of 2021

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    World Premiere: Chuck Berry Live from Blueberry Hill

     

    Cruise Control? The Iconic Porsche 928 From ‘Risky Business’ Can Now Be Yours
    Cruise like Cruise himself in this legendary vehicle-- which was also the star of its own documentary

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    Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Officially Responds to Neil Young’s Pullout — Here’s His Complete Statement

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    Joni Mitchell Wants Songs Off Spotify In Covid Row

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    Keith Moon Biopic to Start Shooting in Summer

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    Wayne's World AMC Pacer 'Mirthmobile' Auctioned for Record Amount

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    Young Slash Wouldn’t Have Believed Guns N’ Roses’ Pandemic Tour

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    The Zombies add North American summer leg to Life Is a Merry-Go-Round Tour

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    Home of the Week: Inside the Spectacular $85 Million Beverly Hills Mansion That ‘Full House’ Built

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    Julian Lennon Is Selling The Beatles Memorabilia As NFTs

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    Brian May Helps Reunite 8-Year-Old Boy With Lost Guitar

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  • Common Bond

    commonbondcoverCommon Bond
    Mark Rivera
    Label: Red River Entertainment
    Release Date: February 18, 2014
    Review Date: March 02, 2014

    When one is known as the sax man for an icon like Billy Joel, as the music director for Ringo Starr, or has played with the likes of John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Foreigner and countless others, it’s safe to assume that they have a solo album buried away in their soul.

    Such is the case with renowned multi-instrumentalist, Mark Rivera, and what a solo album it is!

    Let me say right up front that this album is some of the greatest, new rock and roll that you’re going to hear this year!

    Yeah, it’s that good, and chock full of musical genius.

    Case in point: The opening cut, Loraine, conjures up audio visions of the Allman Brothers and CSN, yet, it’s got a unique sound that one quickly learns is Rivera’s signature, musical touch.

    Following closely on Loraine’s heels is the good time rocker, Sticky Situation. Loaded with gritty vocals, driving guitar and, of course, some down and dirty sax work, this tune will undoubtedly burn an earworm into your cranium that will last for days.

    While every cut on the CD is noteworthy, Boomerocity would like to call attention to a couple of other tunes in particular. One being Rivera’s brilliant cover of Hendrix’s Spanish Castle Magic. Mark’s vocals are interpretive to the mystical lyrics and the music driving in the back ground is nothing short of amazing. If you think you’ve heard it all when it comes to Hendrix covers, you’re wrong. This tune alone is worth the price of the entire album. Hint: You’ll want to hear the cool intro as well as Rivera’s solo. I’ll leave it at that.

    The closing cut, Rise, is a lonely, brooding tune that is worth a ton of slaps of the repeat button. Mark’s vocal range is bang on. The piano is foundational to the mood of the song while the bluesy guitar licks are beautiful icing on the cake. This song is the perfect end to an amazing album by a brilliant musician.

    Pick up this CD (or download it) immediately. Go ahead and by two or more. You’ll want to give to friends who appreciate great, new music.

    Keep up with the latest with Mark Rivera at www.markrivera.com !

  • Foreigner - Knoxville March, 2016

    Photo by Randy Patterson

         

    Foreigner

    Tennessee Theatre – Knoxville, Tennessee

    March 2, 2016

     

    Foreigner once again commandeered the stage of the beautiful Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville, Tennessee. And, just as they did during their last visit to our city a year and a half ago, they blew away the enthusiastic, sell-out crowd. Knoxville loves Foreigner and Foreigner, obviously, loves Knoxville.

    Again, just like last time, the crowd was on its feet from the git-go. Songs like Head Games, Double Vision, Cold As Ice, Say You Will, Urgent, and

         

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    many other songs were performed in ways that insured that our minds would be flooded with nostalgia.  I mean, c’mon! Who doesn’t love at least one of Foreigner’s songs?

    What has become a key point of their show is when the band launches into Waiting For A Girl Like You as well as I Want To Know What Love Is. Each and every time I’ve seen the band, the audience is singing and swaying to these two songs and loving every second of it. 

    Who can blame them?

    While many of the more in-tune fans in the audience may have noticed that Mick Jones and Lou Gramm weren’t part of the band line-up, the absence didn’t dampen their enthusiasm during the show. I’ve seen the band three times and under various configurations and each and every time, they were fantastic and I will gladly see them again in the future.

  • Foreigner In Knoxville - 2014

    foreignerknoxville2Foreigner
    September 20, 2014
    Tennessee Theater
    Knoxville, Tennessee

    Saturday night, the historic stage of The Tennessee Theater was stormed and rocked by the group, Foreigner, and it’s unlikely that it will ever be the same again . . . and in a good way. The always perfect acoustics of that majestic theater made Foreigner’s kind of rock classic in every sense of the word.

    Greeted by an enthusiastic, capacity crowd, the band nimbly and energetically blitzrieged through their thirty-plus years of hits. When the band hit the stage blasting through “Double Vision,” the crowd rose to its feet, never to be seated again. Second on the set list was “Head Games,” followed by “Cold As Ice” during which lead singer, Kelly Hansen, hopped off the stage and wondered through the crowd as they sang along with him.

    The women in the crowded melted during, “Girl Like You,” and swooned as Hansen shook his bee-hiney that had white pants spray-painted on it (yeah, those words are written out of envy) while the band rocked out to “Dirty White Boy.” The band then stormed through “Say You Will,” “Feels Like The First Time,” and “Urgent” (Tom Gimbel’s sax work was absolutely killer!) before closing the pre-encore set with “Juke Box Hero.”

    The band encored with “Long, Long Way From Home,” “I Want To Know What Love Is” (joined on stage with a local high school choir) and “Hot Blooded.”

    Hansen worked the crowd like a polished tent revival preacher, with them eating out of his hands with every word he spoke. They laughed and cheered at everything he said. The band (Hansen, Gimbel, Jeff Pilson, Michael Bluestein, Bruce Watson and Chris Frazier) were brought together in 2005 to form the current configuration by the band’s remaining founding member, Mick Jones.

    Hansen didn’t say why Jones wasn’t on stage with them but it is, no doubt, due to his other projects he’s working on, including one with fellow band founder, Lou Gramm. That said, the crowd didn’t seem to notice or to allow it to curb their enthusiasm towards the band. All were very happy campers throughout the show.

    You can keep up with all things Foreigner at www.foreigneronline.com.

  • Mark Rivera (2012)

    Posted July, 2012

     

    markrivera1Mark Rivera.  Perhaps only to the most die-hard music nuts like yours truly will the name immediately be familiar.  However, to any fan of rock and roll, you have definitely been touched by the music this incredible talented artist has been inextricably a part of.

    First and foremost, you would know Rivera’s work as the sax man for Billy Joel since 1982.  Prior to joining the piano man, Rivera worked with a long list of musical dignitaries. In 1975, he worked with John Lennon and Yoko in a tribute to Sir Lew Grade that turned out to be Lennon’s last TV performance.  Mark remembers that, for that gig, “Yoko Ono had us put on skull caps and have a replica of our face to show the duality of American society. So, we did that gig and I did a couple of TV shows with him and he produced a Gary U.S. Bonds record that I played on.”

    Mark went on to work with Sam and Dave as well as with Mutt Lange (“Mutt’s one of my favorite people in this business. I love him!”) and Foreigner on their groundbreaking Foreigner 4 album. In fact, Mutt, Lou Gramm, and Rivera sang all of the backing vocals on Juke Box Hero and Waiting on a Girl like You.

    In 1982, Mark joined Billy Joel’s band and has been with him ever since.  While working with Joel, he has shared the stage with the likes of Elton John during the Face 2 Face tour and, during the historic The Last Play at Shea concert, performed with greats like Don Henley, Steven Tyler, Tony Bennett, Roger Daltrey, John Mellencamp, John Mayer and Sir Paul McCartney.  When not working with Mr. Joel, Mark has worked with other greats like Hall & Oates, Peter Gabriel, and Simon & Garfunkel.

    Oh and there’s his current gig that he’s also held since the mid-nineties as music director for some guy named “Ringo Starr”.  Perhaps you’ve heard of him?  I didn’t think so.

    Mark and I became acquainted by way of our mutual friend, acclaimed rock photographer, Rob Shanahan, whose work Boomerocity features each and every month in our Photo of the Month feature. Rob is Ringo’s official photographer as well as a trusted friend and it’s through this association that Rob and Mark know each other.

    I was pleased to learn that Mark has been working on his first solo album ever and has just made the single available. Naturally, my ears perked up like a Doberman on that bit of news and so I knew that an interview with the sax man was certainly in order.  E-mails were exchanged and a time set as Mark was more than gracious enough to grant my request.

    I called Rivera at his hotel room in New York City in between gigs with Mr. Starr. As he was cleaning up and awaiting the arrival of the lovely Mrs. Rivera, we exchanged small talk about the tour and how it was all going in its early stages – including my question as to why the All-Starr tour wasn’t stopping in Dallas for the second year in a row.

    “Ah, I don’t know what’s up with that. We’re not going anywhere near Texas, in fact. I was hoping Austin, at least!  I know he (Ringo) loves Billy Bob’s and that’s in Fort Worth. I don’t know. I don’t know. But, what are ya gonna do?”

    After discussing the All-Starr tour, we shifted the focus over to Mark’s new single and his plans for supporting its release after the All-Starr tour.

    “Absolutely! What I’m going to be doing is pull some gigs together in the city (New York). I’ve got to put some final touches on my CD. I’ve got to do some vocals yet and couple of other things but nothing big but enough to get my happy butt busy, you know what I mean?”  But as for the complete album being released, Rivera adds, “It looks like it’s going to be more like October or into November, depending upon what the reality is. I’d rather get it right and spend the time to get it right than to push it and find out that I missed whatever part of it I wanted to get right.  I’m going to take my time and get it done.”

    The single that Mark was referring to is the rocker, Turn Me Loose (read the Boomerocity review of it here), and, boy does it rock with lots of great sax work (read the Boomerocity review of it here). I asked Mark to tell me a little bit about the song and how it all came to together.

    “That particular song – Jimmy Bralower is the producer and co-writer. He and I, we’ve been playing together forever. He kind of pushed me to even think of this project as a viable situation and that I should have a CD out. Because I’ve worked with so many people, it’s been difficult for me to actually spend the time to do it. Jimmy Bralower had a track with the guitar player, Jonny Gale and when I heard it, the first thing that I sang was ‘Turn Me Loose’.

    “Anyway, long story short, Jimmy Bralower was the push behind all this. He had a track of guitar and some loops – some percussion loops that he had put together – just a barren track. For some reason, the person he was working with didn’t jump on it. He played it for me down in the basement one night – this is before I even had a thought of really doing a CD. I started singing stuff immediately. In fact, ‘turn me loose’ was the first or second thing out of my mouth and he said, ‘Buddy!’ and he pressed his iPhone and we had a hook. That was the germ of the whole thing.

    “Again, everything took a long time because I was either touring with Billy or doing a bunch of corporate dates. But Jimmy said that we’ve got to up the ante and get into a real studio and get players. I wanted to use my very, very dear friend, Charley Drayton, the drummer. At the time, he was working with Simon and Garfunkel and then he was working in Australia with Cold Chisel and now, currently, he’s with Fiona Apple.  The guy is obviously very busy.

    “So, I kept pushing the date around and, finally, the stars lined up and Charlie was available and my other very dear friend, Steve Conte, the guitar player. He lives in Amsterdam and now he’s touring with Michael Monroe. So, we got in there in the studio and that song was ready to go. We cut eleven tracks, all told, in two days, which is pretty ambitious. But, look, we had the right guys and we had the right studio. We did it at Avatar, which is the old Power Station where I did Sledgehammer (with Peter Gabriel) which had some sentimental value to me – or some vibe to it. Everything else went along well.

    “That vocal in the room – as a scratch vocal – with the band and it ended up being the one on the record. If I remember right, Jimmy was upset with me because my favorite headphones are from another very dear friend of mine, John Grado, makes headphones.  Are you familiar with Grado Headphones?  They’re, like, state-of-the-art!  I love those phones and I had them on but they’re not meant for isolation. So, you have some drum leakage because I had the drums blasting in my ears. But I can’t sing his (Bralower’s) praises enough. Without him, this dream would’ve laid dormant forever. I guess that’s a long answer but that’s what got this thing going. I’m very, very proud of it and very pleased with the response I’ve been getting.”

    In another part of our conversation, Mark indicated that the album has been in the works since August of last year.  However, songs that wound up on the album were written long before then.  Rivera explained, “There’s one song called Hard to Let Go – which Jimmy and I wrote together and Nils Lofgren’s played on that one – that was written, believe it or not – man, this will frighten you – back in 1991.  I’ve always written songs. In fact, I have two more that I’m ready to go back into the studio with. Jimmy always says that, before the actual CD comes out, the last thing you put on is sometimes the best thing you do because you’re not always ready to do it in the beginning. So, I still think some of the best stuff is still there to go!”

    Then, almost as an afterthought, Mark added, “I’m 59 now and it’s pretty crazy to think that this is where I am now. I’ve done a lot of work with a lot of different people but this is my first solo album. This is the one!”

    With Rivera mentioning the fact that he’s worked with so many different people, I mentioned that he should write a book like one of his other sax-playing peers, Bobby Keys, recently did.

    “I have to tell ya, Bobby is in a position because of the people he’s worked with – this is really a compliment – he can say, ‘Hey, man, I can say it just like it was’ because he and Keith (Richards) were born on the same day – the same day, the same year. Pretty incredible. He can tell what it was like because he was in the thick of it all.

    “I really believe that – I don’t know if it’s karma or whatever – I really don’t want to say anything that would put anyone in a bad light. Unfortunately, people want to read about the dirt about who was messing with who and who was doing drugs. Look, there’s no halo over my head. I’m not proud of everything that I’ve done but I will say that I don’t feel the need to cash in on that. SO, if I was to write a book it would be a nice book and nice books don’t sell!  I love talking about things I’ve done and sharing stories but it’s a crazy world out there with all of the reality TV and stuff. People drive by an accident, they can’t help but keep looking. I just say, ‘Keep driving and be grateful that you’re not hurt.’  That’s how I feel.”

    In Mark’s forty year career, he has obviously worked on a ton of albums that had to have prepared him for his work on Common Bond.  I asked the sax man if, still, there were any surprises that he didn’t anticipate while working on the album.

    “Yeah, the amount of work that goes into it – the amount of effort to get things right. That’s why I’m so amazed when I hear or see the level of how prolific the Beatles were – how much they did in such a short span of time. It always blows my mind.  I think what’s really surprising is the result because it’s really a double-edged sword. I mean, I’m shocked, first of all, that anybody cares and then I’m even more shocked when I hear the stuff.

    “I’ve got to keep referring to Jimmy Bralower. He said, ‘When we mix these songs and work on these songs – and they’re like our children – you listen to them and until they’re at the stage that you feel so comfortable – you’re kind of holding your breath that something’s going to go wrong or that you’re going to hear something that you hate. When I finally heard the tracks in their final mix, I was then able to actually breathe! I’m not saying that my pitch is perfect or anything like that but there’s a great vibe, I think, and what’s being done with the song – it far surpasses anything – it exceeds my expectations far and away.”

    Then, drilling down to what really surprised him, Mark added, “The surprising part is that I actually did it! That’s probably the biggest surprise. And, not to sound corny, but the fact that I took the time. I mean, I’m a working guy. I work for my family. I take care of my family. The time that Jimmy allotted for me – he’s running around. He’s got his own record company – Dynotone Records. Hopefully, I’ll put this CD out on that. He’s everything!  So, the fact that he would take the time out – he’s like, ‘Buddy, we’ve got work to do!’  So, by the grace of God – and Jimmy Bralower – I got this thing done!”

    Rivera often lends his more than capable talents to very worthy causes and to help out friends in need.   A personal high point for him took place in January, 2007. Aninha Capaldi, the wife of the late Traffic co-founder, Jim Capaldi, tapped Mark as music director for the Jim Capaldi Tribute Concert at Roundhouse in London.  In that event, he worked with rock royalty such as the late Gary Moore, Steve Winwood, Joe Walsh, Jon Lord, Paul Weller, Bill Wyman, Yusuf Islam, Steve Lange, Ray Cooper, the Storys, Dennis Locorrieree.  Many of those performances were captured on the DVD, Dear Mr. Fantasy Featuring the Music of Jim Capaldi and Traffic: A Celebration for Jim Capaldi.

    These days, Rivera works with such worthy charities as the Red Cross, Cure Autism Now Foundation, The Miami Children’s Hospital and Michael J. Fox’s Foundation For Parkinson’s Research.  The passion that Mark has for his music is brought full-force to help these groups raise money for their causes.  As if that’s not enough, he, along with some of his musician friends, is developing a program designed to educate and motivate young people in inner city school systems to develop their musical talents.

    As we wrapped up our chat, Mark Rivera shared some introspective closing thoughts.

    “The main thing is, just like my having been blessed by playing with bands like Foreigner on Foreigner 4, in particular; the work I did with Peter Gabriel on Sledgehammer and the work I’ve done with Billy, and one of my favorite bands ever which people don’t realize until they hear Start Over, is a band like Traffic. It’s going back to those times and this is a collection of all my records and all the songs that are in my head. Remembering, I guess; not allowing myself to forget that I’ve had an incredible ride so far and to, hopefully, let it continue.”

    The ride continues with the release of Common Bond this fall. Until then, you can see Mark perform in Ringo’s All-Starr Band this summer and who knows what other friends he may be helping in the meantime?

  • Mick Jones - Orchestrating Foreigner's Latest Tour

    January 2020

    MickJoneTDscopy croppedIn these days and times, it’s considered remarkable to be still be working when one is in their seventies. It’s even more remarkable to be working successfully in your field for fifty-three years. So, to say that Mick Jones is remarkable would be a tremendous understatement.

    Starting his musical career with the 60’s band, Jones has worked with a whole slew of artists. However, he is most noted for founding and leading the legendary band, Foreigner.  With reportedly over 80 million record sales world-wide, the band is one of the best-selling bands of all time.

    When he wasn’t leading the band in cranking out classics like “I Want To Know What Love Is”, “Waiting For A Girl Like You”, “Juke Box Hero”, “Cold As Ice” – as well as touring the world, he was producing records for bands such as Van Halen, Bad Company, The Cult, Ben E. King, and Billy Joel. ‘

    But Foreigner IS touring and doing so as energetically and creatively as they ever have. In fact, when they make their stop in Nashville, they will be performing their successful catalog of monster hits with the Nashville Symphony – much like they did with the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra and Chorus a couple of years ago in Lucerne, Switzerland. 

    Having seen the band twice in the past ten years, I can only imagine they will sound with the Nashville Symphony in the city’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center. While I’m not sure I will be attending, I encourage you to catch them at whatever city closest to you on this tour because I guarantee you that you’ll be in for a real treat.

    But I’m getting slightly ahead of myself.

    Because of their upcoming tour, their three Nashville shows and their Greeneville, Tennessee show shortly afterward, I caught up with the band’s founder and sole remaining original member, Mick Jones, while he was taking a break in New York City. 

    After the usual small talk, I started off by asking Mick if Foreigner had ever played the Schermerhorn before.

    “We've actually done a couple of shows there. It's got to be a couple of years back. And it was pretty much new at the time. I remember the sound being excellent in there. We got a lot of compliments on the sound. So, we were very happy. And I can only imagine having the orchestra. There's a pretty big choir going to be involved, too.” Then he added, “You know, we're pumped and ready to go. We'll be Tennesseans for a few days.”

    As for what fans can expect from the shows like the Nashville show as well as the non-orchestral shows during this tour, Jones shared:

    “Well, we've been touring. We took it easy last year or the year that currently - not going to be a new year. We did that last year and where we're sort of fairly - it was kind of a sparse sort of itinerary. We didn't do the major markets so much and this year we are doing nothing but. So, we've got a big tour of Europe coming up. Big, Actually, we're going to several countries. We're playing the O2 in London. 

    “As far as more regular type shows, we've got a pretty loaded schedule for the rest of the year. We're really looking forward to it. I think that we needed to take the time off just to refresh and really, I think from the view the audience, we've done two or three major summer tours, amphitheater tours the last few years, so we kind of withdrew a little bit. This is the comeback. 

    “So as far as the shows are concerned themselves, it's been kind of quite a learning experience working with the orchestra. I've worked very closely with the arranger. Actually, he's a master cellist. His name is Dave Eggar. We've worked together on the arrangements. From time to time, we'll get together and just refresh them. But it's worked remarkably well, going to these cities and plucking from the local string section of the local (orchestras) - colleges, schools, and it's works really well. We did a whole tour of Australia 18 months ago and we employed . . . college orchestras. They were great. They were really good. They were very talented. And it helps, also, to bring a communal kind of thing back into it. It was all really good. So, we've been lucky and we've had great orchestras wherever we played, pretty much.”


    To put a finer point and to clarify just a bit, Mick added: 

    “It's a new deal. Foreigner. Not that we're going to go that way completely. We're still going to be the rock band. But, from Mick Kelly Photo credit is Laurence HarveyKelly Hansen (L) & Mick Jones - Photo by Laurence Harveytime to time, we like to throw these shows. We have fun doing them.”

    As I stated at the beginning of this piece, it's been said that Foreigner has sold over 80 million records. I asked Mick why he felt that songs like Foreigner’s stands the test of time. 

    “I think, obviously, the songs have a fair amount to do with it. I think the artistry perhaps. The band has an identity musically. We were never a band to go out and be individual personalities so much as being a band. I think we've managed to keep up a standard, the quality in the songwriting and also in the performance. And now with the lineup as it is and with Kelly Hanson, we've expanded to a very exciting kind of staged live show. It's just remarkable with the recognition we still have. And, you know, you see younger folk in the crowd and they're singing the words to the songs, you know, even younger. Ten-year-old’s! And, it's, like, 'Jesus, what's going on here?'

    “But it's great. It's very gratifying. I never thought I'd be doing this at this time in my life. But, you know, I'm very grateful that I've been allowed to follow this dream and still doing it. Still having a ball. I think you'll probably see, if you haven't seen this for a while, the band is really in tip-top shape. It's a great show. It's very exciting. We've sort of completed what I've envisaged as, originally, the band of my dreams, in other words. As opposed to feeling tired or exhausted, I'm feeling like refreshed and full of confidence. The band is just super and everybody is really dedicated to it. The chemistry is great. It's just very refreshing in so many different ways. Now, as a stage show, is so powerful. It's also opened up a bigger audience again for us. So that's a good thing. It's nice to play in the big places again. 

    Our time was running out so I threw my final two questions to Mick Jones at once.  First of all, I wanted to know if he thought the music business was broken and, if he did, what he would do to fix it. 

    Secondly, I asked him a question that I’ve asked in approximately two hundred interviews and I’m sure Mick has been asked millions of times: When you step off the tour bus life up at the great gig in the sky, how do you hope to be remembered and what do you hope your legacy will be? Surprisingly, Jones answered the latter first.

    “Ok. Let's do to the last one first. 

    “Well, whenever that day comes and I hope it's a long way off, I'm having too much fun. You know, it inevitably will. And MickJoneTDscopyobviously, I'd like to be remembered as a decent guy and somebody who had a bit of a clue about writing songs and. And, really, having brought a few classic songs and put them in the wherever-they're-stored-up-there and songs that have actually reached people and have had an emotional effect on them or have been of some help during dark times - and happy times, too, you know. So, I just feel that I'm I've just been very fortunate to be able to do that - to be able to express myself and be successful at it, too.”

    Shifting to my music business question, the Starrider said:

    “The music business. It's almost like it's gone back to the beginning, you know, with singles, pretty much. People concentrate on singles more than they do on albums these days. And I think the general quality suffers a bit because, you know, career building is very much different these days, very much more difficult. It's a jungle out there, really. It's sort of out of control, in a way. Like, everybody's got some way of recording something and putting it down and there's just so many people and so much product out there - a lot. Which is good, you know. There's some cool bands around.

    “As much as that goes, I think the thing is, is if you don't have qualified people in the record companies - the old meaning of A&R was arranging and recording and there are not many people who really have the experience or the know-how to make great records. I don't think it's a shortage of musicians. I think it's just a shortage of teachers or up-and-coming musicians who can work or be influenced by a certain extent. 

    As far as a solution, I don't know, it's become a very - it's become a very greedy business, like a lot of things out in this day and age. And it's all money motivated. Not that it was not before. It's so stifling for kids to want to get a record contract and then discovered that they have to give their life away to do that. It's a little obscene, I think. As I say, there aren't enough people with the wisdom and the savvy to be able to nurture the artists and really advise them in a useful way.”

    That said, Mick Jones is certainly one of those in the world of rock and roll who most certainly has the wisdom and the savvy to rock our musical world. You may have a chance to allow him and the rest of the guys in Foreigner to do just that. Check out their tour schedule at ForeignerOnline.com.

     

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