Singing This Song For You, Leon

leon russell

Leon Russell April 2, 1942 – November 13, 2016   It’s been a rough week. Two days ago, Leonard Cohen died. Yesterday it was Robert Vaughn, the Man from U.N.C.L.E., Today Leon (born Claude Russell Bridges). They say these things happen in threes. I can hardly take it any more. This has been one of … Read more

‘Oldchella’? OUCH!

This is what the British Invasion has ultimately led to. The headline on the My News L.A. website reads, “McCartney, Jagger, Dylan Rockin’ in their 70s: ‘Oldchella’ Tix On Sale…” OLDCHELLA?!! Man that hurts. Yeah, I know we baby boomers have gotten up in years but, let’s face it… Seeing it in wrtiting – a rock concert featuring the … Read more

New John Waite Tour In Support Of New CD

John Waites

New EP by John  Waite Gets Full Tour Treatment John Waite has just released four brand new, all acoustic songs, and he’s taking them on the road. Two of the songs were written by John Waite with collaborator Rick Giles and tow were penned by Richard Thompson. John was born in 1952 and has been … Read more

Rock Concerts of the 60s

Woodstock Nation

Philadelphia, PA The Spectrum Although my initiation into the music at the inception of my coming-of-age was the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show at the tender and impressionable age of 11, I didn’t attend my first rock concert until I was 15. I went with my Cousin Michael to see Cream at the Spectrum … Read more

Boomers and Beatles and Bands, Oh My

THE BEATLES Ask almost any baby boomer if they remember the first time they saw The Beatles and I guarantee that more likely than not, they’ll remember it vivdly. There are few milestones in life that compare to the first time our generation saw the and heard the Beatles our very first time. For most of us, … Read more

My G-g-g-generation

60s family gathered around the television set

Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation! They say a successful website has to have a color theme. At least that’s what I recently read somewhere. But while deciding on what color a theme about baby boomers should be… when trying to decide what my “target audience” looks like, it became clear to me that  baby boomers can’t … Read more