Hot Stuff
Donna Summer kept her lung cancer a secret and that’s why it was such a jolt to find out the queen of 1970’s disco was dead at 63. …
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Music Matters – Really!
Fleetwood Mac’s multi-million selling 1977 album Rumours is excellent, but I am sick to death of it. Sick, sick, sick! Â Tracks from the album can now be played on every radio format from oldies to classic rock and as a result, the songs are overplayed. Â …
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Chris Martin Backs me Up!
In the radio announcer coaching part of this little enterprise my mantra is always; Â If you have to choose, always choose being clear over being clever. Â If only the members of Coldplay had heard me! Â …
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Whitney Houston RIP
That awful, screechy I Will Always Love You aside, there was a time when Whitney Houston was the best (known) singer in the world.  As for I Will Always Love You I’ve always preferred the writer, Dolly Parton’s version.  But I digress. …
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Musical Musings
I’m a rock fan. Â I prefer pounding drums, wailing guitar solos and singers with passion that verges on a scream. And I don’t think that’s ever going to change. …
10 Hands, One Guitar
Thank you to music guru Alan Cross for bringing this one to our attention. Â The video has gone viral. Â Walk Off The Earth is a band from Burlington, Ontario and look what they’ve done with a cover of an excellent Australian tune and just one guitar. …
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So Much for Date Night
It was a night that just didn’t turn out as planned. …
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Hindsight Breeds Contempt
Even though it gets a lot of criticism the 1980s was a great decade. Looking back on the big hair, bad clothes and crappy music gives me a smile! But at the time, of course, we didn’t know our hair was outrageously big, our pastel clothing with big shoulder pads was gauche and our music was garbage. Some of us wondered what happened to rock and roll, when we bothered to stop dancing long enough to think about it. …
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One of the Best Songs Ever Written
So many people live their lives as if time is infinite. They put important things off, maintain silly feuds and are careless about relationships.Â
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Clapton, Beck, Gilmour – You Can All Relax!
I’m quitting the guitar. I have had exactly one lesson and I’m giving it up. It’s tooooo harrrrrrrd! …
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