What a privilege to spend Friday, September 18 at the Troubadour seeing one of my favorite bands, Old 97’s, perform. They’ve been around for “20 good years of about 25” as Rhett sings in their song “Longer than You’ve Been Alive,” but I only jumped on the bandwagon almost exactly one year ago. (I also borrowed the title for this post from that song.) I’ve made up for lost time since then, buying all of their albums and nearly all of lead singer Rhett Miller’s solo albums. In the past several months, I’ve managed to see Rhett perform solo five
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You Are Everything
There are some musicians whose work becomes a part of your life story. You latch onto their words to find the meaning in your life; they help you navigate the rough parts and celebrate the high points. I think everyone who likes music has a singer or a band that fills this role and for me that person is Glen Phillips. Glen is the lead singer of the band Toad the Wet Sprocket, whose hits in the 1990s included “Walk on the Ocean” and “All I Want” (I just heard the latter at my local grocery store on Thursday). Glen later
And Just Be Who You Are
On Saturday night I headed to Amplyfi in Hollywood, CA to see my friend Kapali Long play a short set. This is a small, all ages venue with platinum records and music-themed posters on the walls, band stickers plastered all over an inner door, and an eclectic choice of chairs to sit on. This would be an ideal space for budding artists to play or perhaps for an intimate secret show. Kapali performed with his usual level of passion and obvious love for music. He started the show with his sweet song, “Double Tall Non-Fat Latte,” a story of love
Love to Hear the Robin Go Tweet, Tweet, Tweet
“You Make My World Rock” is on Twitter too! Follow along at @YouMMWRock. Watch out for the following daily hashtags: #SundaySongDay — focusing on songs by singer/songwriters, those guys and gals creating music with their guitars or pianos (or ukuleles) to guide them. #MiseryLovesMonday — get all your sad songs here. The weekend is over and heaven knows we are miserable now. #TuesdayFanDay — I’ll highlight a song suggested by a follower. Are you a fan of a musician you want to share with the world? Let me know and I’ll give them a shout out. #WiseWordsWednesday — there are
Take a Chance and Let’s Go
On September 2, 2015 I attended my first concert since starting this blog, so here is the first concert report! The show took place at what I like to think of as my home venue, Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach, CA. The line-up for the evening was DOJO, Gears and Zeal Levin. Opening the night, DJ duo DOJO deftly swapped turns on the controller. They smoothly transitioned between songs, pumping up the crowd and getting them moving on the dance floor. Local artists, Gears, continued to bring the beats with Tanner Allen mixing the music while Carolina Webb’s soaring voice