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Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #64

Gerry Casey blues, classic rock, indie Blues, Rock, roots, turn it up November 17, 2020

Making a Scene Presents TURN it UP with Gerry Casey and Guests Catfish Blues Band 1- Sam Davidson Going Home (New 2020) 2-Minefield Alone Together ( New Single2020) 3-Wily Bo Walker/E.D. Brayshaw Walk In Chinese Footsteps (New Single 2020) 4-Kilfeather Beneath The Silence (New Single 2020 5-The Kokomo Kings Buckle Up (New Single 2020) 6- […]

Podcasts/ Turn it Up

Turn it up Podcast with Gerry Casey Show #63

Gerry Casey blues, blues-rock, classic rock, Rock, roots, turn it up November 10, 2020

Making a Scene Presents TURN IT UP Podcast with Gerry Casey This week it’s the turn of Robert Wilson and Stone James of The Dead Show Dealers’s to tell their stories of how they got bitten my music bug. As you will hear from the tracks featured they paint a rare and unique blend of […]

Podcasts/ Turn it Up

Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show 62

Gerry Casey blues, classic rock, gerry casey, indie Blues, Rock, roots, turn it up November 1, 2020

Making a Scene Presents TURN IT UP with Gerry Casey Show #62 1-The Spencer Davis Group Keep On Running 2-The Spencer Davis Group Gimme Some Lovin’ 3-The Treatment Hang Em’High(Power Crazy2019) 4-The Bloodshots No Way Out ( single 2020) 5-Shemekia Copeland Money Makes You Ugly (Uncoivil War 2020) 6-Peter Frampton Band Four Four Day Creep […]

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Neil Young and Crazy Horse Colorado

Rhetta Akamatsu classic rock, Colorado, making a Scene, neil young December 18, 2019

Neil Young and Crazy Horse Colorado Colorado finds Neil Young reuniting with his past. l It has been 50 years since Young first collaborated with Crazy Horse. This is their 12th collaboration over the years. One original member has died and Nils Lofgren fills the void, playing with Young for the first time since 1982. […]

Artist Interviews/ Indie Rock Artist

An Interview with Doug Clifford – Creedence Clearwater Revisited

Danny Coleman ccr, classic rock, creedence clearwater revisited, creedence clearwater revival, making a Scene, Rock March 6, 2019

Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Doug Clifford of Creedence Clearwater Revisited! To the current generation a “Cosmo” is a pretty drink, a character from a cartoon or a space reference but to those who’ve come before; Cosmo is the middle moniker of one Doug “Cosmo” Clifford drummer and one half of the legendary […]

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The Weight Band World Gone Mad

Richard Ludmerer americana, blues, classic rock, making a Scene, the band, the weight September 23, 2018

The Weight Band World Gone Mad The Weight Band Records The Weight Band was inspired to carry on the legacy of The Band. Formed in 2013 when Jim Weider (1985 -1999) and Randy Ciarlante (1991 to 1999) both members of the re-united Band decided to form a new group to perform “Songs of The Band” […]

Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Got a Mind to Give Up Living - 1966

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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band “Got a Mind to Give Up Living: Live 1966”

Richard L'Hommedieu blues, classic rock, indie Blues, paul butterfield June 13, 2016

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band “Got a Mind to Give Up Living: Live 1966” www.RealGoneMusic.com “Got a Mind to Give Up Living” is a live performance from (fifty years ago) May of 1966 recorded at the Unicorn Coffee House in Boston, MA, two months prior to the groundbreaking Elektra LP “East – West.” Previously this […]

Book Reviews/ CD Reviews Indie Rock

Thoughts on ” Janis: Little Girl Blue” (DVD)

Rhetta Akamatsu anis Little Girl Blue, blues, blues-rock, classic rock, indie Blues, Janis documentary, janis Joplin, music documentary May 8, 2016

I just watched “Janis: Little Girl Blue” on DVD, complete with deleted and expanded scenes not shown on PBS, and it just caused a storm of emotions. In a bit, I have to write a proper review of it,but right now, I want to talk about it from a personal point of view, about how […]

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Festival Express New Line Entertainment

Richard Ludmerer blues, classic rock, festival express, grateful dead, jam band, janis Joplin, making a Scene April 26, 2016

Festival Express New Line Entertainment DVD In 1970 the following bands got on a train and rode across Canada stopping to play in Toronto, Winnepeg and Calgary. The film which shows footage of them both in Concert and “ridin that train”, sat in a garage for thirty years. Imagine being on a week long train […]

CD Reviews Country Rock

Gone with the Wind: The Remarkable Rise and Tragic Fall of Lynyrd Skynyrd

Richard L'Hommedieu classic rock, country rock, DVD, Lynyrd Skynyrd, making a Scene November 16, 2015

“Gone with the Wind: The Remarkable Rise and Tragic Fall of Lynyrd Skynyrd” – DVD www.ChromeDreams.co.uk – MVD Entertainment Group www.MusicVideoDistributors.com This documentary “Gone with the Wind: The Remarkable Rise and Tragic Fall of Lynyrd Skynyrd” chronologically examines the bands eventual rise to fame, doesn’t hold back about their severe bumps along the way. Needless […]

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Van Morrison: “Another Glorious Decade: Under Review 1977 – 1987”

Richard L'Hommedieu another glorious decade, blues, classic rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, van morrison October 14, 2015

Van Morrison: “Another Glorious Decade: Under Review 1977 – 1987” DVD www.ChromeDreams.co.uk – www.MVDb2b.com This is the follow-up to 2008’s “Van Morrison: Under Review 1964 – 1974,” and like its predecessor this current edition is not sanctioned by Van Morrison or his representatives. There are interviews with several music journalists, including Nigel Williamson (Uncut Magazine,) […]

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Steppenwolf “The ABC/Dunhill Singles Collection’

Richard L'Hommedieu blues, classic rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, Rock September 28, 2015

Steppenwolf “The ABC/Dunhill Singles Collection’ 2-CD’s www.RealGoneMusic.com Numerous singles from Steppenwolf’s best era (1968-1972) have remained obscure, but this double CD box now makes these memorable tracks digitally available. Superb remastering by engineer Aaron Kannowski and a twenty-four page booklet make for a first-class collection chock-filled with pertinent information and informative details via John Kay’s […]

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The Return of Vanilla Fudge with the “Spirit of ’67”

Rhetta Akamatsu classic rock, psychedelic rock, Spirit of '67, Vanilla Fudge March 25, 2015

Vanilla Fudge was one of the most interesting groups of the late ’60s, with a sound that was definitely psychedelic but also heavy enough to verge on the later heavy metal. Amazingly, almost 50 years later they still have the same sound! Not only that, but all but one of the original members are recording […]