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Tag Archives: Mick Jagger
Album review: ROCKY ATHAS – Livin My Best Life
Pete Feenstra chatted to Rocky Athas for his show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, playing tracks from the album ‘Living My Best Life’. First broadcast 12 May 2024. Cherryburst Records [Release date 10.03.24] ‘Living My Best Life’ is Rocky … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bob Dylan, Buddy Miles, Don Nix, Double Trouble, Freddie King, Free, Gary Moore, Glenn Hughes, guitar, Jared Watson, Jeff Beck, John Mayall, Larry Samford, Leon Russell, Leslie West, Lightning, Livin My Best Life, Mick Jagger, Paul Kossoff, Peter Green, review, Robin Trower, Rocky Athas, Roky Athas11, Walter Watson
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Gig review: THE ROLLING STONES – British Summer Time, Hyde Park, 3 July 2022
The Rolling Stones have become the first of the rock n roll generation to celebrate sixty years as a band, a remarkable achievement for music that many would originally have dismissed as a passing fad. Their legacy is secure, not … Continue reading
Gig review: VIRGIL McMAHON – Boom Boom Club, Sutton, 8 April 2022
Pete Feenstra chatted to Virgil McMahon for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 6 March 2022 They say you should never go back, but they were wrong. Sure the levels of expectation are sometimes beyond reality and sometimes an … Continue reading
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Tagged 8 April 2022, blues rock, Boom Boom Club, Gabriel McMahon, gig, guitar, guitarist, hard rock, interview, Jerry Brown, Joel Wildgoose, Keith Richard, Luke Smith, Mick Jagger, Mo Pleasure, Pete Wass, radio, review, Rolling Stones, Steve Eggs, Surrey, Sutton, Virgil & The Accelerators, Virgil McMahon
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Album review: CHRIS FARLOWE & THE THUNDERBIRDS – Stormy Monday & The Eagles Fly On Friday
Repertoire [Release date 28.1.22] This 3CD set brings together more than 50 newly remastered tracks, recorded by the R&B/soul powerhouse Chris Farlowe between 1962 and 1969. It’s an eclectic mix of studio, radio session and live tracks, and a definitive … Continue reading
Album review: THE ROLLING STONES – A Bigger Bang live on Copacabana Beach
Mercury Studios [Release date 09.07.21] Originally released on DVD in 2007, this Rolling Stones release has been remixed, re-mastered, re-edited and re-released. At the time The Stones were touring in support of their recent “A Bigger Bang” album and this … Continue reading
Album review: LESLIE WEST – 5 Originals, Got Live
5 Originals (3CD) Voiceprint [Release date 21.05.21] The late great Leslie West is, perhaps, best known as the founder, guitarist and vocalist of the legendary American rock band Mountain, also pioneers of heavy metal and blues rock. The band took … Continue reading
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Tagged 5 Originals, albums, blues, classic rock, Got Live, guitarist, Leslie West, Mick Jagger, Mountain, reissues, review, rock
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DVD review: RONNIE WOOD – Somebody Up There Likes Me
Eagle Vision [Release date 27.08.20] In essence “Somebody Up There Likes Me” is a film telling the story of the remarkable career of Ronnie Wood, however, it is much more than that. In the film Wood says that in his … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, DVD, Eagle Rock, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, review, rock, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood, Somebody Up There Likes Me
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DVD review: THE ROLLING STONES – Steel Wheels Live – Atlantic City, New Jersey
Eagle Vision/Universal [Release date 25.09.20] Now, this is a beauty of a release, and one that I have been waiting for as I have had a bootleg of this show since early 1990 and this has now been restored, remixed … Continue reading
Album review: THE ROLLING STONES – Bridges to Buenos Aires
Eagle Records [Release date 08.11.19] It would be somewhat of an understatement to say that I am a huge Stones fan, and the band’s live releases over the last few years has been prolific to say the least. The latest, … Continue reading
Album review: THE ROLLING STONES – Bridges to Bremen
Eagle Rock [Release date 24.06.19] There can be no doubt that the Rolling Stones were an immense touring force throughout the nineties, and they were a great live act. By 1998 it seemed like there was no stopping them, but … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bridges to Bremen, classic rock, Keith Richards, live, Mick Jagger, review, rock, rock 'n' roll, The Rolling Stones
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Book review: THE ROLLING STONES 1963-1980 – On Track by Steve Pilkington
Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 27.06.19] Over the years I have read a number of these types of books, each telling the story behind well-known artists albums and songs, and the trouble is that a song can easily be interpreted differently … Continue reading
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Tagged book, Classic Albums, classic rock, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, On Track, review, rock, Steve Pilkington, The Rolling Stones
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DVD review: THE ROLLING STONES – Voodoo Lounge Uncut
Eagle Vision [Release date 16.11.18] Of all the live Stones releases and reissues, this is the one that I have been waiting years for. Previously only available on VHS, “Voodoo Lounge Uncut” has been expanded, remastered, remixed and released on … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, DVD, Eagle Vision, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, review, rock, The Rolling Stones, Voodoo Lounge Uncut
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Album review: THE ROLLING STONES – Sticky Fingers Live at The Fonda Theatre 2015
Eagle Vision [Release date 29.09.17] CD/DVD There is no doubt that 1971’s “Sticky Fingers” is my favourite album by The Rolling Stones, but for years it has also stayed as possibly my favourite album of all time. Within its ten … Continue reading
Album review: CHRIS JAGGER – All The Best
BMG [Release date 01.09.17] “OK class, hands up who’s familiar with the works of Chris Jagger?” “Michael Eavis put your hand down, and take 100 lines: ‘I will put more rock acts on at Glasto”’. Yes, Chris Jagger ‘ Mick’s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, All The Best, Chris Jagger, compilation, David Gilmour, Mick Jagger, pop rock, review, Sam Brown
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Album review: THE ROLLING STONES – Live (Ladies And Gentlemen, Some Girls, Muddy Waters)
Eagle Records [Release date 16.06.17] Eagle Records are releasing several live CD’s from The Rolling Stones, each following their successful release on DVD. Each is taken from a different point in the band’s history and finds them at a high … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Checkerboard Lounge: Live in Chicago 1981, classic rock, Eagle Rock, Keith Richards, Ladies and Gentlemen, live, Mick Jagger, Muddy Waters, reissue, review, rock, Some Girls: Live in Texas’78, The Rolling Stones
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DVD review: THE ROLLING STONES – Ole, Ole, Ole! A Trip Across Latin America
Eagle Vision [Release date 26.05.17] More a documentary than a concert film, “Ole, Ole, Ole! A Trip Across Latin America” was originally released in selected cinemas last September and was shown on Channel 4 at the end the year. The … Continue reading
DVD review: THE ROLLING STONES – Totally Stripped
Eagle Rock [Release date 03.06.16] Originally recorded and released in 1995, The Rolling Stones’ “Stripped” album has been given an overhaul and is being re-released as “Totally Stripped”. The live recordings are more pared down than acoustic and have a … Continue reading
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Tagged DVD, Eagle Rock, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, review, rock, The Rolling Stones, Totally Stripped
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DVD review: THE ROLLING STONES – From The Vault
Eagle Vision [Release date 30.10.15] I am pleased to say that those very nice people at Eagle have delivered the goods once again and the latest releases in The Rolling Stones “From The Vault” series are from Tokyo in 1990 … Continue reading
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Tagged 1982, 1990, classic, DVD, From The Vaults, Keith Richards, Leeds, Mick Jagger, review, rock, The Rolling Stones, Tokyo
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DVD reviews: THE ROLLING STONES – From the Vault 1975 and 1981
THE ROLLING STONES – From The Vault- L.A Forum 1975 Eagle Vision [Released 17.11 .14] The Rolling Stones have previously made a number of live performances available as downloads from their website and these have all been brought up to … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, DVD, Eagle Vision, Hampton Coliseum 1981, Keith Richards, LA Forum Live In 1975, Mick Jagger, review, rock, rock 'n' roll, Rolling Stones
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Album review: JOE LOUIS WALKER – Hornet’s Nest
Alligator Records [Release date 25.02.14] Joe Louis Walker rips into the incendiary title track of ‘Hornet’s Nest’ with a riff heavy piece that suggests it’s a kick ass rocking album. Truth is, it’s a more adventurous album than that, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Springsteen, Chris Kid Andersen, Curtis Young, Hornet's Nest, Jesse Stone, Joe Louis Walker, Keith Richard, Michael Black, Mick Jagger, Muscle Shoals Horns, Ray Walker, Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge, Willie Dixon
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DVD Review: AEROSMITH – Rock For The Rising Sun
Eagle Rock [Release date 22.06.13] Much like the Stones who are 10 years their senior, Aerosmith pop up on this DVD like cartoon characters come to life. They rock and roll and charm their way round the post-tsunami Japan on … Continue reading