(Above: Jeff Beck takes fans higher with this cover of the Sly and the Family Stone classic.) By Joel Francis The Kansas City Star After staying away from Kansas City for more than a decade, guitar wizard Jeff Beck has graced city limits twice in a year. The setlist for Saturday night’s concert at a sold-out Uptown Theater may have [...]
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Review: Jeff Beck
Posted in Concert review, Kansas City Star, tagged A Day in the Life, Beatles, Guitar Hero, How High the Moon, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Les Paul, Muddy Waters, Narada Michael Walden, Puccini, Sly and the Family Stone, Yardbirds on May 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Classic Christmas Carol: “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”
Posted in Music history, Song Review, tagged Abbie Hoffman, American Idol, Andy Williams, Beatles, bed-in for peace, Celine Dion, Christmas, Christmas carol, Classic Christmas Carol, David Cook, Happy Xmas, Harlem Community Choir, Jerry Rubin, Joan Baez, John Lennon, Lead Belly, Lonnie Donegan, Maroon 5, Moody Blues, Peter Paul and Mary, Phil Spector, Polyphonic Spree, protest song, Stewball, Vietnam War, Wall of Sound, Woody Guthrie, Yoko Ono on December 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(Above: It may have been the holiday season, but John Lennon wasn’t pulling any punches when he put this video together. This extended cut also includes edited interviews with Lennon.) By Joel Francis The Daily Record Before it was a song, “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” was a billboard. In 1969, two years before the [...]
Review: “December 8, 1980″
Posted in book review, Music history, tagged Beatles, Dakota building, December 8 1980, George Harrison, John Lennon, Keith Elliott Greenberg, Lennon's murder, Mark David Chapman, New York City, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, true crime on December 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(Above: “(Just Like) Starting Over” announced John Lennon’s return to music in the fall of 1980. After his death, it occupied the No. 1 spot for five weeks.) By Joel Francis The Daily Record Rock and roll is littered with artists who left too soon. None are mourned as deeply and fervently, though, as John [...]
Review: Pavement
Posted in Concert review, Kansas City Star, tagged band reunion, Beatles, Bob Nastanovich, Cut Your Hair, indie rock, Jamal Charles, Kansas City Chiefs, Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, Pavement, Range Life, Smashing Pumpkins, Spiral Stairs, Spit on a Stranger, Starlings of the Slipstream, Stephen Malkmus, Stone Temple Pilots, Terror Twilight, Todd Haley on September 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(Above: Pavement perform “Gold Soundz” live at the Uptown Theater on Sept. 11, 2010.) By Joel Francis The Kansas City Star About 20 minutes into Pavement’s set, lead singer and guitarist Stephen Malkmus announced to a crowded Uptown Theater that this was the band’s first time playing in Kansas City, if you don’t count Lollapalooza. [...]
Review: Bob Dylan
Posted in Bob Dylan, Concert review, Kansas City Star, tagged All Along the Watchtower, Beatles, blues music, Bob Dylan, Charlie Sexton, Dough Rollers, Like a Rolling Stone, Paul McCartney, roots music on August 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
(Above: Zimmy and band roll and tumble.) By Joel Francis The Daily Record Two of the most iconic songwriters of the 1960s visited Kansas City just two weeks apart. But while patrons packed the Sprint Center and doled out big money to see Paul McCartney, acres of more reasonably priced empty seats could be found [...]
George Harrison – “Ding Dong, Ding Dong”
Posted in Song Review, tagged Beatles, Dark Horse, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Phil Spector, Ringo Starr, Ronnie Wood, Wall of Sound, Wings on January 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(Above: The original 1974 promotional film for “Ding Dong, Ding Dong.”) By Joel Francis It seems hard to believe in wake of the deification of St. John and the myth building of Sir Paul, but George Harrison was far and away the most successful of the solo Beatles after the implosion of the group. The [...]
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