(Above: Friday’s Kanrocksas headliner Eminem performs “Lighters” sans Bruno Mars.) By Joel Francis The Daily Record Note: For my coverage of the Kanrocksas music festival, I decided not to cover any band’s previously reviewed by The Daily Record. Visit the archives to read about the Arctic Monkeys, Black Keys, Flaming Lips, Flogging Molly and Girl [...]
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Review: Kanrocksas (Day 1)
Posted in Concert review, Kansas City music scene, tagged Arctic Monkeys, Bizarre, Black Keys, D12, Diplo, Eminem, Flaming Lips, Flogging Molly, Girl Talk, Harry Belafonte, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Jett, Joy Formidable, Kanrocksas, Kid Cudi, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Major Lazer, My Girl, Ritzy Bryan, Switch, Temptations on September 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
(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 [...]
Top 10 shows of 2010
Posted in Top 10, tagged Allen Toussaint, Babylon, Black Keys, Body of War, Common, Dan Auerbach, Dap-Kings, Daptone Records, Dark Side of the Moon, David Gray, Diverse, Eddie Vedder, Emmylou Harris, Flaming Lips, gold medal, Hearts of Darkness, Hermon Mehari, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Rotten, Jonsi, Kansas City Royals, Les Izmore, Like Water for Chocolate, Lilith Fair, Mike McCready, New Orleans jazz, New Year's Freakout, Olympics, Patrick Carney, Paul Simon, Pearl Jam, Phosphorescent, PiL, Pink Floyd, Public Image Ltd., Radiohead, Sex Pistols, Sharon Jones, Sigur Ros, Stax, Stiefel Theater, Tina Turner, Tomas Young, White Lines, Willie Wilson, Working in a Coal Mine on December 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(Above: Gil Scott-Heron performs “We Almost Lost Detroit” in concert. His June 20 performance at Blues Alley in Washington, D.C., earns an honorable mention as one of the top shows of the year.) By Joel Francis The Daily Record Jonsi, April 22, Liberty Hall Sigur Ros concerts have a sustained emotional intensity matched only by [...]
Neil Young, Santana celebrate the guitar
Posted in Album review, review, tagged AC/DC, Arc, Back in Black, Black Magic Woman, Chris Daughtry, Clive Davis, Cream, Daniel Lanois, Def Leppard, Guitar Heaven, India.Arie, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Le Noise, Little Wing, Maria Maria, Matchbox 20, Nas, Neil Young, Oye Como Va, Pat Monahan, Peter Gabriel, Photograph, Rob Thomas, Santana, Smooth, Sunshine of Your Love, Train, U2, Van Halen, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Yo-Yo Ma on October 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
(Above: Santana and Nas put their spin on AC/DC’s “Back In Black” on the “George Lopez Show.” Believe it or not, this is one of the better moment’s on Santana’s new album.) By Joel Francis The Daily Record It’s hard to believe it has been a ten years since “Supernatural.” Back then, Santana was just [...]
Bring yo booty to the Bottleneck
Posted in band feature, tagged Booty Band, dance music, funk music, Funkadelic, Jimi Hendrix, P-Funk, Parliament, party band, Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band on August 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(Above: Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band bring the bounce to Ziggy’s in Wiston-Salem, N.C.) By Joel Francis The Daily Record There are several different versions of the story how the six-piece, North Carolina funk outfit Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band came up with their name. Guitarist J.P. Miller’s favorite rendition involves a fortune [...]
Review: Experience Hendrix
Posted in Concert review, Kansas City Star, tagged Stevie Ray Vaughan, Los Lobos, Jimi Hendrix, Robert Randolph, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Howlin Wolf, Isley Brothers, Aerosmith, Susan Tedeschi, Buddy Miles, Joe Perry, David Hildago, Experience Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Band of Gypsys, Billy Cox, Chris Layton, Double Trouble, Ernie Isley, Isley Bros., Stone Free, Purple Haze, Foxy Lady, Red House, Living Colour, Cult of Personality, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Noah Hunt, Jonny Lang, Brad Whitford, Scott Nelson, The Wind Cries Mary, Eric Johnson, Sacred Steel, Cesar Rosas, Hubert Sumlin, Chess blues, Corey Glover, Amazing Grace, Them Changes on March 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(Above: Jonny Lang and Aerosmith’s Brad Whitford blaze through “Fire” on March 6, 2010, at The Joint in Las Vegas.) By Joel Francis The Kansas City Star The lineup for Tuesday’s Experience Hendrix concert at the Uptown Theater seemed to set up a joke: How many guitarists does it take to pay tribute to the [...]
Stuff your stocking with these live collections
Posted in Album review, tagged Beatles, Bob Dylan, CitiField, Glitter and Doom, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, live albums, Paul McCartney, R.E.M., Stevie Nicks, The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty, Tom Waits on December 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
(Above: If you’ve been good, maybe Santa will bring the new R.E.M. album, “Live at the Olympia.”) By Joel Francis The holiday season is a notorious dumping ground for greatest hits, repackagings and other musical ephemera. Four established artists, however, transcend the fourth-quarter wasteland. New live albums by Paul McCartney, R.E.M., Tom Waits and Tom [...]
Marvin Gaye – “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”
Posted in Motown, Song Review, tagged Berry Gordy, Buddy Miles, California Raisins, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Gladys Knight, Hitsville U.S.A., Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Norman Whitfield, Temptations on November 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Marvin Gaye – “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” Pop # 1, R&B # 1 By Joel Francis Producer and songwriter Norman Whitfield had finally triumphed. His fourth attempt at recording “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” had finally made it past Berry Gordy’s Quality Control meetings and triumphed at the top of the charts. [...]
Bobby Taylor – “Does Your Mama Know About Me”
Posted in Motown, Song Review, tagged Bobby Taylor, Cheech and Chong, Diana Ross, Gamble and Huff, Hitsville U.S.A., Jimi Hendrix, Philly soul, The Sound Of Philadelphia, the Supremes, Three Dog Night, Tommy Chong on October 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Bobby Taylor – “Does Your Mama Know About Me,” Pop # 29, R&B # 5 By Joel Francis North Carolina native Bobby Taylor was working with a trio of Canadian musicians performing Motown numbers in Vancouver when the group caught the attention of Supremes Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard. The pair excitedly contacted Berry Gordy [...]
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