Category Archives: Road Tunes
Nirvana and Cobaine: real or sham?
Nevermind or In Utero? And what about a top-50 ranking? If you peruse the Internet and look for the top 50 rock bands or the top 100 rock songs of all time, it’s as if a time warp occurred during … Continue reading
Kirk Deeter on Rockers AC/DC
Dirty Deeds sold right here. EDITOR’S NOTE: If you ask my mother, I tried to wreck her life between the end of grade school and when I graduated from high school, mostly because I cranked the AC/DC morning, noon and … Continue reading
The Reverend Horton Heat
King of Rockabilly Can’t remember where I was when I first listened to the Heat, but I do remember that an Ex couldn’t stand them, something about The Rev taking out his frustrations on a woman with a lamp post. … Continue reading
Road Tunes: The Presidents of the United States of America
The Presidents of the United States of America Hey, I’m from Seattle and southeast Alaska. It’s in my bones. Grew up there. Thought about being a serial killer and then opted to be a fly fisher. But I understand why … Continue reading
Road Tunes: The Tradgically Hip
Canada’s Glory Child I got into the Tragically Hip in the 1990s when I drove from Missoula to Seattle on spring break and my buddy, Torrey, and I must have listed to Blowing High Dough about a hundred times. We … Continue reading
Screaming Trees Sweet Oblivion
Screaming Trees While Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Alice and Chains placed a stranglehold on the 1990s Seattle rock scene, another band, the Screaming Trees, was quietly jostling for position and pumping out some awesome tunes under the radar. Some … Continue reading
Meat Puppets
Creative band that heavily influenced Nirvana I probably became interested in the Meat Puppets when I heard Kurt Cobaine say something about how that band influenced his music and I liked his music, a lot, so why not find out … Continue reading
Neil Young’s Greatest Hits
End of the trip I have to be honest here. I can hardly look at Neil Young without getting sick. There’s something about that greasy hair and the emaciated body. I just don’t think the dude looks right. A life … Continue reading
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The Essential Johnny Cash
The Man Comes Around “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash.” Those words echo familiar to every warm-blooded American and with his choppy, melodic guitar riffs and massive faithful following, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more beloved artist than the late Johnny … Continue reading
Rock Hard Power Spray in Helsinki, Finland
Ok, so they’re not a household name in the States. Not even in Helsinki, Finland where I bumped into them while staking out nightclubs on my way to Russia to fish the world’s most prolific Atlantic salmon stream. What else … Continue reading
