Rick Wakeman’s band is terribly talented08.20.07

Oh my GOD!!! The show left me literally in a state of incomunicato. Not just because of R. Jackson’s generous gift of buying a ticket for me (which I WILL remember for the rest of my life!), but due to the pure talent of Rick Wakeman and his band mates. The tour is called Rick [...]



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Part one of trying to win Max Webster Tickets05.22.07

Well faithful readers, I am very desperate to get tickets for the super-Canadian Music Event of this millennium!
I decided to go down to Q-107 at the Hard Rock Cafe in downtown Toronto and attempt to obtain some tickets to this cherished show.

I put on my jacket, picked up my guitar and made a sign. [...]



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The ultimate ROCKMAN by Tom Scholz05.11.07

The ROCKMAN by Tom Scholz is the result of the business venture that helped many budding rock stars obtain that BIG FAT Boston sound that everyone was after in the 1980’s.

Unfortunately or fortunately for myself during those years I did not get my hands on any of these ultimate tools of the trade. I was [...]



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The little Canuck that could04.30.07

Who says us Canucks are just good for beer and hockey alone!

You remember watching Rockstar last summer? You know the television show where they were trying to find a lead singer for Super Nova (aka Rockstar Super Nova)? Well, for the second year in a row a Canadian won the international competition. [...]



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The sweetest guitar solo ever04.11.07

Does any guitar player out there have a favorite guitar solo? Well I certainly do, it’s the one from the Rolling Stones, “Heart Breaker”, from their 1973, “Goats Head Soup” album.

This master guitar solo is played by a fellow not a full member of the group but player in the band, named Mick Taylor. This [...]



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