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The 1960s have become synonymous with all the new, exciting, radical, and subversive events and trends of the period, which continued to develop in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and continue today as we look fondly back at the coolest decade of all!
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SCOTT MORGAN AND THE RATIONALS 10-24
We are gearing up for the Scott Morgan show this upcoming Saturday at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor. Hurry and get your tickets because it will no doubt sell out in Scott's hometown.Don't you dig these retro rocker jackets?One of my cool autographs from...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY 10-30-09 GRACE SLICK!
Ms Slick is one of the most fabulous Retro Icons of all time. She is a rock n roll heroine and has inspired millions of young girls to achieve their dreams. Grace was even inspirational to me to stop drinking back in the 80's. Grace said she couldn...
SOCIETY'S CHILD: JANIS IAN
Ms Ian's Official Website is HERE LAST FM is HERESociety's Child was a really radical song in the 1960's It's lyrics were written by a 13 year old girl for one and she talks openly about an interracila love affair between a white girl and an Africa...
YOU GO ME GOING IN CIRCLES: THE FRIENDS OF DISTINCTION
One of the most likeable and vocally cohesive singing groups of the late 60s and early 70s, the Friends of Distinction are too often forgotten in retrospectives of that era, but their music has continued to live on. Formed by Harry Elston, Floyd Butl...
SAM AND DAVE: IT FEELS SO GOOD I HAVE TO HOLLER FOR HELP!
Speaking of my gym teacher...here is another of his favorite songs of I think 1968. He loved Sam and Dave's I Thank YouHere is a bit of bio from Classic Bands.Samuel Moore and David Prater were both raised in the Southern United States, where they ...
NO MATTER WHAT SHAPE YOUR STOMACH IS IN
This was one of my 6th grade gym teacher Mr Ziegler's favorite songs and I remember him playing it in class over and over while he attempted to get us goofy 12 year old to dance. Funny what stuff sticks in your mind over the years isn't it?...
IRRATIONAL: RATIONALS CD RELEASE ANN ARBOR
Get your tickets quick! This show will sell out fast and you don't want to miss this. I was lucky to see this show in July at the Magic Bag in Ferndale.Scott and the band were just fabulous. Scott sings so well and those songs were so much a part of...
RETRO:KIMMER CARL LUNDGREN AND ? AND THE MYSTERIANS
At Carl's invitation (My daughter)Lesley, her friend Stephanie and RK made a short jaunt up to Flint yesterday to see Flintstock a show about the fabulous American Rock Poster Art. OF course one of the best of these poster artists is Carl.'Vanessa'...
STONER ROCK NIGHT:BLUE SNAGGLE TOOTH
Blue Snaggletooth / Black Irish / The Crooks /DJ Wheeler @ The Elbow Room!Stoner Rock jams from new band Blue SnaggletoothFridaySeptember 25th 20099:30pmElbow Room6 S. WashingtonYpsilanti, MIStoner Rock Night: featuring, Blue Snaggletooth (Chris from...
MR TWISTER ARRIVES!
photo by Heather HarrisYES MR. TWISTER ARRIVED IN THE MAIL TODAY!Isn't he the hottest guy from like 1976? The belt, the scoop neck poor boy shirt, and those fantastic silver platform boots. sigh....Thanks so much to Heather and Mr. T for the marvelo...
LET IT BLEED: THE DEATH OF BRIAN JONES
Man oh man wasn't Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones the cutest rocker of all time or what? The investigation into his death is still going on almost 40 years later. How did that boy end up face down in a swmming pool? He had no illegal or legal dru...
REVOLUTION.... TWO OF US... THE BEATLES
TOM LUBINSKI'S BIG BIRTHDAY BASH
Poster by Carl LundgrenWhat a blast RK had last night at the Motor City Music Factory Birthday bash for Tom Lubinski, Richard Peardon, Gary Adams, and more. Tom has so many friends and I knew almost all of them and met some new friends as well.Photo...
MIXED UP SHOOK UP GIRL: PATTY & THE EMBLEMS
As I was posting the Mink Deville RIP story last week I rediscovered one of my biggest favorite long forgotten songs from the Retro vault: Mixed Up Shook Up Girl by Patty & The Emblems. I have been playing it over and over all week, driving my ...
CONNIE FRANCIS: WHERE THE BOYS ARE
Needed a new story for RK today so I went over to Johnny Bee's Facebook page to scope out the newest videos Bee added. Bee finds the coolest musical videos of all time. So looking for Retro inspiration I went HERESure enough Bee had Connie Franci...
BORROWED FROM THE SNARKY VIEW: RIP MINK DEVILLE
Willy (Mink) DeVille – August 25, 1950 – August 6, 2009ORIGINALLY POSTED: THE SNARKY VIEWRIP MINK DEVILLE RETRO FABULOUS SINGER/MUSICIANGuest Post by Julie of Greener By DesignsIt seems fitting that I write this on August 22th because not only i...
RETROKIMMER'S BLUES AND NEWS ON SATURDAY
Though Kimmer tends to generally hang around the retro eras of music she definitely has a thing for the Blues. Especially on Saturdays.... No work and relaxing with Albert King..YESJust met the owner of the very cool MOTORCITY MUSIC FACTORY the char...
THE DEAD CITY PROPHETS!
Last week I also had the great fortune to meet and see Ron Cooke sit in with Johnny Bee and the Howling Diablos and blow the house down... We talked a lot after the show about internet promotion and we will be doing a new blog for Ron and his great b...
SUMMER FUN: MACHINEGUN'S HOUSEPARTY
Kimmer had a bunch of fun last Thursday night finally meeting Kirk from the Motorcity Blog and his very talented graphic designer/artist friend RebeccaMich at the Magic Stick in Detroit. We were there to begin the structure of Machinegun Thompson's ...
JOHNNY BEE BADANJEK: DETROIT'S DRUMMER
JOHNNY BEE'S ONLINE ART GALLERYLast night along with Mazinga/Powertrane/drummer Al King, I was lucky to get a ticket to the Scott Morgan and The Rationals Cd Release Party show. Without any advance info I discovered when I arrived that one of my all ...
The Rationals CD Release Party Featuring Scott Morgan
The Rationals CD Release Party Featuring Scott MorganWith The Howling Diablos & The Space Heaters Doors 8 P.mFriday, July 24 8:00pat The Magic Bag, Ferndale, MIWe will be venturing out to Ferndale to see one of our favorite rock musicians Scott M...
BROTHER CRIMEWAVE'S STUDIO
Had some big fun last night I met with our favorite video producer Dan Boyd the Wizard O Livonia and Brother Crimewave at his studio Rockdigi. DETROIT'S MOST UNDERGROUND RECORDING STUDIO. Essentially RK went there to meet the band Circus Boy and line...
WHO KILLED BOBBY FULLER?
RK: One of the best songs to come out of the 6Ts was the rocker anthem "I FOUGHT THE LAW" by the Bobby Fuller 4. It had driving guitars and riveting beats. Love that song to this day and so do the new hot bands that have done covers of it like Green ...
THE DEATH OF MICHAEL JACKSON
Michael Jackson's Life on People Magazine Covers HEREOMG we just got a CBS News Alert that Michael Jackson died today at age 50. Though nothing would surprise after all the other media stunts he has pulled over the past 40 some years. However, we are...
THE DOGS ROCKED ANN ARBOR LAST NIGHT!
Photo: Christian and NicoleDetroit Jack and Loren DoGRK had a blast and stayed up way too late on a work night! RK got to finally meet Loren the leader of the DoGs pack! Just love him and the rest of the pack, Mary Kay and Tony (tone dog) too. We jus...
DENNIS WILSON: DEATH AND THE MANSON FAMILY
The most gorgeous of the Beach Boy's Wilson brothers, Dennis Wilson lived on the edge and walked on the wild side. His hard partying with drugs and alcohol and associations with undesirables led to his untimely death at age 39. He was buried at sea b...
KOKO TAYLOR: QUEEN OF THE BLUES
CHICAGO – Hundreds of mourners turned out Thursday at a music-filled wake and memorial service for Chicago blues icon Koko Taylor, whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the nickname "Queen of the Blues."Among those who paid tribute to T...
SURF GUITAR AND MORE....
DICK DALE AND THE DELTONES! MISIRLOUTHE VENTURES! LONG BEFORE MTV....NEW HOT VERSIONGARY HOEY "PIPELINE" WATCH THIS GUY OMG!DRUMMER MATT KICKS IT TOO...
SONNY AND CHER RIPPED OFF
LOS ANGELES – Cher has sued Universal Music Group, claiming the company owes her and Sonny Bono's heirs more than $5 million.The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Santa Monica claims Cher and Bono's widow and children are owed royalties on songs that were i...
SHAG DANCING!
The Shag Dance is sort of a lazy jitterbug, done on beaches at night, always with someone of the opposite sex. Therefore, the music shaggers picked for their soundtrack had to be sunny, sexy, fun, and lazy. Depending on who you talk to, shagging can ...
