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The Trick ... Is To Keep Going

http://www.thetrickis.wordpress.com

A music blog devoted to reports on live shows, recent album releases and the history of the rock and jazz scenes in the past 45 years through the experiences and observations of a musician who has lived through it.

• Added on: Mar 6th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Paul Rosano
• Listed in: Music Musicians and Bands
• Tags: music Rock jazz concerts music industry album releases

Recent Posts

• The Trick Is To Keep Going Has Moved!

  Posted on Friday April 10th, 2009 at 10:47 in music

  A little sooner than I expected. But the transfer went fairly seamlessly. Yes, The Trick Is To Keep Going has moved here to my own domain. For those of you who would like to type it in, the URL has changed to http://www.thetrickismusic.com Everything...

• A Woman a man again

  Posted on Friday April 10th, 2009 at 08:44 in music, punk, americana, alternative rock, pj harvey, john parish, a woman a man walked by, '90s rock, dance hall at louse point, english traditional

  PJ Harvey has often said she never wants to repeat herself. As her catalogue bears out, she always changes direction for each new project. Although it’s inevitable that an artist will in some ways repeat herself, she does an admirable job of st...

• From the Vaults: Hidden Treasure, No. 2

  Posted on Monday April 6th, 2009 at 15:28 in music, soul, r&b, vinyl, miles davis, full moon, japanese import, blues-rock, dave holland, randy brecker, buzz feiten, airto moreira

  After writing about Martha Velez’s 1968 release Fiends & Angels, I realized there are a number of albums that qualify as either era-defining or being highly influencial despite not having gained widespread recognition. These records weren&#...

• CT Rock ‘n Roll: Pulse, Part 3

  Posted on Thursday April 2nd, 2009 at 15:25 in music, boston, pulse, lovin' spoonful, al anderson, buddah records, poison ring, bram rigg set, doc cavalier, trod nossel, the shags, the wildweeds

  To recap part 2: At the end of the summer of 1967, two popular New Haven-based bands broke up at the prodding of manager/producer Doc Cavalier, who owned Syncron Studios (later Trod Nossel) in Wallingford. Three members from the Shags and three from ...

• 69 (albums) from 1969

  Posted on Sunday March 29th, 2009 at 11:22 in music, albums, tommy, Neil Young, Woodstock, the beatles, crosby, led zeppelin, the band, the who, the rolling stones, 1969

  When I think of 1969, I think the end of the hippie dream, the fading of peace and love. After the violence of the Democratic convention in ‘68, it appeared the Yippies were taking precedence over the original anti-war movement that so many of ...

• Concerts Vol. 2: Blown away

  Posted on Wednesday March 25th, 2009 at 15:48 in music, concerts, elton john, fillmore east, leon russell, rick derringer, long beach arena, robin trower, pat benetar, derringer, neil geraldo, new haven coliseum

  Several times over the years I’ve seen opening acts blow away a headliner. I mentioned one such concert that involved the original Jeff Beck Group with Rod Stewart at Woolsey Hall in New Haven in 1969. Two stand out above the rest though. The...

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This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Mal

Excellent blog, with mix of classic and new music. good reviews, stories, reports.

great job!

Posted: April 2nd, 2009 | More Reviews From MalMNN | Report This Comment

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