July 1, 2019

Roland plays all the bars in the Lou

His band runs from 19 to 90 (well, that maybe an exaggeration)

June 26, 2019

If you're in the St Louis area and want something to do tomorrow night

You could do a lot worse than coming over to Eckert's Farm in Belleville IL for a free concert by the Kingdom Brothers.

Drink a Schlafely draft eat a burger and listen to the band

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June 24, 2019

Ever hear of The Royal Southern Brotherhood? Sadly they're no longer together

But they were one of my favorites.

My wife and I saw them every chance we got - Which was pretty often at first since Mike and Devon are both from St Louis and they performed here quite a bit

This was the 1st lineup we saw:
Cyril Neville (The Meters and Neville Brothers) on Vocals and Percussion
Devon Allman (HoneyTribe, Allman Trucks Band and solo) Vocals and Guitar
Mike Zito (Solo) Guitar
Ronrico Scott (Tedeschi Trucks Band, Eric Clapton) Drums
Charlie Wooten (Zydefunk, Bonerama, solo) Bass

Over the course of 4 albums, Mike and Devon Left and were replaced with Bart Walker and Tyrone Vaughn (Nephew of Stevie Ray and son of Jimmy Vaughn) and Charlie Wooten was replaced by Darrel Phillips on base.

But Cyril's vocals never faltered Ronrico was still a monster and the new guys could all play their asses off.



I doubt they'll ever reform since Cyril is in his 70s and the other guys are involved with various projects, but they had an amazing (but overlooked) 6 years.

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June 24, 2019

A couple days ago I commented on Jack wearing a Cramps T-Shirt on Colbert

While the Raconteurs raged through a neo-punk thrasher.

Well, the video is available now.

June 22, 2019

Bob is my childhood friend. He's also a thoughtful writer baseball fan and coal country Dem

His latest essay talks baseball

https://thingsamicthinksabout.wordpress.com/2019/06/22/bunker-and-boswell/

June 22, 2019

Jack White is wearing a Cramps T-shirt on Colbert

While The Racontuers thrash away

It's like punk Inception

June 21, 2019

My Friend Alan speaks at an "Impeach Now" rally

June 21, 2019

I usually post videos of bands or artists, but today I'm hyping a YouTube channel. Lo-Fi Saint Louis

This is a good follow, the channel is eclectic and fun

June 20, 2019

This is pretty startling

June 19, 2019

Everyone enjoys Bluegrass covers of rock classics right?