Category: Music Memories

Happy Together Tour 2014

It never ceases to amaze me how the Happy Together tour manages to consistently put together such and entertaining and diverse line up of “oldies” acts year after year.  I have been following the tour for years and while there ...

Abbey Road on the River 2014

After my debut adventure at this show in 2012, I missed the 2013 installment due to a conflicting schedule.  At the last minute I did try to swing it but by then the hotel was already sold out and this ...

The Monkees 2013 Concert Tour

As a longtime fan of the Pre-Fab Four, The Monkees’ 2011 concert at the Florida Theater in Jacksonville was a very special night for me since I finally got to meet Mickey Dolenz, Peter Tork, and Davy Jones back stage ...

Abbey Road on the River 2012

Louisville, Kentucky is a town best known for the odd combination of bourbon and baseball bats but on Memorial Day weekend for the last couple of years it has also played host the massive Beatles festival known as Abbey Road ...

Butchering The Beatles

With collecting vinyl records coming back into favor, it is also attracting a younger group of enthusiasts who did not have the good fortune of growing up with the format. A younger friend of mine and I were recently discussing ...

33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee: The Monkees on Record, Part 3

You can see the changes we've been going through. Such a pity, what a shame, who can we blame? You and me, me and you, and the rest of them, too. In a year or maybe two, we'll be gone and someone new ...

Monkeemania: Confessions of a Second-Generation Monkees Fan!

The early 1970's were a turbulent time in United States history. The country was divided by many issues including a war in Vietnam and civil rights at home. As undecided as most Americans were on these issues, one thing was ...

The Yellow Submarine Chronicles Part One: In the Town where I was Born…

My first exposure to what could be termed “popular” music came at the tender age of about 4-5 when The Monkees television series was rerun on Saturday mornings. While I was more into the show for the visual gags at that point, ...