Then how come you always post links to YouTube clips?

Definitely lots good music then: Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Bob Marley, Culture, Itals, the Mighty Diamonds, R.E.M., U2, the Replacements, the Church, Guadalcanal Diary, the Cure, the Connells, the Alarm, Omar and the Howlers, Los Lobos, Steve Earle, the Blasters, X, Del Fuegos, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Lone Justice, the Long Ryders, the list is nearly endless.

Not sure about Canned Heat unless they're in the second 100 but New Riders of the Purple Sage came in at #71. I definitely see some albums on there that deserve some love from the masses, especially The Flying Burrito Brothers, Commander Cody and David Lindley to name but a few. David Lindley is one of my favorite artists of all time, not to mention one of the most versatile multi-instrumentalists on the planet. Millions of people have heard him on Jackson Browne albums as well as on hundreds of other records he's done sessions for over the years but very few actually seem to know the name "David Lindley". He's definitely one of several unsung heroes of rock n' roll.

Be Bop Deluxe is at #21.

Do you ever listen to full length albums on vinyl, CD, tape, etc. or just songs only on YouTube? Just curious....

Mike Cross, this past Thursday in Nashville, NC.

Where did I say Janis Joplin only sang the blues? I didn't. In reference to Madonna, I said: "I've never heard Madonna sing a single note of rock n' roll music, much less belt out the blues." That in no way implies that Janis only sang the blues. In fact she was well versed in several musical forms but the blues were her forte. The fact remains I have never heard Madonna sing one note of rock n' roll, ever. I can think of lots of other songs that may be controversial but controversy alone doesn't make something "rock n' roll" and Papa Don't Preach is no exception. That song isn't rock n' roll, it's dance/club music, just like the majority of Madonna's recorded output. What rock n' roll artists has Madonna influenced? I can think of Sonic Youth namechecking her on one of their albums and Liz Phair (hardly a household name) mentioning her in one of her lyrics but that's it. Madonna's influence has been more on similar pop/dance music performers such as Britney Spears and the like, artists who don't have one ounce of rock n' roll in their blood. I understand why Grandmaster Flash was put in, because rap had an influence on rock n' roll and vice versa. I fail to see where Madonna has had any influence on rock n' roll at all. Pop/dance/R & B music maybe but not rock n' roll. No, I don't like the fact that a dance/pop music performer like Madonna is going to be inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame but it doesn't mean I have to start up my own. If she's so "rock n' roll" how come I've never heard her on a rock n' roll station, on the rock n' roll charts or seen her songs listed on any rock n' roll compilation, ever? I know why, because she is not rock n' roll. Never has been, never will be. Wenner and company are taking a great big shit on all that is rock n' roll by inducting someone like Madonna. If you think she's rock n' roll then prepare for the likes of Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and tons of other pop/dance music performers to be inducted in the years to come.

I'm no fan but what kind of music does John Mellencamp play if not "rock n' roll"? Leonard Cohen is not easily classified but if Dylan is in then Cohen should be as well.

Even if Neil were to come to NC on this tour I wouldn't be able to afford it, tix are far too expensive. On the other hand, his current setlists are among the best he's performed in years. As far as favorite records, I love Rust Never Sleeps. It's not only one of my favorite Neil Young albums but it's one of my favorite live albums of all time as well.

I haven't purchased the box set yet but I'd say it's very much worth it. I know around Christmas time last year Best Buy put several boxes (including the Hendrix one) on sale for around $30 so you might wanna keep your eye out for more specials. Either way, I'm sure it's a very worthy investment.

That's exactly what I'm talking about. I think it takes a hell of a songwriter to leave a song open to interpretation like that and Cooley is a very fine example. Glad to hear you're liking it. Their studio records are great but seeing them live is the real deal. Tour dates for 2008 were just announced but there's none for NC. Yet.

I don't think it's all that far but Mapblast/quest is your friend. Thanks to an older brother that turned me onto him back in the early 70s, I've been a fan ever since. Can't say I'm really into the whole Parrothead regalia thing but I do love the music. That's a cryin' shame. I hope to get down there for a visit soon but it's liable not to be until after the first of the year. When I do, I'll have to be sure to take a cruise down Salter Path/AB way. I love the album myself, definitely one of my faves by the DBTs but I oftentimes find myself skipping over Your Daddy Hates Me. It's a great song and can really hit home for anyone that's been through a similar situation but it can be a little too dirge-like for me on occasion. Cool. I hope you enjoy them. By the way, if you find yourselves really drawn to the Jason Isbell songs, he just released his long awaited solo album this year, Sirens of the Ditch. Unfortunately it meant he had to get kicked out of DBT before New West Records would release it.

A three day love fest of nothing but Grohl doing Zep covers. Just kidding. I honestly don't think anyone would have had anything to say about Grohl but they might now....

The vast majority of the the time The Beatles remain my favorite group of all time (notice, no "best") but sometimes it depends on what day of the week it is. I put the Who, Zep, the Stones, Dylan, Skynyrd and R.E.M. up there too.

Looks like there's going to be another Jonathan Demme directed Neil Young film:

Count me in as a huge fan of The Master of Space and Time.

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/inde...-at-tiny-la-gig Tom Morello gave an early Christmas present to the 100-plus fans packed into Hollywood’s Hotel Café last night. As a send-off for his final gig of the year as the Nightwatchman, the Rage Against the Machine guitarist assembled an eclectic group of music legends that jammed on inspired covers and collaborations for more than four hours. Morello’s weekly appearances at the cozy venue serve as an opportunity to raise money and awareness for his social-action foundation Axis of Justice, which provides aid to the homeless and hungry. The evening began in the normal fashion with Morello playing a handful of acoustic songs. His small set complete, Morello recounted a story about a man with a great voice at a Woody Guthrie tribute. The man turned out to be Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins, who then climbed onstage and proved he was worthy of Morello’s praise with a solid, albeit lyrically altered rendition of Phil Oates’s classic protest tune “State of Mississippi” and the Christmas staple “Silent Night.” Serj Tankian, who along with Morello co-founded Axis of Justice, next appeared at the piano for two songs, then Switchfoot’s John Foreman, rising songwriter Elijah Woods and Richard Patrick of Filter. It didn’t seem realistic when Morello took the microphone at this point and joked that the evening was just getting started, but two and half hours later it was clear he had been dead serious. Moments later Perry Farrell brought his Satellite Party onstage with Morello accompanying on electric guitar to play two songs before closing with spot-on version of “Jane Says.” The evening then slipped into high gear when Morello introduced Alice in Chains which entailed Jerry Cantrell and new singer Will Duvall. The two played a brilliant version of “Nutshell” that was a deft replication of their MTV Unplugged performance and followed with a cover of the Who’s “Squeeze Box.” Most of the crowd, already stoked about the incredible lineup, had assumed the Alice in Chains duo was the finale, until Mick Mars of Mötley Crüe slowly emerged to join Morello, Foreman and the assembled house band for “Dr. Feelgood” and “Girls, Girls, Girls.” It was borderline excessive when Slash appeared onstage to help Morello and Cantrell rip through the AC/DC classic “Jailbreak.” The evening pressed on with more jamming and a late appearance by Wayne Kramer of MC5 who led the now-supersized group in a spirited version of “Kick Out the Jams.” Almost an hour past midnight Morello called the entire night’s lineup back to the stage and introduced Woodie Gutherie’s definitive American anthem “This Land Is Your Land.” Morello, ever articulate and thoughtful, implored the audience to heed Gutherie’s poignant lyrics and “grab the wheel of history to reclaim your land.” Each verse was sung by a different star with Tim Robbins and Farrell leading and Slash providing intermittent hillbilly-inspired solos. The ensemble rocked out to the revised ballad for more than ten minutes before Morello thanked his gracious guests and the adoring audience for providing an unforgettable night of music. Richard L. Dewey

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22259465/?GT1=10645 ROXBURY, Conn. - Karaoke can be scary, but threatening? A school custodian's impromptu after-hours karaoke performance prompted a police response when a teacher thought she was being threatened over the loudspeaker. State police say the teacher at Booth Free School barricaded herself inside a classroom Wednesday when she mistook someone singing a Guns N' Roses song over the public address system for a threat. She was working after hours and thought no one else was in the building. Then she heard someone say over the loudspeaker that she was going to die. Six troopers and three police dogs showed up and found three teenagers, one of them a custodian at the school, who had been playing with the public address system. Police say one of them sang "Welcome to the Jungle" into the microphone. The song contains the lyrics "You're in the jungle baby; you're gonna die." The teenagers were cuffed for about 15 minutes while police investigated. They didn't realize anyone else was in the school at the time. No charges will be filed, said state police Sgt. Brian Ness.

I'm not sure what time the games are usually over but I do know that there's an opening band at the Pour House that night and Patty Hurst Shifter usually doesn't go on until late. And, they almost always play right up 'til closing time. Yep, they do a lot of Buffett covers and have pretty much staked their reputation on that. I'm a pretty big Buffett fan myself but mainly of the early stuff. To their credit, Scearce and Ketner are much more than a Buffett cover band as they have three albums of original material. Some of it is in the Buffett vein but a great deal of it is not. You can check 'em out here: http://www.scearceandketner.com As for Salter Path, it's been several months since I've been down that way but I have seen the ads for the condos that are being developed down there. I know of tons of friends that always attended their shows locally but could never quite get into their records. That all changed with Decoration Day. I think the addition of Jason Isbell as a guitarist/vocalist/songwriter (he penned Outfit as well as the title track) helped make the Truckers' sound more accessible. And yes, it is a very dark record but during the time of it's making, the band was just coming off the recording of Southern Rock Opera and were going through their fair share of divorces and personal strife. I recommend Southern Rock Opera but if you feel yourself drawn more towards Jason's songs, I recommend the next one after Decoration Day, The Dirty South. As I mentioned above, it is a very dark album at times, as is a lot of their work. It's not that they're not happy, they just choose to shine a light on subjects you don't see as the topics of songs very often. Cool that you like Loaded Gun In the Closet as Cooley is one of my favorite songwriters in the band. He also has such a unique way with words that you can sometimes interpret his tunes in at least two or three different ways, all of which make perfect sense.

South Korean scientists say they have cloned cats whose genes have been altered so that they glow in the dark - taking advantage of a technological twist that could someday be used to make more dramatic genetic changes in all sorts of creatures. Click here to read more: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/200....aspx?GT1=10645

I once saw one of those History of Rock n' Roll specials who's last chapter included rap as part of the "future of rock". As has been discussed here countless times rock has influenced rap and vice versa but I don't see it as extension of rock n' roll by any means, it's a genre of music unto itself. Same thing with Madonna, the music she makes very clearly remains in the dance/pop/r & b realm and doesn't come close to "rock n' roll". If Madonna is going to be inducted as a rock n' roll artist we may as well prepare ourselves now for the inevitable day when Britney Spears is inducted. She is one of very many dance/pop stars I can say has without a doubt been influenced by Madonna. I could say that about very few (if any) rock n' roll artists. Basically what is happening is Jann Wenner and company are taking a huge fucking shit on what was once known as "rock n' roll". What's worse is the amount of times actual rock n' roll artists such as Skynyrd and Sabbath were denied induction yet Madonna gets in during her first year of eligibility. I don't think she should even be eligibile to start with but that fact that she's been inducted while many other far more deserving artists still wait in the wings is a fucking travesty beyond reproach. I blame it on the further corporatization of the music business over the years where it has gotten to the point where it's all pretty much controlled by the same entities: Time/Warner, Rolling Stone, Viacom (which also owns MTV, VH1 & CMT) and everybody's favorite whipping boy, Clear Channel/Live Nation. It's all become so homogenized where someone like Jann Wenner and his gang of assmonkeys can get away with inducting a pop diva like Madonna into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. To me, that's extremely fucked up and not representative of rock n' roll in the least little bit.

I've heard it and wouldn't consider it rock n' roll. Even if by some stretch of the imagination I did consider it rock n' roll, one song does not a rock n' roll artist make. You have to remember this is the woman that massacred Stairway on national television, not to mention the butcher job she performed on Don McClean's American Pie. She should have her eligibilty revoked just for that. The woman wouldn't know "rock n' roll" if it jumped up and bit her on the ass. Just look at who she signed to her Maverick label: Candlebox. Hell, she doesn't even know good watered down grunge when she hears it.

Janis Joplin in the same breath as Madonna? The hell you say. I've never heard Madonna sing a single note of rock n' roll music, much less belt out the blues. She's a vapid dance/pop performer at best and doesn't even remotely figure as a rock n' roll artist. Never has. Never will. Except for maybe in Jann Wenner's fucked up world.

I don't think any one decade of music matters any more than the other as each has had it's own contributers to the evolution of rock n' roll, the 80s included. I see the 80s get knocked a lot on this board but there was lot of very good music in that decade. Sometimes when people look back to the 70s all they remember is the disco era. With the 80s it's MTV synth pop and hair metal. As someone that grew up during those time periods I can say those types of music were mere blips on my radar, if even that. The 70s (and even earlier) gave birth to punk which in turn gave birth to New Wave/Post Punk in the 80s. There was also a blues revival in the 80s as well as an explosion of roots oriented music like there hasn't been before or since. Personally, I wouldn't discount the 80s so easily.