http://therockrelic.today.com Classic Rock News, Views, Vids and More ... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:41:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en He was, arguably, the greatest blues legend to come out of England during the Invasion era -- yet most Americans still aren't familiar with his music. I remember the first time I'd heard of Alexis Korner. It was during the ninth grade, when a classmate (who was very much into ... http://therockrelic.today.com/2009/11/22/the-father-of-british-blues-pt-i/ Since I'm momentarily tied up with a couple of accounts and also have three articles on tap for tonight's deadline and am collating info for the new posts, let me just share a few vids here (got popcorn? Comfy seating? goooood ...) on the town where this steam-powered buzzard hangs ... http://therockrelic.today.com/2009/11/20/tour-of-the-town/ Its the most absurd thing Ive ever heard.  How can that have happened since we started it? And that, yardbirds, is the third sentence of an email I received just this morning!  It was from a guy in Nawth Cackalacky (North Carolina, to you purists) who could not beee-lieve that a ... http://therockrelic.today.com/2009/11/19/foresights-into-the-past/ In 1971, John and Rod each produced a side of Baldry's most popular album, It Ain't Easy (it made the top 100 of the US album charts). It featured "Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll" which became his most successful song in ... http://therockrelic.today.com/2009/11/18/long-john-baldry-concl/ We're gonna take a break from the series on Long John Baldry to get up-to-speed on the news: One person heavily mentioned in the Baldry series has been Elton John -- and he's had to bow out from touring again!  He canceled a concert this past Saturday because his doc said ... http://therockrelic.today.com/2009/11/16/takin-a-moment-for-news-updates/ This is Part II of our post on Long John Baldry. We left off with the blues giant's  Steampacket and, when it folded, Bluesology and Elton John. In 1968, when that band called it quits, Baldry continued his solo career and Elton John formed a songwriting partnership with Bernie Taupin. In 1969, Elton tried to ... http://therockrelic.today.com/2009/11/15/long-john-baldry-pt-ii/ He was one of the truest legends from the British blues scene of the Sixties -- yet very few Americans have actually heard of him. Long John Baldry (6' 7" -- hence, the "Long" in his name), a strong-voiced blues singer from Northamptonshire, England. was born in 1941 and, by the early ... http://therockrelic.today.com/2009/11/14/long-john-baldry-pt-i/ Now, is there anybody in creation who doesn't know who the lady on yer left is??A couple of nights ago, she knocked the socks off fans by winning four major awards at the CMA digs for '09.  Not only that, but she came away as the youngest star ever to ... http://therockrelic.today.com/2009/11/13/relic-gone-country-follow-up/ Lemme quote the email verbatim: Dear Traiter re youre blog who do u thnk u r braging about being part them? if u so proud of it go on back over 2 them we dnt need ur likes here. Hmph ... now why do I get the impression this guy's not a brain surgeon ... http://therockrelic.today.com/2009/11/11/backlash-behind-the-scenes/ Okay ... now that we know Steven Tyler has left his post as front man for Aerosmith, what's gonna happen to rest of the band? As I reported on another post, Tyler's gotten quite a rep for letting this "success" stuff go to his head -- and, now, after the fall ... http://therockrelic.today.com/2009/11/10/aero-less-tyler-and-a-new-queen/