Confessions of a Fanboy

I’d like to welcome myself back to my site after a week of scant activity. The day job – yes, dear readers, I’m afraid Fanboy has not yet become a sustaining source of revenue – has been incredibly busy and I just haven’t had the time and mental focus to bring you the kind [...]

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I bought the first volume of Bob Dylan’s biography when it was released nearly three years ago, and never got around to reading it. I let my collection of books get stacked up on me, and I am slowly working my way through them. With the Dylan milestones of late — his 66th [...]

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Wow, has it really been this long since we talked about my iPod? That’s terrible. We must correct this with all due speed. As the day’s posts would tend to suggest, my iPod powered a lot of Hendrix to my ears. I also listened to some Guster to try to put [...]

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One burst of Hendrix deserves another. I have now turned to the great Live at the Fillmore East set as I slog away simultaneously on two projects.
The Fillmore East set is an expanded edition of Band of Gypsys. Hendrix, Billy Cox and Buddy Miles did two shows on New Year’s Eve 1969 [...]

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Just as the Muddy Waters bio got me on a Muddy Waters kick, finishing the Jimi Hendrix bio Roomful of Mirrors has inspired a Hendrix kick.
I just finished reading about his performance at Berkeley, so naturally that’s where I started today.
The Hendrix legacy is fascinating to me. He released three studio albums during his [...]

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I am pleased to say that another in my series of Blues Music Award reviews has gone live over at BC Magazine. I finally got around to reviewing The Last of The Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen - Live in Dallas CD. I spoke of this album when I received it in the mail [...]

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In Britain, Oasis’ debut Definitely Maybe continues to be monstrously influential but you can make the argument that “Wonderwall” and “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” both from (What’s The Story) Morning Glory come closer to being definitive singles. “I Will Follow” is a great song, but is that the song you think of when [...]

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“Crazy yellow people walking through my head…”

Did he just fucking say that? Don’t know that song? You must not be as old as I am. It’s Seal’s “Crazy.” It’s a ’90s thing. It popped into my head today while trying to keep myself awake at work during a [...]

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