Yearly Archives: 2013

Robert Randolph Presents: The Slide Brothers

The opening seconds of Robert Randolph Presents: The Slide Brothers are awash in joyful noise: Marty Sammon’s gentle organ is the first thing you hear; next comes Chuck Campbell, working his multi-levered and -pedaled steel guitar to bounce one stinging note off the other; his brother Darick’s lap steel joins in, all icy-hot sizzling tone; […]

Pops Pluggs – “Them Tramp Stamps!”

Coming this weekend: Pops Pluggs!

He’s cantankerous; he calls ’em like he sees ’em; he says what he wants to; and he knows he can get away with it ’cause he’s older than you! Are you ready for Pops Pluggs? He’s coming to www.brian-robbins.com this weekend … and things will be never be quite the same around here again.

Meet Pops Pluggs!

He’s cantankerous; he calls ’em like he sees ’em; he says what he wants to; and he knows he can get away with it ’cause he’s older than you! Are you ready for Pops Pluggs? He’s coming to www.brian-robbins.com this weekend … and things will be never be quite the same around here again.

The Pogues – The Very Best Of the Pogues

Let’s start right off by acknowledging the fact that if you already own The Best Of The Pogues, The Rest Of The Best, Essential Pogues, The Ultimate Collection, Dirty Old Town: The Platinum Collection, Just Look Them Straight In The Eye and Say … Pogue Mahone!, and/or an older album that was also named The […]

Rock Candy Funk Party – We Want Groove

So chances are you’re going to look at the cover of We Want Groove and say, “Wait – haven’t I seen this somewhere before …?” And you have, of course: trade the lady in her underoos squatting over a wicked cool old Fender amp (I like amps, myself) for a Black cat with his head […]

Iggy – The Pop Heard ‘Round The World (Even On Deer Isle, ME)

Originally written as an introduction to a review I wrote about a reissue of Iggy Pop & The Stooges’ Raw Power album, this turned into a stand-alone essay. Here’s a little peek into what is was like to be a kid growing up on the coast of Maine in the 60s/70s and be fascinated by […]

Ed McClanahan – I Just Hitched In From The Coast

Even if Ed McClanahan’s I Just Hitched In From The Coast wasn’t a great read, it would still be worth owning just for the cover photo of a long, long ago Ed. I love Ed McClanahan.

Miles Davis Quintet – Live In Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2

Think of it: Miles Davis on trumpet; Wayne Shorter on saxophone; Chick Corea on keyboards; Dave Holland on bass; Jack DeJohnette on drums. In one band. This was the line-up for the Miles Davis Quintet circa 1969-1970 – a cast of players that began to take shape on Filles De Kilimanjaro and In A Silent […]

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Texas Flood (Legacy Edition)

If you don’t already own a copy of Texas Flood, the debut album by legendary guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and his band Double Trouble, then you should. Once this album was released in 1983 the world of blues guitar – hell, just the world of guitar – was never the same again. Vaughan, bassist Tommy […]