After a stint with John Mayall, he co-founded the prog-jazz-rock band and stayed with it through two incarnations. Hiseman succumbed to brain cancer.
Author: Best Classic Bands Contributors
Albums by Wilco, Neil Young, Brian Wilson, Courtney Barnett, The Kinks, Nellie McKay, Pink Floyd, Van Morrison, Vanilla Fudge, Wiko Johnson & Roger Daltrey & The Blues Magoos. Rewind review of “Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out” by The Rolling Stones.
Reviews of concerts by Madonna, The Faces, The J. Geils Band/Ian Hunter & The Rant Band, U2, Steely Dan/Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Billy Joel, The Who/Joan Jett & The Blackhearts and Stevie Wonder.
Hendrix’s Electric Church concert film. Ricki and The Flash. And rock documentaries about Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, L.A. studio musicians The Wrecking Crew, Doug Sahm, English pub rock guitar hero Wilko Johnson & Who managers Kit Lambert & Chris Stamp.
Books well worth a read include the Allen Kelin biography, How Music Got Free (the fascinating story of how digital piracy decimated the record industry), a superb new Grateful Dead biography & memoirs by Viv Albertine (The Slits), producer Glyn Johns, Mick Fleetwood & Billy Idol
Yes, it’s been a long strange trip to the last Grateful Dead shows. Writers who have also been fans reflect on what the Fare Thee Well concerts mean. Is it cash grab by the surviving members? Will the shows do the Dead justice? One thing’s for sure: the band has made timeless music that is inescapable.
The pop standards album Shadows in the Night, the release of The Basement Tapes Complete & the T-Bone Burnett-helmed New Basement Tapes add new wrinkles to the Dylan legacy.