by Jeff Maisey | May 11, 2022 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Talk to anyone about the music of Chicago and you’ll hear reeled-off the song title of hit after hit — “Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is?,” “Saturday in the Park,” “”Call on Me,” “If You Leave Me Now,” “Wishing You were Here,” “Baby, What a Big...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 15, 2021 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Aging as a rock ‘n roll songwriter and performer is a tricky journey. It’s a balancing act between the desire to continue to create while acknowledging that your fans – or most of your fans — are encased in a time warp of your...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 15, 2021 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick has had his third COVID shot and he’s happy to finally be back out on the road. It’s not the 300 dates a year the band played back in the day. More like 150 to 175, but then they’re not young...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 24, 2020 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
Billy Joel’s original band will bring hits—and some deep cuts—to Newport News By Jim Roberts Liberty DeVitto played drums for Billy Joel for 30 years—a time span that included nine Platinum albums, three of which won Grammy Awards. In 2014, DeVitto and the...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 14, 2020 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
(Three Dog Night’s current lineup continue to perform to sold-out crowds) By Jeff Maisey Music has always had a big impact on my life. As a child in the 1960s, I was exposed to my father’s record collection with an abundance of Herb Albert, Perry Como, and Dixieland...