Leslie Michele Derrough, Author at Glide Magazine

Gregg Allman Band/Royal Southern Brotherhood: House Of Blues, New Orleans, LA, 12/31/12

Leslie Michele Derrough January 16, 2013 No Comments

The Gregg Allman Band and the Royal Southern Brotherhood have more in common than just having a band member with the last name of Allman. Both share the distinction that if you took out their singers, you would still have one heck of a show. The musicianship is that good and it is what makes these bands stand out among their peers.

Steve Lukather of Toto (INTERVIEW)

Leslie Michele Derrough January 14, 2013 No Comments

Steve Lukather is feeling good. He answers the phone for our interview with a jovial “Hellllooooo, Darling” and is ready and raring to talk: “Ask me anything. Nothing is taboo.” Actually, what he is really anxious to talk about is his new upcoming solo album Transition, which debuts next week on January 22.

Carlos Santana – House Of Blues, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV, 11.11.12

Leslie Michele Derrough January 10, 2013 No Comments

He is the man with the golden fingers, the zen master of soul sacrificing chords that ruminate through the very aura of the human spirit

Slash’s Conspirators (INTERVIEW)

Leslie Michele Derrough January 7, 2013 No Comments

After a nice break for the holidays, MY ROOTS returns this week with something a little different to welcome in the new year. A few months ago, I sat down with the three musicians who make up the core of Slash’s solo band: bass player Todd Kerns, drummer Brent Fitz and newest member Frank Sidoris. But instead of doing an interview the old-fashioned way, we did a sort of round robin that was both serious and fun.

Pat Travers: The Railhead at Boulder Station, Las Vegas, NV, 11/08/12

Leslie Michele Derrough December 31, 2012 No Comments

Pat Travers has been flying just under the music equator for many years now and the big question amongst his peers and his fans, is why? He ranks up there with Steve Marriott and Alvin Lee and Robin Trower, and like them, despite the immeasurable talent they possess and a few big hits in their repertoire, they still have managed to never hit that superstar echelon of contemporaries like Jeff Beck and Joe Perry.

Aerosmith/Cheap Trick: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA, 12/06/12

Leslie Michele Derrough December 19, 2012 No Comments

“Joe Perry is in the house,” announced wiry frontman Steven Tyler after Aerosmith’s guitar slinger finished up a lead vocal and riff-laden “Combination” from the band’s powerful 1976 classic album Rocks. Perry wasn’t the only one burning down the soon to be Pelicans’ house on a humid Thursday night. Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer and the other half of the infamous Toxic Twins were all ready to rock & roll, bluesy-Boston style.

Scott Holiday of Rival Sons (INTERVIEW)

Leslie Michele Derrough December 17, 2012 No Comments

Rival Sons is a band on the borderline of a breakthrough here in the States. Yet across the pond they have already been embraced, kissed and welcomed aboard the rock & roll freight train. With the recent issue of Classic Rock magazine pondering on their cover whether they just may be the hottest band in rock, this California quartet are reveling in some big time British love. Their most recent album, Head Down, is afire with psychedelic soul based rock & roll tunes that have become all too uncommon in an industry that swears they love rock & roll yet continues to prop other unworthy genres high on their charts.

Richard Fortus – Guns N Roses, Thin Lizzy & Tats

Leslie Michele Derrough December 12, 2012 No Comments

Richard Fortus has been around the block a time or two in music but has settled in nicely with this supergroup. But it’s not his only playground. He loves to sit in with other bands when time allows him to do so. He added stripped-down guitar attitude to The Compulsions, a New York based bluesy-rock-with-punk-undertones band whose most recent CD is called Beat The Devil and features his GNR bandmate Frank Ferrer. He sometimes tours with the legendary Thin Lizzy, one of his favorite bands. And he recently hooked up with Norwegian musician Lasse Kvernmo for Saivu.

DJ Bonebrake of X Serves Up Variety In Music, Comedy & Stories (INTERVIEW)

Leslie Michele Derrough December 10, 2012 No Comments

The thing about DJ Bonebrake that you immediately notice is his sense of humor. He laughs a lot and could have a second career as a stand-up comedian if he ever grew tired of playing drums. So while he flips through hundreds of CDs he really doesn’t want to part with, many of them jazz and big band era treasures, Bonebrake talks about his years in X, his love for jazz, his tragicomic youth and his new adventures with a band called The Stripminers.

Tom Hamilton – Aerosmith Now & Then (INTERVIEW)

Leslie Michele Derrough December 6, 2012 No Comments

The holidays are upon us and everyone is out there searching for perfect stocking stuffers for friends and family. And what would be more perfect than a new album by a kick ass band from Boston. Music From Another Dimension is Aerosmith’s 15th studio album and features rockers like “Luv XXX,” “Legendary Child,” “Beautiful,” “Street Jesus” and the Joe Perry foot stomper “Freedom Fighter.” Hell, there is even a duet with country’s Carrie Underwood on “Can’t Stop Loving You.” Leave it to Aerosmith to always throw in a little head jerk surprise on an album that has to be their best since the hit-laden late-80’s and early-90’s.

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