Posts by Leslie Michele Derrough

In December 2019, music fans heard the news that guitarist Josh Klinghoffer was no longer a Red Hot Chili Pepper. “We are parting ways with our guitarist of the past ten years,” the social media announcement read. “Josh is a beautiful musician who we respect and love. We are deeply grateful for our time with […]

They are legends but if you’re a normal everyday listener to music, their names may not be as familiar to you as the people they have played with and the hit records they have played on. Know that guitar part that intros Stevie Nicks’ “Edge Of Seventeen”? That’s Waddy Wachtel. Happen to hear Don Henley’s […]

William DuVall has taken a leap of musical faith. After years of hardcore and rock, his inner self decided to take something he had done for many years with friends in living rooms and made it public. In other words, DuVall is letting his singer-songwriter self shine in the light. Allowing this softer voice and […]

I thank you for the memories I’ll carry But time has said to move along For Stone Temple Pilots, the opening lyrics for the title track of their ninth studio album, Perdida, out February 7th, truer words have not been spoken. With the deaths of singers Scott Weiland in 2015 and Chester Bennington in 2017, […]

So it’s a few weeks past Christmas and you are still sitting there with money or a gift card burning a hole in your pocket because you haven’t decided what to use it on. Well, I’m here to tell you that you wouldn’t go wrong throwing that gift cash on a copy of Elton John’s […]

Singer-songwriters Kelly Willis and her husband Bruce Robison don’t normally perform their Holiday Shindig outside of Austin, Texas. But this year they drove the seven-plus hours over to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to entertain a slew of fans that enjoyed not only a few Christmas carols but some darn good songs by the singers themselves. “This […]

The Rolling Stones have been releasing live DVDs for quite some time now. From different eras, they run the scope of why they are the greatest rock & roll band in the world, and have been for many years. Showcasing their glitzy seventies shenanigans, their bluesy Hyde Park tribute to recently departed bandmate Brian Jones, […]

Sometimes changes come slowly, allowing you time to adjust and acclimate to the new; but more oftentimes than not, change swoops down onto you and in the blink of an eye the landscape has altered and you either flow with it or panic. At one point, Theory (you know, Theory Of A Deadman, without the […]

About a week after Newsweek named the Red Dragon Listening Room in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the #1 venue in the world for live acoustic music, three legendary Texas musicians stepped up onto their small stage on November 21st and showed you what legends are really made of. Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock, […]

During our lifetime, most of us will wear many hats as we go through different phases. For former teen heartthrob Leif Garrett, he’s had more than his share of labels: actor, singer, superstar, junkie, has-been, inmate, boyfriend, best friend and now author. Idol Truth, Garrett’s recently released memoir, is an attention-grabbing quick read through his […]

When I was a kid back in the seventies, Debbie Harry was so freaking cool. She was like a sexy glacier drifting across the magazine pages and through the radio speakers. Nothing seemed rushed about her or her music. It just lingered along and stayed in your head all day. A good thing. Although Chris […]

When you read a book about a favorite artist, you can tell when it has been written by someone who respects them, happens to be a longtime fan, because of the way they treat the language of what they write. It’s not that they necessarily gush or sugarcoat unfavorable details about the subject’s life, but […]

It’s interesting that a California-born guitar player became known for playing in one of Ireland’s biggest rock bands, Thin Lizzy. But for Scott Gorham, whose ancestry can actually be traced to the Emerald Isle, it was just meant to be, having been drawn from an early age to that wave of sound that emanated from […]

Slash is one of those bonafide rock stars where everything he touches turns to rock & roll gold. But after leaving one of the biggest rock bands in the world, he had to find his place again in this crazy solar system of music. Of course, he could play shows with a group of friend […]

In 2019, we got to see a new side of Ron Thal, aka Bumblefoot. Known for his rock metal guitar riffs and gruff punkish vocals, Thal took on a project that took him back to his youth, to a time when he was attempting to learn all he could on guitar from a variety of […]

If you’ve had the opportunity to talk with Bobby Rush then you know he has a delightful wit and fun stories. If you have seen one of his live performances then you know this 85-year-old blues singer is more of an all-around entertainer – swinging his hips, jumping, singing, blowing on his harp, flirting with […]

When The Rolling Stones first toured Germany in the fall of 1965, chaos ensued. They were still a very young band, having played their first official concert, sans drummer Charlie Watts, on July 12, 1962. With their love of blues music and, for the times, a scruffy wildness that drove the youth nuts with excitement, […]

In June, most of our favorite musicians begin to make the pilgrimage overseas to participate in the summer festival season in Europe. They’ve maybe had a few weeks off to vacation with family or hole up in a studio to create some new music. Both of these activities were on the agenda for Shane Fogerty, […]

The first thing you notice when Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out crackles into focus, is that you’re about to be taken on a ride, with not-perfect visuals, not-perfect sound and not-perfect symmetry. This is a bare-bones journey of a band out of late 1970’s England as they were ascending the mountain of fame. And […]

Oh the courage of youth, when taking chances was the easiest thing to do. With dreams of traveling the world playing their music, many a young artist left their hometowns with barely any money in their pockets nor ideas of what would happen when they got to New York City or Los Angeles; the only […]