My Roots

If you only know Deen Castronovo as the drummer of Journey, then you’re about to be awakened to what this man can really do behind a drum set. Known as being the live backbeat behind such iconic ballads as “Faithfully,” “Open Arms” and “Don’t Stop Believin’” for the last seventeen years, Castronovo actually had his […]

Eddie Trunk is at home on the day he calls to talk with Glide about the new season of That Metal Show, the VH1-Classic music program he has been hosting for the past seven years. Born and raised in New Jersey, Trunk has built a metal rock empire just by being himself. All the musicians […]

“I’m speeding up,” Galactic drummer Stanton Moore said with a laugh at the end of our interview last week when I asked him if he was starting to slow down at all. For anyone who has ever experienced a Galactic live show, you’ll know that the energy level they bring is extremely high. Featuring at […]

Words are like lollipops. To the taste they can be flavorful and succulent; or they can be bitter and unappetizing. Words can hurt and words can protect. When they are floated inside a melody, they can hum you to sleep or make you cry or laugh or jump in the air with delight. For Elliott […]

Burton Cummings is a storyteller, one of those people who can sit down anytime anywhere and talk about his life and not miss a tiny detail. Whereas we tend to forget small idiosyncrasies like names, dates, the color of the walls in second grade, Cummings remembers everything. So when you stop and have a chat […]

“That’s real music there,” a young man said to his friend as they exited the Hard Rock Live in Biloxi following a red hot Foreigner concert. A band that keeps on going with no signs of aging, Foreigner has been rocking & rolling since their seventies conception, producing big hits that remain a part of […]

Jumping into 2015 with both legs kicking, Foreigner’s Jeff Pilson has a lot on his tablet for this year … which is actually not surprising since the man is a jumping bean of energy on and off the stage. A part of the Foreigner family since 2004, the other band members know to be on […]

A couple of times this year, MY ROOTS will give you a glimpse of someone behind the scenes of the music we all love. We begin with a peek inside the life and career of music photographer Katarina Benzova. She is the official photographer for both Guns N Roses and the Dead Daisies, but did […]

It starts off so simply, with the vibration of one note. Its purity slowly wraps around you and even though you have someplace else to be, you find that you have become so enthralled with the notes, the voice, the hum of the words, that movement is not an option. And this is what Victor […]

In our fourth year of MY ROOTS, the column continues to venture out away from its, well, roots. From a straight-forward examination of a musician’s early days into a much broader look into their lives and music, we have grown into an all-around glimpse into the heart and soul of some of your favorite artists […]

It’s the voice that grabs you first. That big, whiskey-flavored tonsil showdown that can kick your butt one minute and soothe your ills the next. Once she has caught your attention, Dana Fuchs will proceed to give you a piece of her heart with her arsenal of songs that were built from feelings, experiences, some […]

When you think about a rock & roll band, the keyboard player is not exactly the first musician that comes to mind. But Michael T. Ross is ready for that to change. He is calling out his fellow brothers-in-arms to make a move, get excited, slam the keys and rock out just as hard as […]

Free’s legendary bass player Andy Fraser really doesn’t consider himself a bass player. He began his musical noodlings on a piano when he was around five, moved on to the guitar before his teens and ended up taking up the bass simply because no one else wanted to do it. He is one of those […]

There’s no question about it. When you need a drummer, you call Brian Tichy. A monster drummer, he has been the number one go-to drummer when a band is in need of someone behind them with power. And he has been summoned by some mighty big names: Billy Idol, Slash, Zakk Wylde, Steven Tyler, Whitesnake, […]

AC/DC said it best: “Rock & Roll ain’t noise pollution. Rock & Roll ain’t gonna die.” And for so many bands, truer words have never been spoken. Take The Doors. Born in the California of the sixties when political tensions were heating up and the youth were on the borderline of getting angry and getting […]

So it’s 1997, right amidst the heated baseball runs for the playoffs; Roger Clemens is still an active pitcher and the wild card Florida Marlins will eventually win the World Series. But while all eyes are focused on Mark McGwire racing towards Roger Maris’ 61 home runs, a different babe is being born who seventeen […]

There comes a point in every man’s life when he sits down and starts contemplating his life’s decisions. Did he provide enough for his family? Did he make his parents proud? Did he keep the right ones out and let the wrong ones in? Did he follow his dreams? It’s a rite of passage for […]

There are plenty of bright lights popping up in the music world these days. Everyone from hard rockers to singer-songwriters are shining through the rubble and emerging to breathe some fresh new air into their genres. Toby Lightman is one of those lovely breath mints. With the release of her fourth, and most accomplished, body […]

When guitar player Marc Ford joined the Black Crowes, the band was still running hot from their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker. With their high-rising singles “Hard To Handle,” “Twice As Hard” and “She Talks To Angels” garnering plenty of radio and video airplay, the southern rock band were sitting on top of the […]

Not a day goes by that classic rock radio stations don’t play a Randy Bachman song. Whether it’s the Guess Who tearing through “American Woman” or Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s “Takin’ Care Of Business,” the songs of the seventies that Bachman helped create are a staple of everyday radio. For the Canadian-born guitar player, this is a […]