Get Your Copy Of ‘Black Rock Volume 1′ TODAY!

Black Rock Volume 1′ is now available as an e-book through Amazon and Barnes & Noble for only $9.99!

Special thanks to Anthony Pizziatolla and Pat Aievoli at The Digital Age Group for making the e-book happen!

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AMAZON
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‘Black Rock Volume 1′ is a collection of photographs of the great men and women that make up just a small portion of the vast Black Rock scene!

Some of the artists featured include:

The seminal rock group Living Colour!

The Lady Killer Cee Lo Green!

Brooklyn noise rockers TV On The Radio!

Miss Mama Funk – Nona Hendryx!

South African art rockers BLK JKS!

Legendary keyboardist and producer Booker T. Jones!

The Wizard of Woo & keyboard genius Bernie Worrell!

Geechee Goddess Hardcore Warrior Tamar Kali!

Leader of the Krak Attack CX KidtroniK!

Rock’s primal force of nature Sophia Ramos!

And much more!

For those who still prefer a physical copy in hard or softcover , you can go to

http://www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/1138998#store-price

Beat the heat by picking up a copy of ‘Black Rock Volume 1‘ today!  Also, be sure to support all of these wonderful artists latest efforts!

5 Song Mix Tape Post Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene

Well, the storm is over and the dig out begins.  Here’s a quick 5 song mix tape to get you through.  All covers too!

Didn’t It Rain – Sister Rosetta Tharpe.  A true rock n roll pioneer covers a song popularized by Mahalia Jackson.  Great guitarist too!

 

In From The Storm – Corey Glover with the London Metropolitan Orchestra.  Great cover of a lost Hendrix classic

 

The Wind Cries Mary – Cassandra Wilson.  Excellent Hendrix cover by an American treasure.

 

Wild Is The Wind – David Bowie.  The Thin White Duke covers Nina Simone.

 

Stevie Wonder – Blowin’ In The Wind.  Stevie covers Bob with brilliant results.

 

I hope everyone got through it ok.  Be well!

 

 

5 Song Mix Tape For The Rain # 4

A bit of a change up here.  This one deals with weather.  Again, trying to avoid the obvious and turn people onto something different.  Hope you’re enjoying listening to them as I am putting them together!

Change In The Weather – John Fogerty.  Always dug this one from his solo work – very CCR.  Amazing backup vocals by Bobby King and Terry Evans.

 

Bad Weather – The Supremes.  Great track from the post Diana Ross years.  Co-written by Stevie Wonder!  Thanks to Jimi Hazel of 24/7 Spyz for turning me onto this track!

 

Weather With You – Crowded House.  Great track from the Woodface album.  Neil Finn can write a damn good hook, can’t he?

 

The Pixies – Stormy Weather.  Solid track from Bossanova.

 

Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble – Couldn’t Stand The Weather.  Bad ass groove and killer riff.  Miss this dude a lot.  He was just coming into his own when he passed too.

 

Enjoy!

 

5 Song Mix Tape For The Rain #3

Here’s another stab.  I’m having a lot of fun with this!

John Hiatt – Feels Like Rain.  One of the greatest songwriters ever.

Ann Peebles – I Can’t Stand The Rain.  Best version of a great song.

Alice In Chains – Rain When I Die.  Rest In Peace Layne & Mike Starr

In The Rain – The Dramatics.  Soul personified.

From the sublime to the…well, yeah…

Oran ‘Juice’ Jones – The Rain

Loving everyone’s feedback and their own suggestions/mix tapes!

5 Song Mix Tape For The Rain 2

Moments after I posted mix tape #1, a few more popped into my head:

This one’s for Scottso since he totally LOVED him some Annie Lennox:

Eurythmics – Here Comes The Rain Again

 

Make It Rain – Tom Waits

 

Corey Glover – April Rain (from his painfully underrated solo album Hymns – find this album!)

 

The Temptations – I Wish It Would Rain

 

Walking In The Rain – The Ronettes

 

Be well everyone!

5 Song Mix Tape For The Rain!

Here’s a couple of songs to help my East Coast fam get through the awful:

Eddie Kendricks – Date With The Rain

 

Garbage – I’m Only Happy When It Rains

 

Terence Trent D’Arby – Rain

 

Slim Harpo – Raining In My Heart

 

The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Rainy Day, Dream Away (Excellent Extended Mix!)

 

Be careful and be safe everyone!

 

 

 

Mix Tape For The Apocalypse!

Saw the excellent selections of The Ron Bennington Mix Tape Challenge and found myself inspired.  With all of the craziness going on around the world, I put together one with a bit of an apocalyptic theme to it.  Hope you dig it.

The Band – This Wheel’s On Fire

 

Curtis Mayfield – If There’s Hell Below, We’re All Going To Go

 

Bob Dylan – Everything Is Broken

 

Charles Bradley – The World (Is Going Up In Flames)

 

It’s Over – Roy Orbison

 

If you’re not doing so (and why not?) listen to The Virus – Channel 105 on Sirius-XM Satellite Radio – starting with Opie & Anthony in the morning from 6-11am and Ron & Fez from 11a-3pm!