Jimi and Randy
The Rock and Roll story is full of triumph and tragedy. So many talented artists were taken away, way too early. Sadder still a lot of these groundbreaking musicians lost battles with their demons of excess. I want to focus on two of them for this piece, Jimi Hendrix and Randy Rhoads. Hendrix was born in Seattle, Washington in 1942. He served in the U.S. army and was honorably discharged. Military.com reports, “ As you'd expect, young Private Hendrix's rebellious attitude di
Delta Deep NYC
We, at Power Chord, got an invitation to interview and see Delta Deep in New York City. Delta Deep consists of Phil Collen of Def Leppard on guitar, his wife’s godmother, Debbi Blackwell-Cook on vocals, and Forrest Robinson on drums. When he’s available, Robert De Leo of Stone Temple Pilots plays bass. The chance to see this band and get to talk to them made it worth it to me to get in the car, and drive 1600 miles. Yep I did that. The show was in the Gramercy Park section of
Veronica Freeman The V Now or Never
To know the V is to love the V. I know this first hand. I interviewed the lead singer of Benedictum around Christmas time of 2013. I was not all that familiar with Benedictum other than the fact that they covered two Ronnie James Dio songs on one record (bonus points for them) And that their lead singer Veronica Freeman looks really good on the cover of the CDs and that she has a very big and ferocious screaming voice. I quickly found out the she has a bubbly fun personality
A Twist In The Story
Music is the soundtrack of our lives. Is it not? More than likely, if I give you a song, it will take you back to a certain time and place. What memory conjures up if I mention Stairway to Heaven? We all have songs, our songs. Tunes we work out to, songs we dance to, and songs for inspiration, ones we listen to when we’re happy and sad. Couples have their songs. They dance to it at their weddings. They sing it (usually very badly) at karaoke. We has humans, whether we want to