Winchester, Author at The New York Independent, New York City, NY

Legendary Bee Gees Dissected in New Eagle Rock DVD

WinchesterNovember 29, 2010

One of my all-time favorite groups has been and will always be The Bee Gees. Our friends at Eagle Rock Entertainment have just released In Our Time a revealing look at the history of the group....

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Dissecting the Best of Apple Records Compilation

WinchesterNovember 9, 2010

When The Beatles started their own record label Apple Records in 1968, it represented just how important the group was and how big they had become. Sure, the Moody Blues had Threshold Records, but Apple really set the standard and every artist-startup had that label as their template....

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Al Pacino as Phil Spector, HBO Drama at its Best

WinchesterNovember 5, 2010

When this was first announced that Al Pacino would play Phil Spector, I wondered who was going to play Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison. Spector produced landmark solo albums for both....

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Florence + The Machine: The UK's Best New Artist (video)

WinchesterOctober 20, 2010

On the recent MTV Video Music Awards (on which host Chelsea Handler proved to be a decidedly questionable host) Florence + The Machine performed for the first time stateside their then-rising hit “Dog Days Are Over.”...

POP

Elton John, Leon Russell: Inside the Ultimate 'Union' (Video)

WinchesterOctober 20, 2010

When I first heard about Elton John and Leon Russell teaming up for an album, I thought, what an overdue idea. I had seen Leon two years back at a Dave Mason concert at the North Fork Theatre in Westbury, Long Island (my first time ever!) and was excited to hear him....

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Lon Van Eaton: Life With The Beatles at Apple Records

WinchesterOctober 2, 2010

Back in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, The Beatles had such a wealth of money and influence that they decided to launch their own record label, Apple Records. Some 40 years later this month, a new album, Come and Get It: The Best of Apple Records, will be released, including a lot of material that has never been available on CD, or digital download....

ROCK

Brandon Flowers' Killer Solo Album Flamingo

WinchesterOctober 2, 2010

When Brandon Flowers, lead singer of The Killers, said he was about the release his first solo album, I wondered how much better this kid would get....

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My Father's Place: '70s Music Mecca Back in New Book

WinchesterSeptember 19, 2010

A long time ago, a musical Mecca existed in Roslyn on Long Island, called My Father’s Place. The club had everyone from Hall & Oates and Dave Mason to Andrew Gold and Hot Tuna. It quickly became the place to play on the East Coast....

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Guns of August: Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Ray, Jimi Hendrix

WinchesterAugust 30, 2010

Hard to believe that Bruce Springsteen’s album Born To Run was released in 1975. Wow, how time flies. When that album came out, it was the artist’s masterpiece. (more…)...

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Johnny Depp Narrates The Doors’ Long Strange Journey

WinchesterAugust 26, 2010

Eagle Vision’s new DVD When You're Strange; A Film About The Doors has finally arrived and it's been well worth the wait. The DVD, narrated by Johnny Depp, no less, is a no-holds barred documentary about how the group came together and eventually burned out....

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Micky Dolenz 'King for a Day' a Moving Carol King Tribute

WinchesterAugust 15, 2010

It’s been said by persons better schooled than me in all things music that Micky Dolenz possesses one of the best voices in rock and roll. Now comes, Gigatone Records with “King For A Day,” Dolenz’s album tribute to the songs of Carole King....

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Author Mark Bego Eyes Himself in 'Paperback Writer'

WinchesterAugust 11, 2010

Woody Allen once said he wanted to come back to life as “Warren Beatty’s fingers?” Well, I want to come back as celebrity biographer Mark Bego. His exploits, chronicled in his new memoir "Paperback Writer" (Publish America), are nothing short of memorable....

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Tommy James Recalls Music's Slimy Mob Underbelly

WinchesterMay 23, 2010

Singer Tommy James holds special significance in the annals of pop music. James and his group, The Shondells, were a major, major force in modern, coming-of-age music in the '60s....

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Glee: Magically Compelling, Captivating Television

WinchesterMay 13, 2010

I've watched network TV my entire life. I gawked at “Twin Peaks,” "24,” “Dallas,” “Millennium,” “The X-Files,” and I think the six seasons of “Lost” rank among the best ever on television. But, “Glee” has me positively giddy. ...

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Clay Cole Goes Behind the Music in New Book

WinchesterMay 8, 2010

For anybody who grew up in New York in the '50s and '60s, Clay Cole is a music legend. He popularized dozens of artists on his local television and radio shows. Now he provides a behind-the-scenes look at the shaping of an era....

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