Harvey “the Snake” Mandel is a guitarist’s guitarist. Born in Detroit in 1945 and raised in Morton Grove, he moved to the west coast in his early 20s to launch his career. He never became a household name like Stevie Ray Vaughan or Eric Crapton, but beginning with his debut LP, 1968’s funky fuzz classic […]
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‘Exhibitionism—The Rolling Stones’ is an exile on lame street
A new exhibit at Navy Pier doesn’t add much to the band’s legacy.
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In Rotation: Vocalo’s Jesse Menendez on the Internet Radio Fairness Act
Current musical obsessions of Vocalo’s Jesse Menendez and Richard Giraldi of Loud Loop Press
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The Sunshine Bores the Daylights Out of Me
The Stones speak to anyone engaged in the process of losing his or her innocence.
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Almost Famous
Shuggie Otis Inspiration Information (Luaka Bop) In 1974, as Shuggie Otis was putting the final touches on what would prove to be his final solo album, he got a call from keyboardist Billy Preston, who’d been touring in Europe with the Rolling Stones. Guitarist Mick Taylor was leaving the band, and Preston had been enlisted […]