Recent content by Gary Blanchard

I was lucky enough to attend two "bucket list" concerts just before the pandemic; Donovan and Graham Nash, I paid $55 to see Donovan, about seven rows from the stage. As I recall, the ticket for Nash was maybe a little less; I was in the balcony only because I was late in getting a ticket. I...

*I thought Imagine Dragons were Pop.* That could be said of others on that list. To me, the Eagles and Paul McCartney are much more pop than rock. But this is the problem with trying to shove things into boxes.

We were at a coffee shop, Phiends, run by jam band fans. They had a Billy Strings concert playing on a TV screen. I was happily surprised that Carol enjoyed it. About 18 years ago I went to see Yonder Mountain String Band at a small club in Northampton. It was mind expanding. That's my kind of...

Fuck, I just learned that Country Joe McDonald died. Country Joe and the Fish were one of the more interesting groups of the 60s. Certainly not commercial. Country Joe's performance at Woodstock is iconic. RIP.