'The Message'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Boston's bona fides don't really get going until the 70s. Unless Barry and the Remains means a great deal to you.
I lived there, and it was definitely one of the best club scenes I've ever witnessed. But I don't think Boston even bid on having the HoF there anyway.
Actually, I think LA is the most rock and roll city in the country right now. You can make a case for Detroit though, too.
Does LA still have clubs where bands have to pay the club to be able to play there? Was that phenomena limited to heavy metal bands?
(What had happened is that there were so many heavy metal bands in LA trying to make it big, and not enough clubs for them to be seen, so supply and demand worked out so unknown bands had to pay just to be able to perform in a club and have a chance at beind discovered.)
Last time I went to LA, I saw the Los Feliz street festival. It wasn't about Pay-to-play heavy metal bands on the Hollywood strip. It was about a berjillion tattooed Stooges and Social Distortion fanatics.
Actually, I think LA is the most rock and roll city in the country right now. You can make a case for Detroit though, too.
I thought it was supposed to be Austin?
Like I said, I think Austin is more about blues and songwriting and live performance.
I've been reading the John Peel obits collected on Sasha Frere-Jones website and they're so moving. What a well-loved man, and a well-spent life.
There's always regional differences of opinion.
Shit. What's Seattle, then?
There's always regional differences of opinion.
And my take is all opinion based on an impression.
Shit. What's Seattle, then?
So 90s.
And my take is all opinion based on an impression.
There's really not too much blues here these days, outside of the Usual White Underbiter guys you can find in most towns. Austin's more of a honky-tonk town with a thriving indierock scene.
the Usual White Underbiter
Heh. Is this in reference to the face they make whilst soloing?