An Exclusive from INSIDE Magazine Do you know the first-time rock ’n’ roll was on Broadway? Easy. Mott the Hoople played six shows in the Uris (now The Gershwin) Theatre May 7-11, 1974. Queen opened. The first time rock ’n’ roll was on Broadway? As a musical style considered wholly legit by theater audiences and professionals?... Continue Reading →
Outdoor Art, Bronze Beatles and Purloined Specs
Take a walk down West Fortune Street in Tampa, in front of the Barrymore Hotel. You’ll encounter a figure cast in bronze, stationary, but with an expression so focused and a gait so purposeful you half expect him to blow right past you. "Lennon Walking Into the Future” the statue is called, and it portrays,... Continue Reading →
Finding the Magic in ‘Hot Cross Buns’
There is something inherently beautiful about human beings making music together. Differences and divisions dissolve in the warm glow of musical camaraderie. It follows then that gathering 15 grown-ups to play an instrument most people haven’t touched since elementary school is a noble effort. Further, getting that group to play the beloved traditional folk number,... Continue Reading →
ARTISTS WE LOVE: Paul McCartney
https://www.instagram.com/p/BkF2umwn_jt/ It’s been 16 years since Paul McCartney turned 64. McCartney gave that milestone added significance when his song “When I’m 64” was released on The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967. Released the month McCartney turned 25, the song is a whimsical imagining of what the Beatles bassist must have then... Continue Reading →