LIVE: Buddy Guy Makes Love to His Guitar at the Palace, 11/19/2019
Eric Clapton looked behind him on stage. He could hear Buddy Guy playing, but where was he? He turned toward the audience, and there was Buddy walking down the center of…
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Don Wilcock was nominated for Music Journalist of the Year in the 2019 inaugural Capital Region Eddies Awards. He began writing about music for The Army Reporter at U.S. Army Headquarters, Vietnam. He’s written columns for NYS Music, Metroland, The Saratogian, and The Troy Record; and edited several music magazines including King Biscuit Times, BluesPrint and Blues Wax. He wrote Buddy Guy’s authorized biography Damn Right I’ve Got The Blues, and his interviews with more than 6000 artists from Jerry Garcia and James Brown to Derek Trucks have appeared in publications around the world.
LIVE: Marty Stuart opens his tour Honky-tonkin’ @ The Egg, 11/16/2019
Saturday’s matinee at The Egg was Marty Stuart’s first show of a tour celebrating the 20th anniversary rerelease of The Pilgrim- Deluxe Edition on double vinyl, with a bonus…
LIVE: Johnny Morse All-Stars Puts a Sheen on Chrome, 11/15/2019
The Johnny Morse All Stars show at Chrome in Waterford on Friday, November 15, was one of those shows that make the 518 area legendary for its rock talent.
Some artists…
Jimmy “Wichita Lineman” Webb to Play Cohoes Music Hall
Tony Bennett once told me his career and reputation were all about the songs. That was more important than the artist who sings them.
“Well, good for him,” says Jimmy Webb…
Don Wilcock’s Interview Archive: Ginger Baker, 6/11/2015
Ginger Baker: I wasn’t Cream’s drummer. I was the founder of Cream.
Don Wilcock: So, Eric Clapton wasn’t the guy who brought rock’s first power trio together?
Ginger:…
LIVE: Vernon Reid Reimagines Jimi @ The Egg, 11/01/2019
If Jimi Hendrix had kicked his drug habit and lived another half century, what would he sound like? Vernon Reid’s Band of Gypsies Revisited Band performance at The Egg on…
Vernon Reid at The Egg Takes Hendrix into the 21st Century
“We’re not doing recreations. We’re doing explorations.”
Vernon Reid’s Band of Gypsys Revisited is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix’s Fillmore East concert…
Little Feat to Celebrate 50 Years of Being “Willin’” at Troy Music Hall Saturday, October 19th
“When (Little Feat founder and guitarist) Lowell (George) passed away, Warner Brothers signed us immediately when we got back together,” says guitarist Paul Barrere. “But at…