In Memory of Elizabeth Reed – Summoning the Spirits with the #AllmanBrothersBand. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #DickeyBetts #DuaneAllman

Admittedly, I got lost in this one. At one point I had 14 versions of this song in various stages of playback and every time I thought I had enough to share with my Ted Tocks audience I found anoth…

Pretzel Logic – They say the times are changing but I just don’t know. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #SteelyDan #WalterBecker #DonaldFagen

Pack your bags. Let’s do a little time travel with Steely Dan, but before we leave you might reconsider those shoes. Steely Dan released their album ‘Pretzel Logic’ on this day back in 1974, so tod…

That Smell – Prince Charming was the last survivor. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #LynyrdSkynyrd #GaryRossington

There is a whole lot going on in this song. If one could summarize it in a word, that word would be ominous. It is full of dark foreboding and all these years later fans of classic rock music and m…

Thirteen great performances I’ve seen in 2025

Among the best of the 86 concerts I have seen so far this year have been the Colin Vallon Trio (Tinguely Museum and Bird's Eye, 28 February-1 March); the Hildegunn Øiseth Quartett (Stadtcasino, 28 March); the Joe Sanders Quartet (Bird's Eye, 2 May; Tinguely, 25 July); Philip Dizack's Brass Regalia

Umphrey’s McGee en Warren Haynes en Karina Rykman – In The Kitchen – MetGitarenEnZo

Umphrey’s McGee en Warren Haynes en Karina Rykman – In The Kitchen – MetGitarenEnZo

Warren Haynes en Derek Trucks – These Changes – MetGitarenEnZo