“Reggae music, soul music, rock music–every song is a sign.”-Bob Marley

Bob Marley’s songs were also incredible gifts.

Happy birthday, Bob. Say hi to Jimi and Janis and John…

“We want to get this good music to as many people as possible because I think it heals, it soothes, I think music is incredibly important, especially in today’s chaos.”~Graham Nash

Amen, birthday boy!

“I’ve been a walking advertisement for excess and chaos most of my life, so it’s about time I tried to do something for the other side.”~Warren Zevon

That one hits pretty close to home.

When crazy is all you’ve got, then rock the shit out of crazy.

Happy Friday the 13th, campers.

“I always believed in the music we did and that’s why it was uncompromising.”~Jimmy Page

Uncompromising and BRILLIANT!

Happy birthday, Jimmy!

Happy 65th birthday to the inimitable David Bowie, Rock & Roll’s total package. I did this birthday tribute video two years ago, and everything I said is still applicable

Enjoy the video and have fun!

Happy Rock & Roll Birthday to the most excellent Stephen Stills.

With or without his buddies, Stephen is a true classic as both a songwriter and guitarist.

One of the grooviest albums of the last few years is Stills’ Just Roll Tape. It’s full of stuff he laid down alone with his guitar right after a Judy Collins recording session in 1968. Since that was before the first CSN album, there are fantastic early incarnations of “Change Partners,” “Suite Judy Blue Eyes,” “Helplessly Hoping” and “Wooden Ships.” The quality of the recording is not particularly good (ok, some of it actually sucks), but that doesn’t take away from the beauty of the work.

My all-time favorite Stills lyric comes from the song “Treetop Flyer” which is, coincidentally, on Just Roll Tape. “I don’t do business that don’t make me smile.” That’s a basic tenet of my Rock and Roll Philosophy…and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

“Peace and Love we gave to you? Peace and Love you gave to us”-Jimmy Cliff

Amen, Jimmy!

“Getting old is a fascinating thing. The older you get, the older you want to get”~Keith Richards

Happy birthday Keef!

“I don’t care about the rules. In fact, if I don’t break the rules at least 10 times in every song then I’m not doing my job properly.”-Jeff Beck

How’s that for a little Rock & Roll Philosophy?

As someone who firmly believes in breaking the rules, I love this quote.