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Search Results for: Paul Rodgers

Paul Rodgers on the creation of “All Right Now”, the mystique of Paul Kossoff, and the awesomeness of Jimi Hendrix

December 2, 2016by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN EXPERIENCE HENDRIX MAGAZINE, WINTER 2000 By Steve Newton If you polled all the music fans in the world and asked them to name their fave party tune […]

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Paul Rodgers on living the rock and roll fantasy and his new album Electric

November 2, 2014by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, SEPT. 21, 2000 By Steve Newton Anyone who’s ever raised a frosty Molson Pilsner to the bluesy riff-rock of Free or Bad Company would […]

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For Paul Rodgers, everything stems from playing live

July 10, 2014by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, AUG. 28, 1997 By Steve Newton Back in the late ’60s, British blues-rock crooner Paul Rodgers wrapped his gravel ’n’ honey vocals around a […]

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Paul Rodgers proves that he’s the world’s best guy at going “Whoa-yeaah!” in Vancouver

May 5, 2014by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, MAY 20, 1993 The first time I saw Paul Rodgers perform live was back in the ’70s, when Bad Company played the Pacific Coliseum […]

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Damn Yankees with the Nuge kicks ass; Bad Company without Paul Rodgers licks ass

April 8, 2014by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, MARCH 21, 1991 By Steve Newton Oh man—talk about going back in time! There was Ted Nugent riffing out “Cat Scratch Fever” and screeching […]

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Paul Kossoff’s son Simon meets Paul Rodgers for the first time

March 13, 2014by the newt Leave a comment

photo by Lucy Piller Legendary blues-rocker Paul Rodgers finally got to meet the son of Paul Kossoff, the former guitarist in his old band Free. In a tweet last week Rodgers mentioned […]

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Roger Taylor says Queen hooked up with Paul Rodgers by accident

September 2, 2013by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, APRIL 6, 2006 By Steve Newton Chilliwack was the perfect place for a rock-crazed teenager to grow up during the ’70s. Not only could you crank […]

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Queen and Paul Rodgers rock Vancouver

September 2, 2013by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, APRIL 20, 2006 What an awesome heavy-metal band Queen used to be. What, you didn’t know Queen used to be an awesome heavy-metal band? Maybe it’s […]

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Album review: Bad Company, Dangerous Age (1988)

July 4, 2018by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, SEPT. 23, 1988 By Steve Newton Bad Company put some mighty fine albums in the mid-’70s, particularly Straight Shooter and Run With the Pack. […]

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Album review: Bad Company, Fame and Fortune (1986)

April 1, 2018by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, DEC. 26, 1986 By Steve Newton Mott the Hoople and Free were two of the best rock bands Britain ever produced, so it was […]

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Album review: The Law, The Law (1991)

October 8, 2017by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, MAY 2, 1991 By Steve Newton After having had to sit through Bad (Sad?) Company’s recent Vancouver concert—and its empty, money-grubbing versions of that […]

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Singers from Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, and Free connect for a rock-god vocal summit in Oxford

May 17, 2017by the newt Leave a comment

By Steve Newton What do you get when you gather the lead singers from Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, and Free on stage at the same time? A pretty rockin’ version of […]

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Newt’s Top 10 albums of 1993

December 24, 2015by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, DEC. 23, 1993 By Steve Newton Popular music hit an all-time low this year with the outbreak of something called gangsta rap, an ugly, […]

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American Stars ‘n Bars: Lynyrd Skynyrd and the lure of the Confederate flag

August 28, 2015by the newt 1 Comment

By Steve Newton The Rebel flag. The Southern Cross. Stars and Bars. Whatever you call it, the battle flag of America’s former Confederate states has been getting a lot of […]

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Neal Schon’s fierce guitar dulled by Journey’s soulless corporate-rock vibe

July 12, 2015by the newt 15 Comments

By Steve Newton Journey has long been criticized for being one of the prime purveyors of “corporate rock”, along with the likes of Foreigner, Boston, Styx, and REO Speedwagon. But […]

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Stratmaster Robin Trower talks Hendrix and blues, says “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”

March 10, 2015by the newt 1 Comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, MARCH 11, 1990 By Steve Newton You know how some recording artists make you think of old times, and help you crystallize visions from […]

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Good news for those who can’t get enough Bad Company

March 2, 2015by the newt 1 Comment

By Steve Newton If you were type of rock fan in the ’70s who thought it was the end of the world when guitarist Mick Ralphs left Mott the Hoople–only […]

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Ear of Newt’s top five Vancouver concerts of 2014

December 31, 2014by the newt Leave a comment

  DBT photo by the Newt For me, it’s always a good year for concerts when the Drive-By Truckers can be included in the year-end wrap-up, and their performance at […]

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Bass god Billy Sheehan pooh-poohs Mr. Big’s supergroup status

September 10, 2014by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, SEPT. 8, 1989 By Steve Newton Seeing a destined-to-be-huge band in a small venue can make for one of the most memorable nights in […]

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The Art of McCartney boasts ’70s rockers Heart, Steve Miller, Sammy Hagar, and the Coop

September 9, 2014by the newt Leave a comment

By Steve Newton Groundworks Marketing announced today that a new Paul McCartney tribute album will be released on November 17, and that it will feature some of my fave artists from […]

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Spine-tingling guitar solos light up Lynyrd Skynyrd’s first-ever Vancouver show

July 10, 2014by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, SEPT. 4, 1997 By Steve Newton Those ’70s-rock fans sure are a devoted bunch. Even if one of their fave old bands hasn’t produced […]

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Rickey Medlocke on reuniting with Skynyrd, the plane crash, and the rebel flag

July 4, 2014by the newt 1 Comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, AUG. 21, 1997 By Steve Newton October 20, 1977, is a day branded by sadness for southern-rock fans. That’s when Lynyrd Skynyrd’s rented plane, […]

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20-year-old Kenny Wayne Shepherd has the guitar world by the balls

June 30, 2014by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, AUG. 7, 1997 By Steve Newton Some guys have all the luck—and a fair whack of talent, too. Take Kenny Wayne Shepherd, for instance. […]

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Queen guitarist Brian May blows the Newt away in Vancouver

June 29, 2014by the newt 2 Comments

photos by “Jet” Sutherland ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, JUNE 26, 2014 By Steve Newton Freddie Mercury is a hard act to follow, there’s no doubt about that. The Queen frontman […]

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Blues survivor Buddy Guy tries slipping in the back door with Feels Like Rain

May 4, 2014by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, APRIL 8, 1993 By Steve Newton Back in the ’60s, it is said, Jimi Hendrix was so inspired by Buddy Guy’s guitar-playing that he […]

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The Strat Pack DVD is a guitar freak’s dream come true

March 24, 2014by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, NOV. 24, 2005 By Steve Newton Last year, in celebration of the Fender Stratocaster’s 50th anniversary, an impressive array of electric guitarists got together at London’s […]

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Slash says that the original Guns N’ Roses lineup “just stopped rocking”

January 27, 2014by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, FEBRUARY 11, 1994 By Steve Newton Guns N’ Roses may well be the most popular hard-rock band in the world. It’s certainly one of […]

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