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Jorma Kaukonen’s distinctive vocals help Hot Tuna get tasty in Vancouver

February 25, 2018by the newt Leave a comment

charles campbell photo ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, MARCH 4, 1988 By Steve Newton An acoustic concert can be quite a scary thing to those people, like myself, who thrive on raunchy […]

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Hot Tuna brings its deathless blues to Seattle this winter

November 15, 2013by the newt Leave a comment

Jack (left) and Jorma still chuckle about the mellow good times they had at Altamont back in ’69. Good news for ’70s-rock fans who might feel like taking a quick […]

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Irish guitar hero Gary Moore found dead in a Spanish hotel room

August 16, 2013by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, FEB. 6, 2011 The guitar world is in mourning today as the news of Gary Moore’s death travels around the globe. The Irish musician—best known for […]

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Blind Willie Johnson’s blues genius lauded in upcoming tribute album

October 21, 2015by the newt Leave a comment

By Steve Newton Blues legends don’t get much more legendary than Blind Willie Johnson, whose recordings in the 1920s of songs like “John the Revelator”, “It’s Nobody’s Fault But Mine”, […]

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The Newt’s 300 Best Rock Albums of the 1970s

February 27, 2015by the newt 15 Comments

By Steve Newton You had to be there. Abraxas: Santana (“Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen”, “Oye Coma Va”, “Samba Pa Ti”) 1970 A Day at the Races: Queen (“Tie Your Mother Down”, “Somebody […]

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Ear of Newt’s Top 30 Rock Albums of 1976

February 6, 2014by the newt Leave a comment

The spirit of ’76 will never falter because that’s the year Thin Lizzy put out two LPs instead of just one. Albums listed in alphabetical order according to title, otherwise Jailbreak would be […]

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Ear of Newt’s Top 30 Rock Albums of 1975

February 3, 2014by the newt Leave a comment

Ah, 1975. The year I graduated high school. Talk about dazed and confused. Albums listed alphabetically by title, including three choice tracks from each one to help you remember how […]

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Ear of Newt’s Top 30 Rock Albums of 1972

January 24, 2014by the newt Leave a comment

1972 was a year when I got introduced to a number of bands that would become all-time faves, including Blue Oyster Cult, Mott the Hoople, and Steely Dan. And as […]

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Ear of Newt’s Top 30 Rock Albums of 1971

January 21, 2014by the newt Leave a comment

All in all, 1971 wasn’t one of the greatest years for rock in the seventies. But it was a pretty great one for Alice Cooper, Rory Gallagher, and Yes, who […]

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Ear of Newt’s Top 30 Rock Albums of 1970

January 19, 2014by the newt Leave a comment

Last year I decided to turn the clock back four decades and put together a list of my 30 fave albums of 1973, because, for one thing, that was the […]

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Buddy Cage says it was easy filling Gerry Garcia’s shoes on pedal-steel

September 2, 2013by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, NOV. 29, 2006 By Steve Newton As the story goes, Jerry Garcia had only been experimenting on pedal-steel guitar for two weeks when he played it […]

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Blues guitar great Hubert Sumlin passes away at age 80

August 14, 2013by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, DEC. 4, 2011 By Steve Newton I just learned via a tweet from Hot Tuna guitarist Jorma Kaukonen that blues guitar great Hubert Sumlin passed away […]

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So, yeah, I’ve reviewed a few shows over the years. IRON MAIDEN at Rogers Arena, Sept. 3, 2019 SONNY LANDRETH at the Rio Theatre, Aug. 24, 2019 ROGER WATERS at Rogers […]

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Newt’s Top 10 Albums of 2018

December 28, 2018by the newt Leave a comment

By Steve Newton This year I picked some instrumental rock, some hard rock, some southern rock, and some Beatles, but the underlying thread running through most of this stuff is […]

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Scorpions upstage Van Halen as the Monsters of Rock tour hits Seattle

July 27, 2018by the newt 1 Comment

  kevin statham photo ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, AUG. 5, 1988 By Steve Newton About 40,000 people paid $38.50 (Cdn) to see the marathon Monsters of Rock show […]

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Jeff Healey on playing a bar-band guitarist in Roadhouse and “marvellous” star Patrick Swayze

July 2, 2018by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, JULY 1, 1988 By Steve Newton Patrick Swayze may be one of the sexiest movie stars around today, but he can’t play mean blues […]

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Atlanta guitar hero Tinsley Ellis on covering Leon Russell, adoring Eric Clapton, and listening to Tom Dowd

February 18, 2018by the newt Leave a comment

By Steve Newton The last time yours truly interviewed American blues-rocker Tinsley Ellis was 10 years ago, when he called the Georgia Straight in advance of a gig at the Yale Hotel, […]

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Album review: Various Artists, We’re a Happy Family—A Tribute to Ramones (2003)

December 1, 2017by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, FEB. 27, 2003 By Steve Newton You don’t fuck with the Ramones. And one of the best ways to not fuck with them is […]

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Album review: Santana, Shaman (2002)

November 21, 2017by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, NOV. 7, 2002 By Steve Newton Two songs into the new Carlos Santana CD, Shaman, I couldn’t decide whether I loved the album or […]

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Album review: Alice Cooper, A Fistful of Alice (1997)

November 8, 2017by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, AUG. 21, 1997 By Steve Newton Strolling around the Mexican resort town of Cabo San Lucas last year, I stumbled across a bar called […]

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Album review: John Fogerty, Blue Moon Swamp (1997)

November 6, 2017by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, JULY 17, 1997 By Steve Newton To me, John Fogerty is the ultimate rock ’n’ roller. His songwriting—as evidenced by a myriad of deathless […]

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“Saw Six is the sixth Saw I’ve seen”: my original reviews of every Saw movie, 2004-2010

October 22, 2017by the newt Leave a comment

By Steve Newton As most in-the-know horror-movie freaks are no doubt aware, the latest entry in the Saw franchise, Jigsaw, opens this Friday (October 27). Not one to miss out […]

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Album review: Rod Stewart, Unplugged…and Seated (1993)

October 12, 2017by the newt Leave a comment

  ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, JUNE 17, 1993 By Steve Newton I always thought that the opening riff of Derek and the Dominos’ “Layla” was one of the […]

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Remembering Kiss before the reunion tour got Gene Simmons back in diapers

July 19, 2017by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, AUG. 29, 1996 By Steve Newton If you were a rock-loving teenager in the ’70s, you probably have some kind of Kiss story to […]

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Terror titan Wes Craven on the horrors of family and being cast in the role of the scary guy

May 21, 2017by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, NOV. 7, 1991 By Steve Newton “Where do you get your ideas from?” Horror director Wes Craven must have heard that question a thousand […]

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That time I asked J.J. Cale why it took him seven years to get an album out

February 11, 2017by the newt Leave a comment

By Steve Newton I feel extremely fortunate to have interviewed J.J. Cale a couple of times during the legendary songwriter’s lifetime. The first time was back in 1990, when he […]

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Huey Lewis & the News can’t cut it as arena rockers in Vancouver

December 21, 2016by the newt 3 Comments

chris cameron photo ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, DEC. 26, 1986 By Steve Newton Huey Lewis has a great rock and roll voice, he writes fairly catchy tunes, and his […]

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