Guitarist Michael Schenker has been blowing people away with his talent ever since, at 16 years, he played on the Scorpions' debut album.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, August 22 to 24
American comedian Kevin Nealon, best known for his nine-year stint on Saturday Night Live, performs an evening of standup at the Rio Theatre.
Newt’s top 10 closing tracks of the seventies
Remember when the last track on an album would finish and you'd wish the music would just never end? Me too.
Exclusive audio from 1993: Paul Rodgers’ full concert in Vancouver, with Neal Schon on guitar!
On May 14, 1993, Paul Rodgers played Vancouver on his Muddy Water Blues Tour, and brought along Neal Schon to do the six-string damage.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this week, August 18 to 22
Texas blues-rock legends ZZ Top, featuring guitarist-vocalist Billy Gibbons, play the Great Canadian Casino Vancouver on Friday.
That time Shemekia Copeland told me that Koko Taylor should have won the 2001 blues Grammy, not Taj Mahal
I interviewed 23-year-old blues vocalist Shemekia Copeland, daughter of blues-guitar great Johnny Copeland, back in September of 2002.
Who wants to hear Kick Axe on the road to rock in Vancouver in 1988?
There's been a lot of renewed interest in Kick Axe since the recent announcement that guitarist Larry Gillstrom had passed away on August 4.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, August 15 to 17
Van Sabbath is a tribute to the music of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath at the WISE Hall on Friday, featuring Brass Camel and friends.
That time I asked Kick Axe guitarist Larry Gillstrom what he thought of the Vancouver metal scene in 1988
Today I went searching around in my stash of cassettes to see if I had any interviews with late Kick Axe guitarist Larry Gillstrom on tape.
Remembering Larry Gillstrom, Kick Axe guitarist and passionate purveyor of Canadian metal
Shocked and saddened to hear last night about the recent passing of Larry Gillstrom, a legend of the Canadian heavy-metal scene.
Vancouver tunesmith Jim Vallance informs the Newt that Aerosmith’s Joe Perry is “not a liar”
Yesterday I wrote a blog complaining that I couldn't stand the new Aerosmith song, which had just been released as a crappy video.
Aerosmith’s new video for the crappy “Legendary Child” makes a liar out of Joe Perry
There was a lot of talk in the last year or so about how the band's next album was going to be a return to its early, no-frills rock sound.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this week, August 11 to 15
Screening at the VIFF Centre on Friday of director Amy Berg's new music documentary It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley.