Album review: Jason & the Scorchers, A Blazing Grace (1995)

  ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, MARCH 23, 1995 By Steve Newton If there’s one band I really miss these days, it’s the Georgia Satellites. The raging southern boogie blasted forth by that Dan Baird–fronted unit on three underrated ’80s albums never failed to lift my spirits. So it does this old heart good … Continue reading Album review: Jason & the Scorchers, A Blazing Grace (1995)

Now that he’s in Guns N’ Roses Dizzy Reed can buy drinks for all his freennz

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, AUG. 13, 1992 By Steve Newton Some hard-rock bands like to boast about not using keyboards; they take pride in sticking with the trusty old guitar-bass-drums ideal. Guns N’ Roses might have been such a band in its early days, but when it came time to record its ground-breaking … Continue reading Now that he’s in Guns N’ Roses Dizzy Reed can buy drinks for all his freennz