ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JAN. 24, 1986 By Steve Newton A few songs into their opening set for NRBQ last Thursday, Tom Harrison, lead singer for Bruno Gerussi's Medallion, commented. "We hope we're loud and tacky, like our namesake." Well, his hopes were answered. But despite loud and tacky tunes like their theme song, written by … Continue reading NRBQ makes a Cabbage Patch Kid do a lowdown limbo after Tom Harrison’s BGM gets loud and tacky
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Ian Tyson’s passing reminds me of how much my dear old dad loved “Four Strong Winds”
By Steve Newton It's been a rough Thursday in the worlds of sports, fashion, and music. Brazilian soccer legend Pelé, British fashion rebel Vivienne Westwood, and Canadian country-folk singer-songwriter Ian Tyson all left us today. And to make matters worse, yesterday brought the awful news that Vancouver journalist Tom Harrison, a cherished fixture on the … Continue reading Ian Tyson’s passing reminds me of how much my dear old dad loved “Four Strong Winds”
Wherein the Newt pines for the ’70s along with a panel of Vancouver rock experts
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, NOV. 4, 1993 “The music you listen to becomes the soundtrack of your life.” —Mike Bloomfield Ah, the ’70s—what a great decade for rock. I don’t care what anybody says, because, disco aside, the ’70s ruled, man. Back then I could easily name 50 bands that I was crazy … Continue reading Wherein the Newt pines for the ’70s along with a panel of Vancouver rock experts
Ex-Georgia Straight editor spearheads blues-rocking benefit for Mary Steinhauser bursary
PHOTO BY THE NEWT By Steve Newton Remember "Hurricane", that great Bob Dylan tune about the imprisonment of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter? Bob Mercer sure does. Dylan's 1975 protest song came out five months after a notorious hostage-taking incident at the B.C. Penitentiary that took the life of 32-year-old prison social-worker Mary Steinhauser. Three years later, … Continue reading Ex-Georgia Straight editor spearheads blues-rocking benefit for Mary Steinhauser bursary