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    John Lodge Remembered (1943-2025)

    Not Just a Singer in a R&R band… By Dale Nickey Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 10/12/25 – John Lodge, bassist/vocalist/songwriter for the Moody Blues passed on October 10, 2025. He was one of my heroes. He was 82. However, he was still active as a musician with pending 2025 tour dates. His family characterized…


    November 29, 2025
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    Knockin’ On Dylan’ Door (Live Review)

    Bob” Band Does Singer-Songwriter Justice By Gordon Durich Westlake Village, CA (The Hollywood Times) 9/25/25 – In the intimate setting of the Blueprint Studios in the village of Westlake, nudging Los Angeles County, a band of seasoned musicians dubbed Dylan’s Door staged a memorable get-together.  “We were going to call ourselves the “Complete Unknowns” kidded drummer-extraordinaire…


    November 29, 2025
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    The Grateful Dames (Live 5/3/25) – Review

    Let’s do the Time Warp Today By Dale Nickey San Fernando Valley, CA (The Hollywood Times) 05/06/2025 At a private enclave hidden in the SFV, The Grateful Dames held court for 2 hours; transporting an adoring, tie-dyed throng in their way-back machine to Woodstock Nation in miniature. Spring rain included. As their name implies, ‘The Dames’…


    May 15, 2025
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    David Crosby Remembered

    We will always remember his name. David Crosby (1941-2023) Authored by Dale Nickey: David Crosby has passed at the age of 81. Music insiders were neither shocked nor surprised. However, all were amazed he kept himself alive and productive as long as he did. His body absorbed a lot of abuse during the 60’s 70’s…


    February 18, 2025
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    The Beatles (Now and Then) Reviewed

    “I Believe In Yesterday…” Authored by Dale Nickey: The Beatles drop their final chart topper (Now and Then) (Originally Published in The Hollywood Times Today) So, there we have it. The final Beatles track. Now and Then. A fitting title, a merger of the ‘here and now’ with the ghosts of Beatles past. Says so…


    February 18, 2025
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    JEFF BECK REMEMBERED

    THE Guitar God to other Guitar Gods Sometimes you see it coming. Not this time. 60’s icons are becoming fewer and farther between. However, this loss stings a little bit harder. You see, I just saw him perform a scant two months before his death at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Center on November 4,…


    February 18, 2025
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    Keith Emerson Remembered

    Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 3/13/16 – Through the years, I’ve failed to see many of my musical heroes in concert. But, I got to see Keith Emerson and ELP at their peak for the princely sum of $7.50. The year was 1977. In addition to his own formidable compositions, Keith Emerson made his name…


    February 5, 2025
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    JANDEK – Porto Saturday

    Reviewed by Dale Nickey:  Recorded live at Fundacao de Serralves, Porto Portugal (1/10/2009) Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 8/6/21 – The Representative of Corwood Industries has released yet another album of solo piano excursions. This one a double CD live set recorded in Porto, Portugal. One common thread that runs through the ‘piano albums’…


    February 4, 2025
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    Poetry in Commotion (JANDEK – The Element of Nothing)

     –   May 15, 2024  JANDEK drops a new book of poems By Dale Nickey Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 5/15/24 – I started my Jandek journey a decade ago. I’ve written twenty articles and reviews of his recorded works (including two live concert reviews). For the most part I tried to do what most music…


    February 4, 2025
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    A Complete Unknown – Movie Review

    1961 Revisited By Dale Nickey Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 1/20/25 – Yes, I know, timelines were smudged, plotlines were conflated, names were changed to protect the innocent. This is standard music-bio procedure, and it should not adversely impact your enjoyment of A Complete Unknown; a run and gun profile of Bob Dylan’s formative years…


    February 4, 2025

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