L-R: Waddy Wachtel, Keith Richards and Terry Reid
Who Dat?
Though unfortunately best known to rock trivia buffs for what he didn't do than for what he did, Terry Reid was (and is) an extremely well-regarded British blues-rock singer/guitarist. He began warbling as a toddler when his mother would perch him on a box to sing popular songs while she picked fruit.
He joined a school band, the Redbeats, and then Peter Jay's Jaywalkers, which issued the single "The Hand Don't Fit the Glove" in 1966
MySpaced Out's most recent out-of-the-ether find is British singer-songwriter Keith Christmas. Most ballads are a very hard sell for us, but I was immediately knocked out by Christmas's stunner, "Better Men."
Of course, MSO immediately got a second opinion from the Significant Other. She gave two thumbs up. I was so knocked out that I immediately emailed to see if he had a publisher and song pitcher. Guess we should've read his bio first.
​Everyone's making such a big deal out of today: It's September 9, which means it's 9/9/09.It is, according to one site, "the last set of repeating, single-digit dates that
we'll see for almost a century (until January 1, 2101), or a millennium
(mark your calendars for January 1, 3001), depending on how you want to
count it."That seems a little bit of a stretch to us when it comes to statistics, kind of like "most hits on the road against lefties with runners in scoring position on even-number
The 2009 Austin City Limits Festival kicks off Friday, and many of you are no doubt devising parking strategies and grappling with various permutations of 'How will I make it from the [a] set at [b] stage in time to catch [x]'s set at the [y] stage?' It's a serious dilemma, as ACL always puts together a solid lineup. Our only advice to you is to blow off Dave Matthews and head to the Ginger Man.
But aside from that, you probably have other lingering concerns. Music festivals are notoriously cha
