Rockers are mortal, after all

It wasn’t always this way for me, but within the past couple of years the deaths of people I don’t know have taken on a whole new dimension. Whether I knew the person or not–and particularly if they were somebody famous for one reason or another– the first thing I want to know is how

Thanks for the joy that you’ve given me

I learned today of the death of Dobie Gray. Each and every obituary of Dobie Gray needs to contain only two words: Drift Away. And those two words are reason enough to commemorate his contribution to recorded music. I’ve written in this space about my preference for music by Led Zeppelin and Van Halen and