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Monroe Center’s Wolfman-WANTED
‘WANTED’
A New Recording by Guitarist Wolfgang Schalk who has his studio at The Monroe Center:
Wolfgang Schalk: guitar
Geoffrey Keezer: piano
Dave Carpenter: bass
Marvin “Smitty” Smith: drums
Recorded at Encore/Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, CA
“Schalk creates impressive structures for improvisation, and he fits each and every structure with a hip, catchy melody. If other musicians pick up on these […]
The Master Lays His Sitar Down
Sitar Maestro Ravi Shanker recently gave his last public concert in London. He would have liked to play on but his eighty eight- year- old body is not willing to cooperate. “It comes down to the fact,” said a friend of Shanker, “that his spirit is willing to play on but his body will not […]
Blues For North Korea
Well, it appears that part of the axis of evil is slowly turning on a fulcrum of musical notes. Recently the New York Philharmonic played in Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, and now, hold your breath, the North Koreans have officially invited British Rock n’ Blues man Eric Clapton to play there. This is revolutionary. […]
Oh No, Not Again, Not That…
The Spice Girls have wrapped their old lackluster insipid act into a musical farce and are presently all set to tour. To add to this misery, The Jackson 5, along with extra terrestrial, Michael Jackson, are contemplating a mammoth tour in 2008, at least that is what the band’s spokesman Jermaine Jackson has said.
The Jacksons, […]
The Doors of Forgiveness
He lies in eastern Paris at the Pere Lachaise cemetery. Jim Morrison, lead singer, songwriter of The Doors died July 3rd, 1971 age, 27.In 970, at a concert in Miami, police state that a drunken Morrison exposed himself on stage. He was arrested and charged with indecent exposure and profanity. Morrison denied it and was […]