by alan | Mar 19, 2016 | Clarion Rock, Summer 2016
In April of 1967 there were few rock stars in America bigger than The Doors’ singer and songwriter, Jim Morrison. Seemingly appearing out of nowhere, Jim and his band mates were riding the crest of a mighty wave as their debut album, The Doors, had gone gold and its...
by alan | Mar 15, 2016 | Summer 2016, Uncategorized
By: Alan Graham “Keep your nose to the grindstone” Meaning: Apply yourself conscientiously to your work. Origin There are two rival explanations as to the origin of this phrase. One is that it comes from the supposed habit of millers who checked that the...
by alan | Mar 14, 2016 | Clarion Rock, Summer 2016
By Al Graham The audio isn’t the best, it frequently cuts out because of failing batteries, every once in a while someone talks over it, and because it’s recorded on a cassette player with the sound coming through The Doorsamplifiers at times it sounds like a parody...
by alan | Mar 14, 2016 | Clarion Causes, Summer 2016
A homeless man, huddled on a sidewalk in the heart of Phoenix, wasn’t hurting anyone, but he was apparently a bother to people coming and going from a gas station. When police arrived to address the situation, one officer sensed something familiar about the man. Upon...
by alan | Mar 12, 2016 | Clarion Rock, Summer 2016
By: Alan Graham Keith Emerson Dead From Gunshot To Head In Apparent Suicide On their official Facebook site, the band wrote, “We regret to announce that Keith Emerson died last night at his home in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, aged 71. We ask that the family’s privacy...
by alan | Mar 10, 2016 | Clarion Rock, Summer 2016
By: A. R. Graham The so-called ‘Fifth Beatle’ signed the band (then minus Ringo) in 1962 and introduced lavish arrangements into their songs. George Martin, the “Fifth Beatle” and British treasure who signed the Fab Four to a label contract when no one else would,...
