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Tuesday Night Vinyl Recap

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Tuesday Night Vinyl Recap

Thank you to everyone who turned out for the inaugural Tuesday Night Vinyl. As one guest said, “this is like book club, but for records.” Exactly right. That was precisely the intent and as soon as our group gathered at the studio tonight, we all felt that.

This program is about connectedness. It is about how music that has meant something personal to us can be communicated to other people.

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Simon Phillips Masterclass Review

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Few drummers in the history of rock and roll have appeared on as many albums as the great Simon Phillips. Simon presented a masterclass as Philadelphia Drum Shop in Fishtown this week, and it was a 3 hour tour de force. Simon has recorded with Pete Townshend, Brian Eno, The Who, Toto, Phil Manzanera, Mike Oldfield, Judas Priest, Hiromi, and many more, not to mention a prolific recording career as a bandleader.

I will have comprehensive review with video coming soon, but for now, here are a few pictures of one of the greatest drummers in rock and roll history.

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Book Review: Rush - Wandering the Face of the Earth

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Book Review: Rush - Wandering the Face of the Earth

For decades, Rush was one of the hardest working bands in the business. Their early years were a near constant cycle of recording albums, then touring, then recording, then touring, then recording. Unbelievably, the group had only one lineup change in 1974 (Neil Peart replacing the band’s original drummer, John Rutsey), and the rest is history.

Fortunately for the hardcore Rush fans out there, the band was keeping track of all of these gigs in tremendous detail. That detail is beautifully captured, along with some great historical photography, along with newspaper and magazine clippings of show advertisements from years gone by.