Posts by Gary Pig Gold
By Gary Pig Gold • 02/03/2012
Precisely fifty-three years since the music supposedly died,
TEN REASONS WHY
BUDDY HOLLY
STILL MATTERS
1. THE CHIRPING CRICKETS
Buddy Holly, alongside rhythm guitarist Niki Sullivan, bassist Joe B. …
By Gary Pig Gold • 02/02/2012
ALL TIME TOP TEN POWER POP PEOPLE
(in chronological order)
Certainly we could all be arguing blue-faced until that mythical Next Big Thing finally arrives over …
By Gary Pig Gold • 01/29/2012
I certainly tend to agree that, in the infamous words of no less an authority on all things Laurel Canyon, California as F. Zappa, …
By Gary Pig Gold • 01/19/2012
Can it really be true that Rolling Stone publisher/magnate Jann S. Wenner has personally conducted a decades-long campaign to bar The Monkees from induction …
By Gary Pig Gold • 01/04/2012
Despite an alarming amount of critical mass to (and by) the contrary, there truly was much, much more worth hearing this decade just past …
By Gary Pig Gold • 01/02/2012
Discriminating consumers of only the best in rock ‘n’ pop have long revered Dennis Diken as drummer with those rightfully legendary Smithereens. Yet did …
By Gary Pig Gold • 11/01/2011
As we all eagerly await our grand new SMiLE boxes,
Gary Pig Gold reminds us of…..
TEN REASONS WHY
“BRIAN WILSON: SONGWRITER, 1962 – 1969”
SHOULD BE …
By Gary Pig Gold • 12/08/2010
BORROWED TIME
As we arrive at thirtieth (!!!) anniversary of the Chief Beatle’s death, I found myself reaching far back indeed within the Pig Archives …
By Gary Pig Gold • 10/09/2010
Click to listen: InTheLife
By Gary Pig Gold • 10/05/2010
“He knew how to produce records very well. He had a very strong spirit for recording music. He was a great producer.”
When no less …