RiffDraft

I’ve always thought that if an alien came down to earth and asked about me about what American music was, I would have them watch the Martin Scorsese directed movie, The Last Waltz, covering The Band’s last concert ever, on Thanksgiving Day 1976. The Band’s drummer/singer, Levon Helm (think “The Night They Drove Ole’ Dixie [...]

Rock’n’roll has always been about blurring gender lines: guys with long hair, dancing, and often singing in high pitches. That’s part of it’s weird attraction. As a kid, I spent a lot of time listening to my “big three”: Led Zeppelin, Rush, and The Police. The singers in each band sang in impossibly high registers. [...]