Ritchie Blackmore – the Man In Black who Shone Light in my darkness
Ritchie Blackmore just turned 76. It doesn’t feel right writing that. Heroes are larger than life. They’re not meant to…
Eddie Van Halen, dead but his music will live on
The first time I heard Eddie Van Halen, I thought it was a joke. My best friend at the time…
Music, Memories, Madness, Magic and Mayhem
“There is always music,” a friend reminded me this week. No matter what. There Is Always Music Without it, life…
The Deep Purple songs that kept me alive
I’ve just about completed my book tentatively titled Postcards from Hell, Snapshots From a Purple Mind. It’s no epic and…
Just For the Fun of it
Around the time of the second Iraq War, I started jamming on a Sunday afternoon with a local Ararat musician,…
Moved to tears by my first Floorgasm
From a very early age I have been in love with music. That love grew and materialized in an ongoing…
Top 10 Songs By The Sweet
The Sweet were the first band that I really ever followed and I kind of accidentally got there. My brother…
My reaction to the film Bohemian Rhapsody
When I see a film I usually respond to it on nothing other than a superficial level. Most films keep…
Heaven and Hell, Darkness and Light & The Search For Truth.
In my much younger years I was a frustrated wannabe guitar hero. I spent much of my time listening to…
Spiritual Man
I wrote these lyrics a long time ago. I had this cool harmonic riff which is still waiting to find…