@Bass Rutten & @MN Fisher My now wife, brother and I believe his then girlfriend who became his wife saw the The Black Crowes at The Aragon Ballroom in Chicago in 1991 on their “Shake your money maker” tour. They were super tight as a group back then with those killer riffs that remind me of the Rolling Stones, I’m sure they are even more polished now. Also if you don’t know the venue the security was very lackadaisical back then in terms of smoking so to say the least by the end of the night you could cut the air with a knife 😆

15 minutes ago, Glenn said:

So he's a beat reporter?

Hey! It was there! I had to do it!

2 hours ago, Eric 26 said:

@Bass Rutten & @MN Fisher My now wife, brother and I believe his then girlfriend who became his wife saw the The Black Crowes at The Aragon Ballroom in Chicago in 1991 on their “Shake your money maker” tour. They were super tight as a group back then with those killer riffs that remind me of the Rolling Stones, I’m sure they are even more polished now. Also if you don’t know the venue the security was very lackadaisical back then in terms of smoking so to say the least by the end of the night you could cut the air with a knife 😆

In '96ish I seen the first G3 tour with Satriani, Vai, and Johnson at the Aragon, amazing show and venue, and yeah the security was "loose", it was affectionately known as the Aragon Brawlroom.

They played the amphitheater at Mississippi State in ‘91. Shake your money maker tour. I was a Sr in HS about to graduate and head to state. I saw the biggest bottle of Crown I had ever seen in my life at that concert. I consumed a lot of that liquid. I don’t remember much of the tour…

Here's one for you all, an outtake from an 80s Bob Dylan album that I never understood how it wasn't the first song on the album. I even went and learned this song, although I can't sing it like Dylan Leblanc.

Okay I just posted one, but I have to post another. It slipped my mind a few minutes ago.

Here's a track from Sierra Hull's new EP, recorded in my hometown at a studio I play open mics on Tuesdays at. I think I even posted a video of me playing there before..

On 4/14/2026 at 7:35 AM, FloridaFishinFool said:

Great song Mike! And Little Feat is one of those bands who can still play and record great rock music as they age. They are still producing great sounding studio albums in their 70's. I have their newest albums on my playlists now. Great band!

I've been following a young band out of Jacksonville, Florida called Fortune Child. Just three friends who put their own band together and do things their way.

They make it a point to not try and follow in past music styles that are historic to Jacksonville area like Southern rock genre. This band says they want to be different while at the same time still being true to their roots in blues and classic rock music while not getting pigeonholed as another Skynyrd knock off.

One of the interesting things each band member does is study and research past music history and band music history, so not just the music, but the band's histories as well, and their influences behind the creation of classic rock music we all know and love.

The point is, these young guys are in their early to mid 20's and very serious about producing rock music today influenced and literally sourced in the 1970's classic rock style. Who says rock music is dead?

And right now this band is writing new songs at a furious pace and recording many of them live in the studio as is the case with this latest song I hope some of you might enjoy hearing- and knowing that these young guys are trying to keep classic rock alive.

Two of these band members are fishermen and one of them is a serious bass fisherman. I wonder if that makes the music even better?

I like it. 9/10. Feels sort of like what a mash-up of Black Keys and Foghat might sound like.

It’s refreshing hearing some good new country music coming out. His sound is straight out of the 80-90’s country era.

Now that was awesome! Thanks for posting that one! I am an instant fan!

I'd give that one a 7.5 or an 8. Really enjoyed that one! I miss good quality original blues/country oriented Southern rock music!

About all we have today is Blackberry Smoke and a new band called Texas HeadHunters with three well known guitarists in the band, and of course the Kentucky HeadHunters too! Other than these bands, Southern culture music has been dwindling away over the years. Glad to see & hear the roots still alive and kickin'!

Here is a video by the Texas HeadHunters. I have been a fan of one of the guitarists in this band since 1993, a guitarist out of Austin, Texas named Ian Moore. I met him back in '93 when he first blasted out of Austin and came to Florida to do some concerts. I got the opportunity to work some shows with Ian Moore. Good memories.

And here is the song that made me an instant Ian Moore fan back in 1993. This kid came out swinging! Had a major radio hit on his first album making its rounds on national radio stations. Tossing in a bonus track here... and then going to subscribe to dark Appalachian channel.