A quintessential San Francisco story, starring charismatic musician/murderer Bobby BeauSoleil*
*with underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger, cult leader Charles Manson, Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey, and the Straight Satans motorcycle gang in suppo
Heroic Trio: Jack White, Jimmy Page, and the Edge
I had a chance to see a sneak preview of the documentary It Might Get Loud yesterday. First impressions? Best. Rock. Movie. Ever. The film, scheduled to open in Bay Area theaters August 28, takes three guitar gods from different eras--Led Zeppelin legend Jimmy Page (who receives associate producer credits), U2 sonic architect the Edge, and new-school throwback Jack White, of the White Stripes. Built around a jam session featuring all three guit
The Legend: One of Gibson's signature Les Paul guitars
The Associated Press has reported that guitar innovator Les Paul died today at the age of 94, from pneumonia-related complications. Paul helped to popularize the electric guitar in the 1940s, and his use of multitracking, overdubbing, phasing, and effects processing was a key ingredient in the rock 'n' roll recipe. In 1952, Gibson guitars rolled out the first Les Paul signature model; Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page famou
Dustin RabinThem Crooked VulturesNovember 19, 2009Fox Theater
Better Than: Listening to Robert Plant shy away from the high notes at Led Zeppelin's 2007 reunion show.
It's no accident that the supergroup has, in recent years, gone the way of New Coke, the McRib, and Lindsay Lohan's career. For every Cream - the bluesy British trio Eric Clapton dissolved after listening to The Band's Music From Big Pink and determining that his own band had lost its soul - there are too many Oysterheads and
Wolfmother
November 23, 2009
Fox Theater
Better Than: Anyone had reason to expect, given the band's acrimonious breakup a little more than a year ago.
What a long, strangely self-destructive path Wolfmother has traveled since releasing its eponymous debut album three years ago. Back then, the Australian trio confounded critics who dismissed it as little more than a passable facsimile of its most transparent influences - Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull and Deep Purple. Others proved
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