Oh no, not again! Those may be the words of some Van Halen fans after learning that the group has abruptly postponed a boatload of summer tour dates. Just weeks after announcing that they had extended their tour by adding 18 new dates, Van Halen fans are left wondering if the new shows and a [...]

Photo and Story by Scott Smith Former Pink Floyd singer-bassist Roger Waters thumped pulsating bass lines, sang in that familiar madman howl and even fired noisy machine-gun blanks at fans May 5th in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Bringing the 2012 leg of his “The Wall: Live” tour to a crowded BOK Center, Waters performed the 1979 Floyd [...]

Story and Photo by Scott Smith Burning cigarettes didn’t dangle from Eddie Van Halen’s lips or guitar neck in Tulsa, Okla. on May 1, and David Lee Roth toned down some of his leaping acrobatics across the stage. But Van Halen still put on a monster, raw-sounding show at the BOK Center. With drummer Alex [...]

Story and Photo by Scott Smith The Grammy Award-winning Switchfoot delivered a sweaty, hit-filled set list on April 25 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, throwing their backs into their instruments and vocals for a grinning, all-ages crowd. Lead singer Jon Foreman sang with solid conviction throughout the 95-minute performance at George’s Majestic Lounge. The shaggy blond front-man [...]

Story and Photos by Scott Smith Like Rush’s Geddy Lee and Yes co-founder Chris Squire, Victor Wooten truly is a genius on the bass. The acclaimed musician performed classical-like passages and other eye-popping patterns on his basses with Bela Fleck & The Flecktones during their April 12th show at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, [...]

Story and Photo by Scott Smith The steam engine that is rock band Foreigner is racing full steam ahead. Even without the presence of founding guitarist-singer-songwriter Mick Jones — the 67-year-old Jones recently had heart surgery and is recuperating away from the stage — Foreigner put on a solid concert on April 10 at the [...]

It appears to be something that took Doug Ratner completely by surprise. And who could blame him? Ratner and his band had just performed “Bomb in the Backseat” on a popular local television show called “Mass Appeal.” The show is aired on WWLP in Springfield, MA and although I’m not personally familiar with the program, [...]

Story and Photos by Scott Smith Jimi Hendrix really was the greatest rock guitarist of all, and 41 years after the singer-guitarist’s death, Hendrix’s six-string work remains utterly peerless. Proof of Hendrix’s innovative guitar playing was on full-volume display March 20 at the historic Brady Theater in Tulsa, Okla., where the all-star Experience Hendrix Tour [...]

Interviewed by Jonathon Freeman-Anderson Guns n’ Roses is perhaps one of the most well known 80s rock groups of all time. Despite a tumultuous history and an extraordinarily long time between albums, the band fronted by Axl Rose continues to play on. Cycling through a number of musicians, the current line-up has almost completely changed [...]

Photo and Story by Scott Smith There’s a lot more rock and roll that drives Kid Rock’s stage efforts than some people might think. Yes, a strong hip-hop influence continues to race through the veins and vocal cords of the Motor City-bred performer, yet there was a sea of hard-rock sound in Kid Rock’s set [...]