Leslie Michele Derrough

This is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography & Life Through The Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx

Leslie Michele Derrough July 5, 2011 No Comments

Every once in awhile, you come across someone who knows exactly what Jim Marshall was talking about and becomes inspired by his images to pick up a camera and seek out the soul. You wouldn’t think that person would be a tattooed former smack-addicted rock star, who still commands the stage with loud music and tales of past belly-of-the-beast adventures. But for awhile now, Motley Crue bassist and primary songwriter Nikki Sixx has taken his photography very seriously

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Rush: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA, 6/10/11

Leslie Michele Derrough June 29, 2011 No Comments

Deciding to add a second leg to their Time Machine Tour was a brilliant idea. Rush are selling out venues left and right and they appear to be having fun, which is a plus for a band that has been together over thirty years. Playing for approximately two hours with a brief half-hour intermission, you can witness the talent firsthand as Peart, Lifeson and Lee give their instruments a work-out; including Lee’s high-pitched vocal chords.

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The Cars – Moving In Stereo With Elliot Easton

Leslie Michele Derrough June 28, 2011 No Comments

For those of us who were footloose and fancy free in the late 70's and early 80's when The Cars were the kings of the music world, the release of Move Like This has been a blessing too long in coming. And recently, Glide had the good fortune to spend a few moments with Cars electrifying guitar player Elliot Easton.

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Bootsy Collins: Tipitina

Leslie Michele Derrough June 24, 2011 No Comments

Tonight we’re going to break all the rules”. And with that simple statement the Mothership known as Bootsy Collins & The Funk University landed in Uptown to spread the gospel according to funk on a very ready New Orleans packed-house crowd inside Tipitina’s, a legend among legendary music haunts in the Crescent City.

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Alex Skolnick: Double Identity

Leslie Michele Derrough June 14, 2011 No Comments

Alex Skolnick is living a double life. On one end of the spectrum, he is an electrifying guitar player speeding up and down the heavy metal highway. At the other end, he is composing notes of sophistication and magnetism, sometimes calculating the next melody in a long drawn out verve of jazz patience. Which end of the musical hourglass he tips the most likely depends on which coast he is on. And this duality is just fine with him.

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Cheap Trick: Studio A, IP Casino, Biloxi, MS, 5/13/11

Leslie Michele Derrough June 3, 2011 No Comments

It is now 2011 and lo and behold Cheap Trick are still around, still selling out venues, while playing on massive tours with the likes of Def Leppard and Poison. In fact, the gentleman sitting next to me could barely contain himself when they ripped into “Surrender”. The Blotz wasn’t kidding when he said the music would take you back to a time and a place when youth was taken for granted.

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Luther Dickinson – The Interview

Leslie Michele Derrough May 26, 2011 No Comments

Luther Dickinson is a man who needs no introduction. He is a well-respected musician, known to many as being so naturally talented on guitar that he can blow anyone off the stage with the subtlest of notes.

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