Leslie Michele Derrough

The Pink Floyd Experience: Hard Rock Live, Biloxi, MS, 2/12/11

Leslie Michele Derrough March 7, 2011 No Comments

It is not easy being Pink Floyd. David Gilmour is a guitarist of unequaled expertise and trying to duplicate intricate machinations with the fingers is not to be taken lightly. You have to feel the music to be the music. And the Pink Floyd Experience has done a spritely job of weaving you into its British hallucinogenic lair … for a few hours, at least.

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Cage The Elephant- Unrestrained Mayhem

Leslie Michele Derrough February 25, 2011 No Comments

They have one of those names that makes you wonder what the heck they were thinking when they chose it but in actuality it fits them very well. The catchy jittery unrestrained songs that come from a happy jittery unrestrained singer that you can’t seem to well…. “cage."

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Hinder/My Darkest Days: Hard Rock Live, Biloxi, MS 1/22/11

Leslie Michele Derrough February 16, 2011 No Comments

Fresh out on the road to promote their new album All American Nightmare, Hinder lit a fuse under the crowd in Biloxi right from the beginning with the opening track, “2 Sides Of Me”, followed by “Up All Night”, “Use Me” and one of Austin’s current favorites to sing live, “What Ya Gonna Do”. “It’s one of my favorites on the record,” Austin told me a week later, calling from a freezing cold Providence, Rhode Island. “Its fun to see a lot of people singing that song that is not out yet.”

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Ozzy Osbourne/Slash: Toyota Center, Houston, TX, 1/18/11

Leslie Michele Derrough February 11, 2011 No Comments

Say what you will about the prince of darkness, but the man knows how to put on a show, to get and most importantly KEEP the crowd involved. It is an experience. Yes, it may primarily be the same show he did last year but for the approximately two hours that Ozzy is on the stage, you sweat, you wave your hands, you clap, you sing, you hear the f-bomb a million times and you scream.

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Devon Allman

Leslie Michele Derrough February 7, 2011 No Comments

It may have been a cold night on the streets of New Orleans but inside the legendary Howlin’ Wolf, it was hot with the sounds of the soulful rocking of Devon Allman’s Honeytribe. Traveling approximately twenty-two hours just to rock Louisiana, you couldn’t tell that these guys were actually on the verge of exhaustion. Playing with an uninhibited fire, this is what rock & roll is all about. If this band didn’t cause a jolt of energy in your bones, you weren’t listening.

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The Voice Of A Dead Confederate: An Interview With Hardy Morris

Leslie Michele Derrough January 20, 2011 No Comments

If you think you have heard their name before it’s probably because you have. With their 2008 full-length debut WRECKING BALL, they gained some noteworthy success with the song “The Rat”. Following that up with a moodily engaging opus called SUGAR, The Confederate has come back with more songs about not-so-happy things. Their goal is to make meaningful music that pleases not only their fans, but themselves as well.

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Kix/Slaughter: Hard Rock Live, Biloxi, MS, 12/23/10

Leslie Michele Derrough January 14, 2011 No Comments

Everyone is looking for their fountain of youth; a way to stay young if not physically then mentally. And I am here to tell you that it lives inside the heart of rock & roll. ALL rock & roll, no matter which way your tastes lean. As long as you’re rocking, you’re still like the kid you once were in a room full of posters and records. If you actually play rock & roll, it never stops beating. Witness two so-called hair metal bands whose heyday was back in the early 90’s – Kix and Slaughter. They were extremely popular with as many fans as the next band: hit records on the charts, sold out concerts.

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Johnny Winter: Hard Rock Live, Biloxi, MS 12/3/10

Leslie Michele Derrough December 15, 2010 No Comments

Legendary Texas blues guitarist Johnny Winter took the stage recently to a loud revelry of respect, then quietly and calmly drove home some amazing licks that only proved how he has become an idol to just about every musician who has ever plucked some strings on an old guitar since 1969 when he released his first album.

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Kenny Wayne Shepherd – The Legends, Family and Live In Chicago

Leslie Michele Derrough December 13, 2010 No Comments

Shreveport, Louisiana, native Kenny Wayne Shepherd has been listening to the blues since his early childhood. After discovering Muddy Waters in his father’s record collection, Kenny Wayne has been mixing some rock & roll with those blues and blasting out something that catches fire once he hits a stage, because that is where he comes alive. On his new CD, Live In Chicago ( which has been nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album), Kenny Wayne has been able to capture that spirit while playing alongside some of the legends of the blues.

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Styx: Hard Rock Live, Biloxi, MS, 11.12.10

Leslie Michele Derrough December 7, 2010 No Comments

“Now that’s rock & roll right there,” I overheard a young man tell his friend as they exited the concert. No, this is not 1977, but the band that once held the world in the palm of it’s hand throughout most of the seventies and early eighties has just played to another sold out venue.

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