I just made it.
April has been the designated celebration of International Guitar Month since 1987, so before the calendar tiptoes into May, we re going to hail the instrument most often played in invisible form in front of a mirror or behind a steering wheel (who is that so artfully tearing out the riff â sans instrument â to Aerosmith s Walk This Way? Oh, certainly not I!).
Of course, those we re applauding today actually know what to do with strings and a fretboard â something I never managed, so I m sticking with my drums â and ascended to music royalty.
As with any list, this one could number in the hundreds. But before my editors wince at that prospect, I ll reassure you that my deeply pondered roll call of 10 is solely a reflection of some of my favorites.
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Cosmic Coming of Age is about that transitional period in life where everything seems to fall apart, a kind of quarter life crisis,” she explains. “One moment you have everything together, the next it feels like you have to start life from scratch. In horoscope astrology this is seen as the time of reaching full adulthood, and man does the universe make you work for it!”
Fickle Friends speak of this period of turbulence and uncertainty with reflective positivity. Through describing it as a “coming of age”, it seems that lead vocalist Natti Shiner has come out of the other side of Saturn return. She seems to have more clarity and certainty within herself now, and she is able to reflect on her growth positively. The band merge this unique and interesting lyrical topic with the typical upbeat indie sound of their previous releases.
Are you ready to have some fun? Are you ready to put all the negative stuff going on in the world behind you at least for a bit? Well, then let’s do something about it. Yes, you and me (with an assist from some of my friends) and you don’t even have to risk your health. How are we going to do this? By making the most fun, toe-tapping, shower singing, hap-hap happiest playlist ever!
I want you to sit down right now and make your own list of the most fun, upbeat, energizing feel good songs you know and love. I am talking about your own playlist of fun and happy songs. My friends and I have even gone through the trouble of making a starter list to get you thinking. But this is your list, and this is a participatory activity folks.
When singer/guitarist Ricky Byrd looks back upon the Big Moments of his life, it would be pretty hard to beat the evening of April 18, 2015. There’s when on the stage of Cleveland’s Public Hall, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.
And then he took part in a collaboration that the teenaged Byrd couldn’t possibly imagine. In the all-star finale jam at the end, there he was face-to-face with Paul McCartney, ripping off the solo to the Beatles’ “I Wanna Be Your Man.” And behind him on the drum stool and singing sat the other surviving Fab, Ringo Starr.
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