Duff McKagan Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Random music news for Saturday, August 15, 2020.

That’s a lot of money for a pair of sneakers. But I guess everyone needs a hobby. Mine is collecting

I’ll be in conversation with Rush’s Geddy Lee about his Big Beautiful Book of Bass at the Oakville Centre for

Great news, everyone! On Monday night, the Seattle City Council voted to extend the historic district protections near Pike Place

“Sweet Child ‘O Mine” by Guns ‘N Roses is a true hard rock masterpiece. Everything–the songwriting, the lyrics, the performance,

I’ve been lucky enough to see Henry Rollins a number of times doing his talking shows. At one particular show,

The Prince-related stories keep rolling in. I’ll update this page as long as it seems to make sense. Here’s an

Happy 2,769th birthday, Rome! And now, some music news… Ireland’s oldest raver has died at age 99. Yes, 99. Trivia

Yes, that’s Krist Novoselic of Nirvana and Duff McKagan of Guns ‘N Roses. So it’s okay, then…

During is Layne Staley incarnation, Alice in Chains sold 20 million albums. They were one of the top-tier grunge acts.

For a variety of reasons, many involving drugs, there are some rockers that continue rocking but for the grace of

Duff McKagan of Guns ‘N’ Roses is 51 today. It’s amazing he made it this far. Here’s another veteran rocker who

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
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Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
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Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
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