

Bill Bentley
Dec 22, 201811 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / December 2018
The Beatles. Always known as "The White Album," The Beatles 1968 double-disc set stopped a lot of listeners in their tracks when it was...


Bill Bentley
Dec 18, 20188 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / November 2018
Bottle Rockets, Bit Logic. First thing's first: the song "Maybe Tomorrow" on the new Bottle Rockets album is so good, it's likely their...


George Rains
Oct 18, 201814 min read
Life by the Beat / Stories from the Road, Vol. 1
George Rains has had a life fuller than most, as exemplified both by his great musical reputation and by the following stories, each told...


Bill Bentley
Oct 8, 201810 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / October 2018
Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles, Love's Middle Name. The only way to enter the rock & roll fray, no matter what age you start, is to...


Bill Bentley
Sep 10, 20189 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / September, 2018
The Band, Music from Big Pink: 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition. The first spine-tingling notes on this collection feel, 50 years...


Bill Bentley
Aug 8, 201811 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / August 2018
Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio, Something Smells Funky 'Round Here. Time for some bluesy trickinations like only Elvin Bishop can provide....


Bill Bentley
Jul 20, 20181 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / Haiku Reviews: Best of 2018 (First Half)
Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Lubbock to Downey Electric dustbowls To Disneyland and beyond Two troubadours soar Nicki Bluhm, To...


Bill Bentley
Jul 19, 201811 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / July 2018
Joseph Arthur & Peter Buck, Arthur Buck. Rock and roll needs rebels like Saturn needs rings. It's how things are supposed to be, even...


Bill Bentley
Jun 26, 20189 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / June 2018
Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Downey to Lubbock. Album of the year? Could very well be, because for those who love true blue...


Bill Bentley
May 30, 20182 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / More Haiku Reviews
With so many reissues falling from the sky, it's time to throw a batch together and try the haiku review spin on them. Whoever said...


George Rains
May 15, 20189 min read
Ft. Worth Underground
Part 3 of 'Cellar Dweller' The original Cellar was a raunchy coffee house in a refurbished basement on Houston Street in downtown Fort...


Bill Bentley
May 9, 201810 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / May 2018
Ry Cooder, The Prodigal Son. When Ry Cooder decides to rear back and hit one completely out of the park, it is always a sight to hear....


George Rains
May 7, 20185 min read
Step Away From the Duck
Part 2 of Cellar Dweller It was Pat Kirkwood’s idea that we should all get arrested for roasting ducks at the City Park Duck Pond in Fort...