Bill Bentley
- Dec 22, 2018
- 11 min
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, 2018
- 8 min
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, 2018
- 14 min
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, 2018
- 10 min
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, 2018
- 9 min
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, 2018
- 11 min
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, 2018
- 1 min
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, 2018
- 11 min
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, 2018
- 9 min
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, 2018
- 2 min
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, 2018
- 9 min
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, 2018
- 10 min
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, 2018
- 5 min
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...