| Concert review: Kinks' Ray Davies shows he still really got it
Even as Ray Davies blasted through a jumpy version of "Where Have All the Good Times Gone," at the Warfield on Thursday night, one couldn't help but wonder where Davies had gone the past couple decades. Outside of making the news a couple years ago for getting shot in the leg while trying to corral a purse-snatcher in his adopted hometown of New Orleans, Davies looked like he'd eased into retirement. If he's been missing, it certainly wasn't because he couldn't rock anymore. Surely one of rock's most underrated all-time greats, the former leader of the Kinks is back with solo record "Other People's Lives," and a tour this year. At 62, he still has plenty of energy, both on-stage and in his new material -- much of which he played Thursday, mixing well with Kinks' nuggets.
Rocker-turned-preacher pursuing pop fame again
BROOMFIELD, Colo. (Reuters) - Rocker-turned-preacher Richard Furay, a founding member of Buffalo Springfield and Poco, says he long felt overlooked for his contributions to two 1960s bands that pioneered the next decade's country-rock explosion. It wasn't until years after Furay stopped pursuing fame to focus on his Christian ministry that the singer-songwriter got his due -- when he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Buffalo Springfield in 1997. .
Blue Ridge Overhauls Milk Campaign
Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc. has chosen 16-year-old Britney Christian of Southern California to be the face of the new Milk Rocks! marketing campaign. Christian, a rising star in the pop/rock music world, has a debut album, All or Nothing, which will be released in August.
Milk Rocks! is a multifaceted campaign promoting the benefits of milk as a healthy alternative to sugar-based drinks. It stresses the benefits of a healthy, active lifestyle and self-esteem and incorporates positive life principles throughout the campaign. Milk Rocks! will officially launch next month when school resumes throughout much of the country.
Game company Baffle Gab and premier guitar manufacturer, Epiphone, are sponsorship partners in the campaign. .
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