That’s no greasy middle-aged man, that’s Dexter Romweber, a greasy younger cat from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, whose hillbilly guitar and soulful pipes recapture the primitive off-the-cuff brilliance of early rockabilly (as in Jerry Lee Lewis, not the Stray Cats). While other fans of the old stuff simply try to replicate the past, Flat Duo…
Based in Boston, Robin Lane and the Chartbusters boasted a pedigree of sorts: she appeared on Neil Young’s Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere; guitarist Leroy Radcliffe was a former Modern Lover; other band members were veterans of the New England music scene. The chiming guitars that kick off “When Things Go Wrong,” the first track…
When Dwight Twilley and Phil Seymour — known collectively as the Dwight Twilley Band — scored a hit single in 1975 with “I’m on Fire,” it looked as if they were going to be unstoppable. The ingenious melody, tight, driving rhythm and sparkling harmonies spelled instant pleasure for fans who longed for the golden era…
Along with DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, New York’s Kid ‘n Play were among the best of the lite rappers, middle-class performers whose pursuit of pop stardom didn’t preclude exciting grooves. Christopher Reid (Kid) — he of the towering fade — and Christopher Martin (Play) concentrate on shameless self-promotion, but do their bragging…
