Subject: The Rolling Stones

• Veta Cicolello's Too Much Blood at Ovvio Arte

  March 12, 2009

• Hail to the Keith: Keith Richards to Appear at Musicians Hall of Fame Induction

  October 21, 2008

• The Long Players: Some Girls

  Before They Play Me Long

  April 9, 2009

• Speaking of Doobie…

  February 19, 2009

• Mattoid Lovers

  November 27, 2008

• Ray Davies: Life's Great Balancing Act, the Possibility of a Kinks Reunion and More

  November 27, 2008

• Tom Moon at Davis-Kidd

  November 13, 2008

• Franklin Jazz Festival

  August 28, 2008

• Short Takes

  April 3, 2008

• Short Takes

  January 25, 2007

• Rolling Stones Sue Frist Over Party Invitation

  Band says senator’s ‘crotch photo’ invite too close to Sticky Fingers cover

  April 20, 2006

• The Spin

  February 23, 2006

• A Man in Full

  Local attorney Bill Carter releases a book chronicling his association with the Warren Commission, the Stones and a lot in between

  February 23, 2006

• Encore

  A look back at some of Nashville's most memorable concerts from the '60s and '70s

  May 20, 2004

• Sticky Finger

  Debut album by local band Ghostfinger points the way to a new kind of classic rock

  November 3, 2005

• Weekend Updates

  A cancer patient gets help, no thanks to TennCare

  August 11, 2005

• The Spin

  April 21, 2005

• Weekend Updates

  Observing Murphy’s Law and more

  March 25, 2004

• Telling It Like It Is

  Comments from the critics who participated in this year’s poll

  February 12, 2004

• No Sweeping Exit

  The Rolling Stones aren’t ready for the history books yet

  December 5, 2002

• Return to Form?

  Van Halen, you need David Lee Roth

  February 28, 2002

• Return to Form?

  Van Halen, you need David Lee Roth

  February 21, 2002

• Lives in Exile

  New photo collections give new insights into some of the 20th century’s greatest musicians

  January 24, 2002

• Plaid Grass: An Evening Celebrating the Life and Music of Argyle Bell Saturday, 5/12

  Music

  May 10, 2001

• Getting Respectable

  There are good reasons why rock ’n’ roll journalism should be taken seriously

  March 29, 2001

• Illuminating

  March 12, 1998

• Celebrating Solo

  December 18, 1997

• Art

  December 11, 1997

• The Old Devils

  October 30, 1997

• Rock of Ages

  October 23, 1997

• Moments of Truth

  September 28, 1995

• Wheels on Fire

  June 18, 2009

• Music That Will Make You Cream: '60s Night 8 off 8th, July 6

  Creamy!I'm certain that ever since we at the Cream announced our monthlong 8 off 8th series at Mercy Lounge next month, you've been on pins and needles awaiting some lineups. Well the first one is here, and we just couldn't keep you waiting any longer. July 6 is '60s night, meaning all of the following artists will be playing some of their favorite songs from the greatest decade, y'know, pretty much ever: Matt Friction and the Cheap Shots Roman Candle Eureka Gold The Clutters Kindergarten Circu

  June 30, 2009

• Cream 8 off 8th: 1960s Tonight!

  Tonight! Cream Covers Month at Mercy Lounge begins with a bunch of localtastic bands playing a bunch of awesome songs that happen to have been written in the '60s. (No one ever says that kids today need to protect themselves against the '60s.) Rocking you and your face tonight will be: Matt Friction and the Cheap Shots Roman Candle Eureka Gold The Clutters Kindergarten Circus Ole Mossy Face Jacob Jones Millionaire Magicians As P-Rod already told you, they'll be dropping hot rocks by The Zombie

  July 6, 2009

• Nashville Cream 8 off 8th: '60s Night 7/6/09

  Steve CrossKindergarten Circus Check out more photos: Part 1, Part 2. Were songs all better in the '60s? Are covers always better than originals? Are the dudes from the Pink Spiders still friends? "Yes" to all three, according to audience members we spoke to at the Mercy Lounge's '60s-centered 8 off 8th. The Nashville Cream-helmed show brought together a large and diverse crowd that started strong and stayed until the very end, demonstrating the lasting appeal of the Animals, Rolling Stones an

  July 7, 2009

• How I Became the Bomb, Deadly Art

  ​How I Became the Bomb have never made any bones about their affinity for '80s aesthetics. While many bands aspire to comparisons with Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones or The Beatles HIBTB are perfectly fine evoking the likes of Talk Talk, A-Ha, Culture Club or Duran Duran. Over the last few years, their keen sense for a new wave hook and idiosyncratic quirkiness have captured the attention of Middle Tennessee. Since the band's rise to local prominence fans have eagerly awaited the release o

  August 7, 2009

• Yes, Yes, Nanette: You Get What You Need, Tuesday at The Family Wash

  ​Instead of giving you the day-after, cooler-than-thou, "You shoulda been there" treatment, we're giving you the day-before, still-cooler-than-thou, "You better be there" treatment. At least this way, your fate is still in your hands. Montreal-based, Mississippi-born blues singer Nanette Workman will be performing at the Family Wash tomorrow night (Tuesday, Aug. 11). Though you may not recognize her name, you've undoubtedly heard her angelic voice...probably hundreds of times. Not only di

  August 10, 2009

• Honky-Tonk Angel: Nanette Workman Rocks the Family Wash

  Nanette Workman & Co. play an obscure nugget from deep in the rock 'n' roll vaults. As Cream previewed on Monday, Nanette Workman, who sang background on "Honky Tonk Woman" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" among other rock classics, played Family Wash last night, joined by Bobby Keys, who played saxophone on a slew of Stones classics, including the seminal instrumental outro on "Can't You Hear Me Knocking." Along with guitarists Warren Pash and Keith Gattis (Dwight Yoakam), drummer Br

  August 12, 2009

• Jack White Records With Keith Richards, Charlie Watts STILL a Rolling Stone

  D. Ricky Rodriguez Anyone who knows the difference between a guitar and a bass--guitar=six strings, bass =four--knows that legendary Rolling Stones riff-king Keith Richards loves himself some blues pickin'. He was inspired by all the greats, Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Leadbelly, Son House and now Jack White, as it was reported yesterday on RollingStone.com that Richards has just recorded songs with the Midas-touchy White Stripes guitarist. Richards told Rolling Stone, "I enjoy working with

  September 3, 2009

• Long Players, Stones Sideman Bobby Keys Get 'Sticky Fingers' at Germantown Street Festival

  Want to hear that sleazy honkin' sax riff on "Brown Sugar" played by the guy who first laid it down? You'll get your chance Oct. 10 at the Germantown Street Festival, when Stones saxman Bobby Keys joins The Long Players to recreate the Sticky Fingers LP in its entirety. (And you were hoping they'd do U2's October. 'Tis the season.) Confirmed guest vocalists include Jonell Mosser and Danny Flowers. The LPs cap what sounds like a pretty cool music lineup for the neighborhood festival's main sta

  September 9, 2009

• Protein and Poetry

  What lies chillin' in the meat coolers at Costco is never the same, but I can usually expect at least one unfamiliar cut of meat.Case in point, Beef Round Steak Tip Cap Off. First of all, from a linguistic standpoint, have you ever seen more spondees stacked up in a name? It's six spondee stack, which runs a close second place to the all-time winner (in my tiny accounting), the last line of the Rolling Stones' "Sister Morphine," which has a seven spondee stack. But that's outside the scope of th

  October 21, 2009

• Ian McLagan at 3rd and Lindsley

  November 5, 2009

• Painted Face Parking Lot: KISS at the Sommet Center

  Perhaps because the show happened on a Wednesday night, YTC doesn't capture as ornery and intoxicated a bunch as you'd expect in the KISS installment of their street coverage. Nevertheless, the crowd appears to be unanimous in their appreciation of the show. According to them, it was a lot better than 3 Doors Down...and The Rolling Stones. In fact, it was even better than meeting Christ himself. (Via YouTellConcerts.)

  November 12, 2009

• A rock snob buyers' guide for the 2009 holidays

  November 19, 2009

• Beatles vs. Stones at The Basement, 12/18/09

  ​Who won Friday night's battle of the vintage bands? "Beatles, Beatles, Beatles," griped one Stones-loving observer. Despite the injustice, the event felt like a big love-fest--a festive crowd filled the Basement as The Privates played their set: "Little Girl," Happiness Is a Warm Gun," and "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey," complete with cowbell. In Grimey's estimation, "they killed it." Reno Bo's band attempted to address the imbalance. The stylishly dressed g

  December 21, 2009

• Bones Explosion at The 5 Spot

  December 24, 2009

• Battle of the Vintage Bands, Cleft Music Christmas Party

  December 24, 2009

• Deadstring Brothers

  February 25, 2010

• James Brown and the Rolling Stones give the cutting contest of a lifetime, as Nashville Public Television airs a legendary concert film; also Nashville's 'Not Just Country'

  March 11, 2010

• A Few Songs by The Semantics

  Fans of listening to hard-to-find Southern power-pop on the Internet: Rejoice, for someone has uploaded three songs off Powerbill, the 1993 album by The Semantics, to YouTube! "Don't Say Goodbye" (above) is about as perfect a piece of pop melancholy you're going to hear -- the chorus is so, so good. (Side note: Read Michael Chabon's essay on Big Star in the latest McSweeney's. If I had my copy with me I would quote it at length.)

  March 16, 2010