remembering Johnny Ramone, who passed 20 years ago today. Here's my interview with him from 1983: "I like current guitar players like Steve Jones of the #SexPistols and #JohnnyThunders. And I like the guy in the B-52s–he’s good." earofnewt.com/2013/08/10/joh… Ramones The B-52s

Vancouver guitar great #ShaunVerreault brings his blues-rock act #WideMouthMason to the #BarnsideHarvestFestival in #Ladner today. Here's the interview I did with him during the pandemic earofnewt.com/2022/10/29/sha… Shaun Verreault Wide Mouth Mason Barnside Brewing Co. #ThreeSlidesAtOnce

looking like I'm totally ready to go see Blue Öyster Cult on the Agents of Fortune Tour #RockinForKicksIn76

remembering blues legend #BBKing, born on this day in 1925: "I thought I was pretty good–till I started hearing people like T-Bone Walker and a few others. When I heard them I found that I was really not a guitar player–I was just a guy trying to play." earofnewt.com/2014/01/21/b-b…

happy 55th birthday to local guitar great #PaulPigat: "We were in Holland... and we were havin' a really aggressive musical night. A Dutch guy came up and said, 'You are like zee Motorhead of rockabilly!' and it stuck with us ever since." earofnewt.com/2022/10/30/pau… #CousinHarley

it's fun to hang out with shock-rockers and horror masters earofnewt.com/2024/09/17/how… #AliceCooper #JayClarke #MichaelSlade Michael Slade #Headhunter #Ghoul Alice Cooper Nights With Alice #BackstagePast Horror Promotion Berkley Publishing Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚 #psychothriller #horror

wishing #ColinJames a speedy recovery earofnewt.com/2024/09/17/van…

anybody wanna hear me shootin' the shit with #GeoffTate of #Queensrÿche for 20 minutes back in 1991? patreon.com/posts/geoff-ta… The Rock of Seattle Metalhead Marv🇨🇦 Rock-n-Roll Autopsy Podcast 𝐌𝐲𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 Osiris Media #OperationMindcrime Dave Wight Lisa Hughes🌈📝 #SeattleRocks #ProgMetal

George Carlin on how language is distorted: "The CIA doesn't ki!! anybody anymore they neutralise people" "The government doesn't lie it engages in misinformation." "Israełi murderers are called commandos. Arab commandos are called terrorists."

The paperback edition of my NYT best seller Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the '70s was just released. Gregg Allman Allman Brothers Band -> amzn.to/47yoo3l

25 years ago today #JeffBeck played the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in #Vancouver. He was the world's greatest living rock guitarist at the time earofnewt.com/2014/08/17/jef… #JenniferBatten Jennifer Batten NEAL SCHON MUSIC Vernon Reid #RoyBuchanan Fender

Newt's top 10 things to do in #Vancouver this weekend earofnewt.com/2024/09/19/new… #TheMidnightRiders Blue Frog Studios John 5 🎸 Rickshaw Theatre Tausk Vancouver Symphony #VancouverSymphony Paul Weller Vogue Theatre MRG Live Ron Sexsmith 💙 Fox Cabaret The Pearl on Granville

on this day in 1986 #GaryRossington and his wife Dale called me up: “I’m sure #Skynyrd would have stayed together and kept it up, ’cause we were real close. We were more friends and brothers than really a band.” -Gary R., 1986 earofnewt.com/2016/10/22/gar… Lynyrd Skynyrd Damon Johnson

steve newton Tonight at The Rickshaw the legendary Bif Naked makes her return! With support from Vancouver's own Fake Shark - don't miss this! 🎶 DOORS: 7:30pm ⏰ TIX: bit.ly/4chDf3v RSVP: bit.ly/4crGYeC

just posted the full audio of my 1987 interview with #AliceCooper on my Patreon page. Here's a free excerpt, where the Coop talks about his cameo in #PrinceOfDarkness, which was released the month before earofnewt.com/2024/09/19/tha… John Carpenter #RememberTheCoop #DeathBySchwinn

steve newton TONIGHT Don’t miss your chance to see guitar god John 5 storm the Rickshaw stage! Catch him with support from Sticks N' Stones and Turning Jane! TIX: bit.ly/4b07vyt RSVP: bit.ly/3VmSUHL

here's my review of the new #TragicallyHip documentary, streaming now on #AmazonPrime earofnewt.com/2024/09/20/mik… Mike Downie Prime Video Jake The Tragically Hip Paul Langlois Prime Video Canada 🇨🇦 #GordDownie Vancouver International Film Festival #NoDressRehearsal Rave & Drool: '90s 🇨🇦 Podcast TOMWILSON Sarah Harmer

30 years ago today the #DixieDregs and #RonnieMontrose played the #CommodoreBallroom in #Vancouver. Here's my review: earofnewt.com/2017/04/28/ron… #SteveMorse #ShapesOfThings #Yardbirds #MahavishnuOrchestra #JerryGoodman The Guitar Channel Guitar World Ernie Ball Guitar Player

heading out to #WhiteRock tonight to see Scott Smith's #MidnightRiders play their tribute to the #AllmanBrothers at Blue Frog Studios. It'll be my first time at Blue Frog, which I've heard is a stellar venue. Here's my interview with Smith from 2020 earofnewt.com/2022/10/03/sco…

getting my Allman Brothers fix at ⁦Blue Frog Studios⁩ #MidnightRiders