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Rocky Mountain Musical Express

Rocky Mountain Musical Express

The Rocky Mountain Musical Express was founded and published in Boulder, Colorado, in November 1975.

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Robert Palmer: Some People Can Do What They Like (Island)

Review by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, December 1976

ROBERT PALMER'S latest release, like his first two solo L.P.'s Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley and Pressure Drop is based on rhythm. And that's good. ...

The Ramones: DUH!.... Ramones

Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, April 1977

At the conclusion of a wildly successful Western tour which took them from L.A. to Seattle, San Jose to Aberdine, The Ramones descended upon Denver ...

The Ramones: Duh!.... Ramones

Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, April 1977

AT THE conclusion of a wildly successful Western tour which took them from L.A. to Seattle, San Jose to Aberdine, the Ramones descended upon Denver ...

Kim Fowley, Helen Reddy, The Runaways: Kim Fowley: The Solid Gold Whipping Boy of Sunset Strip

Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, June 1977

COUNTLESS PEOPLE in the music business have called Kim Fowley everything from a "rancid little pimp" to a "cheesey hustler who pushes shit groups out ...

Mink DeVille: Willie Deville's Organic Street Rock (the James Brown knee drops are killers)

Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, August 1977

MINK DEVILLE is a five man band whose guitarist, main writer, vocalist, and overriding consciousness is one Mr. Willy DeVille. Willy possesses that rare combination ...

Al Jarreau

Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, September 1977

AL JARREAU leaps on stage wearing a Schlitz T-shirt (a nod to his Milwaukee roots) and with the graceful assistance of his hot Jazz quartet, ...

Dwight Twilley: Twilley Don't Mind

Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, October 1977

THE DWIGHT Twilley Band is a pretty band. Aside from Dwight on piano and guitar and longtime partner Phil Seymour on drums, the pubes can ...

Kraftwerk

Interview by Mark Bliesener, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, December 1977

FEW BANDS are as truly contemporary, precise, efficient, and emotionally controlled as Germany's Kraftwerk. The quartet's name aptly translates to "electronic power plant," and they ...

Talking Heads

Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, January 1978

TALKING HEADS are a quartet; David Byrne guitar and vocals, Martina Weymouth bass, Chris Frantz drums, and Jerry Harrison on keyboards and guitar. They play ...

Blondie: Call, but not before noon

Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, July 1978

ALL NEW wave bands have a hook — a gimmick — besides the music. At least that's the perception of Chris Stein, lead guitarist for ...

Etta James, Jerry Wexler: Etta James: The Queen Bee of R&B

Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, July 1978

IT IS almost impossible to write about Etta James and avoid clichés oft used in studies of jazz and soul artists. She's been exploited. She's ...

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