Bill Murphy

Record label manager, freelance writer, guitar slinger, occasional gadfly — mostly in that order. Also flying

[Bill Murphy @RoninScribe]

It took me a while — and many hours of thoroughly enjoyable listening — to pull this one together. Gotta thank Heartbreakers axeman @MikeCampbellHQ and mix engineer Ryan Ulyate for their kind attention and insight. And @tompetty for the inspiration. https://t.co/jsv13OVue7

[Bill Murphy @RoninScribe]

@crockpics “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)”

[Bill Murphy @RoninScribe]

Made a modest pre-Halloween purchase today at Hudson Valley Vinyl, the best little record shop in Beacon, NY.

Extra bonus to run into Hank Shteamer and Dan Epstein — fellow crate diggers and music scholars on a noble mission 🙏

@DarkForcesSwing

[Bill Murphy @RoninScribe]

@colliderfrosty I was there & loved this interview. Do you have it posted online? Josh spontaneously rocking Shakespeare was a moment.

[Bill Murphy @RoninScribe]

This was @blkfootwhtfoot and her band at @SummerStage last night, with the incomparable Nate Smith on drums and Brittany’s badass backing singers Karita Law and Shanay Johnson taking up the harmonies. Insanely good vibes.

[Bill Murphy @RoninScribe]

Would love to know if anyone ever interviewed Buddy himself about this after the fact — what a wild story! https://t.co/VVekN0jOHp

[Bill Murphy @RoninScribe]

Just for writing “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down,” his place in the pantheon was secured. And he did so much more.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

To write a song is to connect ideas and sound into one flowing whole—a philosophy embraced by the late Kris Kristofferson, writes @skornhaber: https://t.co/ImOfH5EEpJ

[Christopher R. Weingarten @1000TimesYes]

Friends, here is what I've been working on for the last 8 months.

Fuzzzel, a new concept for white noise for your iPhone.

Coded and curated by yours truly.

Please download, share and enjoy: https://t.co/yD904Dh1Yn

[Bill Murphy @RoninScribe]

Perry’s always had his own struggles, but in this instance I wonder if he was just looking for an out, like “That’s it, I’m done tonight.”

[Mark Chapman @MC_IBTimesSG]

Rock band Jane's Addiction show ended abruptly in Boston on Friday, Sept. 13, after Perry Farrell punched Dave Navarro in the face mid-set.

[Bill Murphy @RoninScribe]

📸 Leon Morris, 1985 #FrankieBeverlyAndMaze

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Amazing thread documenting a transcendent time in music.

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

Today marks the 55th anniversary of the legendary Woodstock festival.

Here are some of the historic performances that took place that day.

A thread 🧵

1. Santana performing "Soul Sacrifice".

[New York Times Music @nytimesmusic]

The latest Amplifier playlist traces Electric Lady’s decades-long history via nine very different songs recorded within its hallowed walls. https://t.co/czf3vprUJu

[Bill Murphy @RoninScribe]

What an awesome tribute. I love stories like this.

[REO Speedwagon @kcreospeedwagon]

Hi Friends,

Back in the early 1970s, REO Speedwagon was regularly booked to open for bigger bands who needed help selling tickets in the Midwest. We had no hits, but we were a pretty powerful band with plenty of loyal fans. It was not unusual for headliners to give us no monitors, maybe one spotlight, the dankest dressing rooms … they essentially sabotaged our performance. They wanted to draw our fans, they just didn’t like the competition.

Then in 1976, we were chosen to open for @Aerosmith, and everything changed. On the first night of the tour, @IamStevenT and Joe Perry came to our dressing room, (which was stocked with beer and assorted munchies), introduced themselves and welcomed us to their tour. Perry and Richrath compared guitars. Steven invited us to join them after every show for a great meal, we were given all access to their party suite; they treated us with respect. Rather than mess with us, Steven and Joe wanted the best for us, as Aerosmith was not intimidated at all. They used the energy of the REO Speedwagon performance to lift them, they rocked extra hard as a result, and the audience was the ultimate winner.

The last time I saw Steven Tyler was a few years ago at the Sweden Rocks Festival. I was watching Aerosmith from the stage right wing, when he walked over during a guitar break and handed me a set of headphones with his monitor mix! That was cool.

I learned a lot from Steven Tyler. Any band who has opened for REO and been treated with love and respect has Steven to thank. As big a star as he is, whenever our paths have crossed there is always a good vibe and an acknowledgement of our long time connection. It seems impossible that the great Steven Tyler’s retirement will be permanent. He is such a force of nature. But if this is the time for him to hang up his scarves, then so be it and more power to him. He has given so much of himself, and left so much of himself on stages in venues all around the world. He has earned the right to take his final bow whenever he sees fit. I will be thinking of him as we rock his hometown of Boston tonight on our Summer Road Trip Tour. … kc

[Bill Murphy @RoninScribe]

@sophiearumble @Juliethewarrior Falmouth, Cape Cod MA

[Bill Murphy @RoninScribe]

I was lucky enough to speak with him back in 2017. He was a gentleman and a damn knowledgeable and enlightened blues scholar. https://t.co/F5oHZfpVZS

[The New York Times @nytimes]

John Mayall, the pioneering British bandleader whose mid-1960s blues ensembles served as incubators for some of the biggest stars of rock’s golden era, died on Monday. He was 90. https://t.co/fyVFrk2SD0

[Bill Murphy @RoninScribe]

For Klute alone, he’s an absolute legend. Fly on papi 💔

[Kiefer Sutherland @RealKiefer]

With a heavy heart, I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away. I personally think one of the most important actors in the history of film. Never daunted by a role, good, bad or ugly. He loved what he did and did what he loved, and one can never ask for more than that. A life well lived.

[John Lurie @lurie_john]

I made a movie with James Chance called Hell is You.
Part of it was a remake of African Queen. I was Humphrey Bogart, my girlfriend Mary Lou was Katherine Hepburn and James played the leeches.
Every time I got out of the boat, James would attack me with

[Bill Murphy @RoninScribe]

@mangiotto I remain haunted by that book.

[Bill Murphy @RoninScribe]

Sine qua non and a stone cold classic 👏

[120 Revisted @120Revisited]

Eric B. & Rakim
“Eric B. Is President”
Live on Yo! MTV Raps (1992)

[Bill Murphy @RoninScribe]

@lukeoneil47 Yes to all that except “and future” 😉