Glen Boyd is the author of Neil Young FAQ, released in May 2012 by Backbeat Books/Hal Leonard Publishing. He is a former Music Editor and current contributor for Blogcritics, whose work has also appeared in SPIN, Seattle P-I, The Rocket, The Source and other publications. You can read more of Glen's work at The Rockologist, and at the official Neil Young FAQ site.
Glen Boyd
How Neil Young Emerged From the Ditch on ‘Comes a Time’
Fans had long been hoping for a return to the mellower, more commercially palatable sound of 1972's 'Harvest.'
Humble Pie, ‘Performance – Rockin’ The Fillmore: The Complete Recordings’ – Album Review
In 1971, the concept of a hard-rock band achieving its big commercial breakthrough with a double live album was nothing new. But the experience had to be a particularly satisfying one for Humble Pie.
Can You Guess the Artist in This Yearbook Photo?
He is a 1994 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an author and a Grammy winner, who is best known as one of the two drummers with rock's original jam band. He is also a renown ethno-musicologist, recognized for his work with the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institute, and even NASA...
It’s Mickey Hart’s Yearbook Photo!
Yes, it's Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, in his 1961 senior yearbook picture from Lawrence High School, on Long Island in New York. As one of the band's two drummers (along with Bill Kreutzmann), Hart was one half of the Dead's original "Rhythm Devils" -- a name which he and Kreutzmann also briefly revived as a post-Dead touring band...