Rock and Roll

Camp Freddy is a true rock & roll rarity -- a super group that's actually super, a loose gathering of great players that truly tight.

In most forms of art, the idea of copying implies a forgery and a criminal act. But the case is different with pop music, where a cover song is viewed as an homage to one's influences.

One of my favorite writers, musically and otherwise, Peter Holsapple has published an insider's dissection of the dB's "Love is for Lovers" in the New York Times.

Werner Herzog is well into one of the most eclectic, odd and engaging movie careers, one that jumps from personal epics to quixotic documentary films, and now even Hollywood spectacles.

It seems that a debate is already raging in cyberspace about his band Coldplay and its song "Viva La Vida." At first blush, it appears to be a direct, albeit melodic attack on the Catholic Church.

The School of Rock All-Stars, who represent the cream of the crop at Paul Green's School of Rock, play everything from Cream and Clapton to Zappa and Zeppelin.

Working as co-producer and co-writer on the VH1 Rock Honors tribute to the Who that premieres Thursday night, and being around the Who reminded me why rock actually deserves to live still.