Music Blog

August: Rilo Kiley

This week at Glyn Wiltonโ€™s Mixed Music Bag,
heโ€™s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month. 
Hereโ€™s my featured August artist and their song.

Continue reading “August: Rilo Kiley”
Flash

Demons And Wizards

Written for Weekend Writing Prompt #361;
93 words exactly using the prompt word ‘pilgrimage’

A rare alternate album cover of Heep’s “Demons and Wizards”

It was the early 1970s and the four of us scored tickets to see Uriah Heep in Allentown, PA. It was the dog days of August โ€ฆ the kind of sun that blisters your skin in minutes โ€ฆ and the concert was outdoors. The drive was 3 hours each way in scorching temperatures but we were going to that concert come hell or high water. Allentown became our Mecca and the road trip our personal hard rock pilgrimage. The details of that day are a little sketchy but the concert was freakinโ€™ awesome.

NARยฉ2024
93 Words

This is โ€œEasy Livingโ€ by Uriah Heep

ยฉ NAR – Uriah Heep, Allentown Fair Grounds, Aug. 26, 1973

All text, graphics and videos are copyright for The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephantโ€™s Trunk and The Rhythm Section and is not for use by anyone without permission. NARยฉ2017-present.