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Jagger has assembled an enviable guest-list on the album, even if the combinations do seem a little forced at times. As well as Kravitz, Pete Townshend, Wyclef Jean and Matchbox Twenty’s Rob Thomas make appearances, while Bono contributes all of about two lines to the euphoric “Joy,” an act of ego-compression worthy of applause in itself. Despite the collaborators, however, Jagger’s inimitable persona is emblazoned across the album, in every aspect, but most particularly his literally peerless voice. Though “Joy” definitely...
...finds himself lost and meandering. “A New Day Yesterday” feels more like a grunge band trying its hand at the blues (but failing miserably), and the hook to “Miss You, Hate You” bears a plagiarism suit-inducing similarity to Matchbox 20’s “Push.” If Vaughan was able to make people care about the blues when rock ruled the roost, perhaps Bonamassa will learn from his idol and stay away from the mainstream. —James A. Crawford
...boys of Rockwell Church released their first of four albums in 1997 and were picked up by Aware Records as part of their Aware 3 Compilation, which also featured songs by Guster and Tabitha’s Secret (now known as Matchbox 20). Oct. 20 was the first time they were given two slots at Club Passim in a night—and the second show was added as a result of the first one selling out so quickly...
...Teten was a rare combination of cop and scholar. He worked crime scenes for the San Leandro, Calif., police and took classes in psychology at Berkeley. Now 68, Teten says most departments back then gathered evidence at crime scenes only to find direct clues about a criminal--a dropped matchbox, for instance. But Teten looked at the way the criminal committed the crime to build a psychological profile of him--his personality, his mental status. "You might see overreaction toward a certain part of the body or use of the weapon in a way that is not usually seen," Teten...
...their imaginary moptops. It requires massive sales to the teenagers and twentysomethings who buy most records. The phenomenon of that album followed the success of Santana's Supernatural, which paired a survivor of the '60s with up-to-the-minute acts like Lauryn Hill, Everlast and Rob Thomas from Matchbox 20. And before Santana, there was Aerosmith and Eric Clapton, Neil Young and Tina Turner, Sting and Cher, David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen. All of them sustained long careers by adding younger fans to the ones who remember them from before they got reading glasses...