Ellen Foley stars in this video. She deathlessly and unforgettably sang on Meat Loaf‘s “Paradise by the Dashboard Light,” and I’m not sure, but isn’t that Meat Loaf sitting on the edge of the stage with a beautiful woman and a musician (Mick Ronson?) at the 1:11 point of this video? Ellen talks about her …
Take a listen again to Ian Hunter‘s Rant. It’s a tremendous album, still tough, real and lovable after all these years. It came out on April 21, 2001 when Ian was about to turn 62. At the time it was seen as an incredible comeback album for a mature artist. Little did we know then …
“Gun Control” (below) is a perfectly lovely and persuasive song and I applaud Ian Hunter for writing, recording and releasing the tune on his 1981 album Short back ‘n’ sides. The UK born Hunter does seem to express in these lyrics a belief that American commercial interests and lobbyists are the most effective opponents of …
“The Gulf and Western* garbage,just ain’t the prettiest smell.When you’re re sleeping on the fourth floor up,it’s like a living hell.“ *The Gulf and Western Building written about by Ian Hunter in this 1981 song has since changed it’s name. The “high-rise building at 15 Columbus Circle and 1 Central Park West on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City,” says …
How many rock stars have lived long enough, not to mention remained creatively vital enough, to release two great albums in their mid 80s? Ian Hunter has to be the only one and his two great, recent, octogenarian-composed albums are: Defiance, Part 1 (2023) and Defiance, Part 2, which is out now. Ian Hunter’s 85th …
[Editor’s note: On June 3, 2024, rock’n roll great Ian Hunter will celebrate his 85th birthday. As part of East Portland Blog‘s celebration of this momentous occasion, we are presenting again a wondrous, fascinating, and historically fact-packed article by rock journalist extraordinaire and WorleyGig.com provocateur, Gail Worley. Ian Hunter sat for this interview in late …
“Bed of Roses” is a joy-filled, randy trip down memory lane with the incomparable Ian Hunter, master songscribe and long time collaborator with the late, great guitarist Mick Ronson. His new album, Defiance Part I will be released on April 21. You can pre-order your copy here: https://sunrecords.lnk.to/BedOfRoses “Bed of Roses” happily describes a well-loved …
I am extremely grateful that Ian Hunter is still with us. So underrated… He has a new record coming out called Cross My Fingers. Since I saw Ian and the Rant Band on their 2001 tour I honestly don’t think anyone has put out better music since. We’ve had Rant, Shrunken Heads“, Man Overboard, and …
This is the best band playing live today. I honestly cannot say enough in praise of this touring group. I have been there at the Chicago Winery shows the last two times through Chicago. No new record? Not needed when you have a catalogue like IH does. Oh and it is so sweet to have …
How good is the Rant Band? I’ve loved James Mastro’s work since he did the free “tour” prior to Rant with Ian. I saw I and and James for free at Martyr’s on Lincoln back in 2000 and they were great. Mark Bosch is the best live guitarist the Rant Band has had and Burton …
There are two version of this song, “The Saturday Kids” AND “Do You Remember (The Saturday Gigs)”. Similar but different lyrics and slight difference in the arrangement like where the organ comes in and whatnot. Compare the two songs and you’ll see that they’re not exactly the same and “The Saturday Kids” is the less …
The City Winery in Chicago (Racine and Randolph) is a fine new venue for seeing music. Their menu is more obscure (to my uneducated mind and palate) than the Hopleaf‘s but the intimacy and quality of sound are first rate. Nicholas Tremulis opened the show and I was pleasantly surprised by how well an acoustic …
I just had the good fortune to interview Ian Hunter — super cool guy… “Mott the Hoople had already broken up cause we weren’t going anywhere when bowie approached us we a song for us to do. It was ‘Suffragette City,’ and we turned it down cause we didnt think it was strong enough. So …
I just received Ian Hunter‘s new record, When I’m President, in the mail. I’m going to see him in Chicago at the end of the month at a new venue, called Chicago Winery, located at 1200 W. Randolph. I splurged on “VIP” tickets for the show, which seem to mean that I’ll have good sight …
Ian hunter on on rock n roll, Cleveland and how Mott the Hoople, Roxy Music and Bowie caught on first in the midwest… – John Petkovic and his band, Cobra Verde, enjoy life to the fullest in Cleveland, Ohio.
(Photo of Ian Hunter with Mick Ronson’s daughter.) ”I didn’t know if I was going to become a musician, because I couldn’t sing very good. In those days you really had to be a good singer. I didn’t know I had a chance until Dylan came along. I couldn’t really understand what he was saying, …
How amazing is this? This is Ian Hunter and his Rant Band live at Rockefeller Park, NYC, 6/24/09 joined by Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott. – Ron Swanson
. I just had the thought, now that I’ve had some time to digest Ian Hunter’s release from last year, that Ian Hunter is probably my favorite for best rocker of the 21st Century. Who’d’ve thunk it? All three of his releases this decade have been way above average and OK, if I want to …
Ed. Note – This is just in from Ron Swanson. As it is extremely rare to hear from Ron during football season via any communicational modality, we can assume the subject here is of extreme importance and the quality of the recording, insurmountably good, since Ron chose to put down the remote and educate us …