Kid Rock was performing at his Rock the Country festival date in Little Rock, Ark., on June 21, and he decided to make a core memory for an 8-year-old boy by gifting him his saxophone after he was ...

"Learn to work with a saxophone, I play just what I feel…" - Steely Dan 6 AM on a Thursday morning, I'm rambling out the grocery store with my supply of granola bars and coca-cola to survive another ...

What is your favorite saxophone part or parts in a rock ’n’ roll song? The sax is one of my favorite instruments. Its importance in jazz music cannot be overstated, but it also is a instrumental in ...

When you think of classic rock songs, a few instruments immediately come to mind. Heavy bass, walloping drums, shrieking guitars, and vocalists who sing like lightning bolts from the top of a giant ...

When it comes to concerts, most singers tend to pick a big city like Atlanta, Tampa, or Nashville to put on a show. It made sense given that the city provided venues with enough seats to fit thousands ...

CLEVELAND — Opening Day in Cleveland won't be the same without him. Maurice Reedus, Jr., commonly known as Cleveland's "Sax Man", passed away last April at the age of 65. Reedus was a downtown icon, ...

Danny Lipsitz and The Brass Tacks tackle the fascinating history of the saxophone's influence on rock 'n' roll music. From its beginnings in jazz and swing music, rock 'n' roll heavily featured the ...

Editor’s Note: Caprock Chronicles are edited by Jack Becker, Librarian Emeritus, Texas Tech Librarian, who can be reached at jack.becker@ttu.edu. This week’s article about Slaton’s Bobby Keys is the ...

Rock ‘n’ roll sax: We’re comfortable enough with ourselves to admit the Dave Matthews Band has been there for us in the past, so the death of LeRoi Moore this month hit us a little hard. Reeds teamed ...

At only 28 years old, saxophonist Danny Lipsitz's endless resume includes work as a sideman to the most iconic rock 'n' roll and swing music icons. In just the past 5 years, he has travelled to 15 ...