WELCOME TO BLITZ MAGAZINE'S WEB SITE!

GOIN' HOME:  Following a most impressive career in film, television and the recording studio, he went on to accomplish an extraordinary legacy as a paramedic and  deputy sherriff.  Blitz Magazine Editor / Publisher Michael McDowell salutes the great BOBBY SHERMAN, who lost his battle against stage four cancer in June. Tribute in the Bits And Pieces column under the Previous Posts heading at right.  (Click on above image to enlarge).

WELCOME TO THE INTERET HOME

FOR BLITZ MAGAZINE
SINCE 1975 -
THE ROCK AND ROLL MAGAZINE
FOR THINKING PEOPLE

Welcome to the official web site for Blitz, The Rock And Roll Magazine For Thinking People. Since 1975, Blitz has been the leading voice for the discerning music enthusiast. Blitz Magazine was also one of the first magazines of its kind to embrace the internet, having also been online since January 1996.

Here you will find news and updates about all of the key artists essential to the growth and development of rock and roll music and related genres, including rhythm and blues, country and western, jazz and easy listening. For highlights from recent past editions of the Bits And Pieces and Shape Of Things To Come columns, click on the archival postings on the right hand side of this page. Be sure and check back frequently for regular updates.

If you have any questions, please e-mail us at BlitzMcD@aol.com.

Michael McDowell
Editor/Publisher
Blitz Magazine
Since 1975 - The Rock And Roll Magazine For Thinking People
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AUDREY'S MUSICAL JOURNEY:

Follow the fascinating and unfolding tale (through her favorite music) of the life and times of Blitz Magazine's late and beloved Photo Editor, Audrey McDowell, as told by her husband, Blitz Editor/Publisher Michael McDowell. A Facebook exclusive! "Like" us on Facebook at Blitz Magazine - The Rock And Roll Magazine For Thinking People, and watch for further installments.

IN THE BITS AND PIECES COLUMN:

In one of the most extraordinaty career shifts in music history, he set aside his most impressive legacy in film, television and the recording studio to become a decorated member of one of the largest police forces in the United States. We salute the great BOBBY SHERMAN, who lost his protracted battle against cancer in June at age 81.

In 1986, he gave the interview of a lifetime to Blitz Magazine - The Rock And Roll Magazine For Thinking People. And in a supremely ironic moment, he has become the fourth major artist in recent weeks to pass away at the age of 82. Editor / Publisher Michael McDowell takes a look at the lighter side of vocal virtuoso LOU CHRISTIE.

Although not altogether unexpected, his sudden passing on 11 June 2025 brought the world of music into a collective state of mourning. Editor / Publisher Michael McDowell pays tribute to BEACH BOYS mastermind BRIAN WILSON, days prior to what would have been Wilson's eighty-third birthday.

His brief tenure with the beloved supergroup, the VISCAYNES in the early 1960s led to a phenomenal career as a radio announcer, staff producer for Autumn Records and front man and principal visionary of SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE. Editor/Publisher Michael McDowell celebrates the highlighs of the extraordinary legacy of SYLVESTER STEWART, who succumbed to a long standing battle against COPD on 09 June.

In a free standing article under the Previous Posts heading at right, we salute hero, mentor, visionary and dear friend JAMES LOWE, front man for the ELECTRIC PRUNES, who passed away on 22 May from natural causes.

LUV' co-founder PATTY BRARD celebrated her seventieth birthday with Patty's Panter Party; a summit meeting with nine colleagues from such legendary vocal outfits as Babe, Mai Tai, Maywood, Frizzle Sizzle and the Dolly Dots before a capacity crowd at Amsterdam's Ziggo Dome on 14 March.

In a free standing article under the Previous Posts heading at right, we celebrate the Best New Album, Best New Single, Best Reissues and Best Television Series in the Blitz Awards For 2024.

In keeping up with his role as the logical successor to the late James Brown's title of The Hardest Working Man In Show Business, JEREMY MORRIS has released a most impressive seven new albums within the past year. Editor / Publisher Michael McDowell catches up with the Portage, Michigan - based multi-tasking pastor in a free standing article under the Previous Posts heading at right.

IN THE REISSUES / ANTHOLOGIES SECTION OF

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME COLUMN:

Archivist and historial Zev Feldman continues his acclaimed deep dive into the legacy of the legendary keyboard virtuoso BILL EVANS, with a deluxe edition of Evans' landmark 1970 concert at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Norway.

The current state of the genre has given many a purist the blues. However, Zev Feldman's Deep Digs label has come to the rescue with a heretofore collection of live recordings made in France in 1977 by the late guitarist and composer, B.B. KING.

True to form, Roger Maglio's prolific Gear Fab label remains ahead of the curve with its recent reissue of the enigmatic and highly charismatic Children Of The Lord, the 1975 album by the band SILVER.

Bob Seger And The Last Heard, Dion DiMucci, Bobby Darin, Eric Andersen, Donovan Leitch, Dino Valenti, Billy Joe Royal and P.F. Sloan are among the artists featured on Bear Family's twenty-five track He Took Us By Storm collection, featuring classic original recordings inspired by BOB DYLAN.

Pioneering rocker, Gospel witness extraordinare and virtuoso guitarist SISTER ROSETTA THARPE is the subject of a magnificent collection of heretofore unavailable live recordings from 1966, which are now available on the Deep Digs label.

IN THE NEW RELEASES SECTION OF

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME COLUMN:

Indoor Safari, the all new NICK LOWE album with LOS STRAITJACKETS is rapidly proving to be one of the best new albums of the year. Michael McDowell covers both album and tour support. 

With Half & Half, Bay Area composer and vocalist LARA PRICE has turned in an album on par with her 2015 masterpiece, I Mean Business.

Following a few personnel changes, the Northern California - based MONOGROOVE is back with a vengeance with their all new Tje Flip Side album for Tap Tunes Records. 

The tour de force New Jersey nartive known as DEVON MARIE is creating quite a sensation among aficionados of high drama with her brand new Steve Brown-produced single, Miss You Blue.

The CYRKLE is back with a vengeance with their all new, ambitious Big Stir label album, Revival. 

Composer and vocalist AMANDA FISH brings the world to its knees before presenting it  with the ultimate solution in her third and latest Vizztone label release, Kingdom.

With its cerebral approach to the subject of unrequited love, it became an instant classic upon its release on the nineteenth of April. Editor/Publisher Michael McDowell takes a look at the creative process behind The Tortured Poets Departtment, the all new album by TAYLOR SWIFT.