Paul Whaley, drummer for Bay Area power trio Blue Cheer, died on Monday, January 28 at age 72 at his home in Regensburg, Germany. The San Francisco Chronicle reports, via the band’s co-founder and ...
Blue Cheer’s Dickie Peterson says his band has at least one thing in common with the James Gang: “Both bands play what I call ‘lateral blues.'” This is Peterson’s pet phrase for classic hippie-greaser ...