Benicia Herald

  • Front Page
  • News
    • Features
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Forum
  • The Arts
    • Poetry
  • About The Herald
  • May 10, 2025
You are here: Home / Archives for rock and roll

A Different Drummer: From the blues to rock ‘n’ roll

November 19, 2017 by Steve Gibbs Leave a Comment

We’ve come ashore. The Gibbses and the Kittrells, retirees at sea for seven days in October when we used to be working, have stepped again on Florida soil. We’ve been on a Caribbean blues cruise, the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise, to be exact. And to be exact, I’m spoiled. I want music on every […]

Filed Under: Features, Spotlight Tagged With: A Different Drummer, rock and roll, Steve Gibbs, woodstock

It Occurs To Me: Orderly disorder

May 17, 2014 by John and Loretta Gavin 8 Comments

I HAD MY LIFE IN ORDER — UNTIL THE OTHER NIGHT. That’s when Loretta cleaned off the dining room table. OK, here’s an open question to women: Why is it that, after we guys work so hard to get all the stuff we might need within arm’s reach, you feel compelled to move our stuff […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Buddy Holly, It Occurs To Me, John Gavin, Loretta Gavin, rock and roll, Rolling Stone

Browse by Category

Hot Off the Press

Benicia Herald Candidate Questionnaire responses

Auction of Jerrold Turner paintings to benefit Arts Benicia

Benicia City Council appoints Interim City Manager

Benicia Firefighter tests positive for COVID-19

Benicia’s Troop 7007 adds two new Eagle Scouts to its ranks

Reader Comments

  • Peggy on Bluebird of Happiness returns
  • Oliver Greenwood on Served, and serving, proudly
  • David Batchelor on Reg Page: Memories of Benicia
  • Colin larkin on Scott Swartz named new BHS varsity football head coach
  • max kirkpatrick on Fitzgerald Field is getting a makeover
  • Tracy Fetter on Fitzgerald Field makeover may be completed by end of April
  • Michael Lagrimas on Candidate Spotlight: EDB Chair Lionel Largaespada taking another shot at council seat

Popular Articles

Ace Hardware owner: We may move

Do Benicians want tar-sands oil brought here?

Dennis Lund: George Zimmerman’s ‘Oxbow Incident’

Jerome Page: It’s not inequality, it’s envy!

Science with the odor of oil

The good guys win

Copyright © 2025 · News Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in