Gonna miss my chosen family

I swear, when I listen to an Elton John album for the first time, there’s usually one song that hits particularly close to home, that tugs at my heartstrings, that does that whole “soundtrack to my life” thing. With The Lockdown Sessions, there are actually two.

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A first Elton John experience

Guest blog by Mallory Springfield What can I say about seeing Elton John for the first time other than….AMAZING. My fiance and I were more than thrilled to see the legendary EJ in concert (especially in LA)! We were going over which songs we knew, which ones we hoped he would play, etc. On top…

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My first Elton Expo: Day 2

Saturday, October 5 Matt Still (Producer of The Captain and the Kid and Gnomeo and Juliet, Engineer and other roles on several other albums) Can you say crush? What a nice, genuine guy! And what amazing experiences he’s had with Elton, Bernie and The Band. I loved it when he described how it feels to…

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My first Elton Expo: Day 1

Yes, Virginia, there is an Elton Expo. As they say, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, but I’ll make an exception here. My sister Lisa and I attended the Elton John Expo in Las Vegas, October 4-6, 2013 – the first one for both of us – and what an experience it was! First…

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