Remember That Time

During his days as an #AlmostFamous music critic at The Evening Sun, Nestor Aparicio got a chance to interview many touring musicians. He loved Benatar from the first time he saw her perform "Heartbreaker" on Don Kirschner's Rock Concert.

It hard to say how much we are missing the beautiful music of the living legacy to the leader of the band.

The history and lineup of Styx was fuzzy in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Nestor Aparicio has had many chats and encounters with all of the remaining members of the band over the years.

Nestor found Daryl Hall walking out of the 98 Rock studios on TV Hill and wanted to interview him for his music column at The Evening Sun in Baltimore. Strangely enough, Hall agreed to call him and did...

Thirty years later, this harkens back to when Tommy Shaw was with Ted Nugent and Jack Blades in a supergroup and Styx still had Dennis DeYoung. "Yesterday's just a memory, can we we close the door?"

Yeah, this pic is Steven Tyler but the modern Toxic Twins were in the middle of a glorious second run as one of the greatest bands in the world when Nestor Aparicio was the music critic for The Evening Sun in Baltimore. This is the story of how the train kept 'a rolling on the best comeback in the history of rock and roll.

There were no head games when Mick Jones split from the Buffalo singer and jukebox hero. Nestor went into the midnight blue with no regrets before a Merriweather Post Pavilion show when Gramm opened for Steve Miller.

There's a lot of comedy in this one. The boys were rambunctious that day in discussing Painters Mill Music Theatre in Owings Mills

During his #AlmostFamous days as a music critic, Nestor Aparicio stumbled onto to some legendary bands. The Black Crowes were about to open for Junkyard at Hammerjacks. This one is spicy...

Thirty years later, it seems almost inconceivable that Bruce Springsteen once was departed from E Street for over a decade. The Big Man joined Nestor during his days as an #AlmostFamous music critic at The Evening Sun in Baltimore to talk about solo life on the road.