A while back I did one of my “Tres Songs” posts and one of the featured artists was Boz Scaggs. At the time I said, “In 1969, he recorded his eponymous album with the Muscle Shoals rhythm section including Duane Allman. This is the album that … Continue reading A Song I Love – Loan Me a Dime – Boz Scaggs w/Duane Allman
My occasional song of the week post does not mean it is a great song necessarily but one that is, for some reason, notable… Hamlet: O God! Ghost: Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder Hamlet: Murder! Ghost: Murder most foul, as in the best … Continue reading Song of the Week – Murder Most Foul – Bob Dylan
“By the time the 1970s had begun, bands like ELP were a little up their own arses. Everything was too serious and too overblown. So we set out with Thick as a Brick to show up this side of the genre.” – Ian Anderson Really … Continue reading Featured Album – Thick as a Brick – Jethro Tull
This seems like as good a time as any for a blues roundup …. Albert Collins (pictured above) was one of the best blues singer/guitarists ever. I saw him once at a now-defunct mob-owned cavernous shithole in Boston called the Channel. Albert and his band … Continue reading Time for a Shot of Blues
Wherein I lay out six tunes by an artist. Not saying necessarily that they are the best but six I dig at this point in time … I doubt if much history has to be recounted about Dave Grohl so I’ll keep it brief. I … Continue reading A Six-pack of Foo Fighters
These guys have been much on my mind lately, perhaps due to having recently watched the David Crosby documentary, Remember My Name which I wrote about previously. A little history is, I think, in order (thanks Wikipedia): David Crosby was born in Los Angeles, California. … Continue reading Featured Album – Crosby. Stills & Nash
Those of you who follow this blog know that I had the privilege of meeting Buddy Rich’s daughter Cathy* and her husband Gregg Potter on my Rock and Roll Fantasy Weekend. Cathy – like Priscilla Presley for Elvis – is in charge of her father’s … Continue reading Buddy Rich’s Final Album – Just in Time
