“People think that fame and riches translate into power, that it brings glory and honor and happiness. Maybe it does, but sometimes it doesn’t. I found myself stuck in Woodstock with a family to protect. It seems like the world has always needed a scapegoat … Continue reading New Morning – The Great Overlooked Bob Dylan Album
(Pictured – Dexter Gordon) First, a couple of things, one related, the other not so much. The first thing I found of some interest is that “they” used artificial intelligence – the kind that ME has – to create songs by artists Who Are No … Continue reading It Is Time for some Jazz
Wikipedia: “Traffic were an English rock band, formed in Birmingham, England in April 1967 by Steve Winwood (lead vocals, keyboard, guitar), Jim Capaldi (drums, percussion), Chris Wood (sax, flute), and Dave Mason (guitar, vocals). They began as a psychedelic rockΒ group and diversified their sound through … Continue reading The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys – A Six-Pack of Traffic
Wherein I ponder a few new tunes that rolled my way … From their press release: βWest Sideβ Joe is a Memphis-raised blues, rock, and R&B singer, songwriter, and guitarist now based in Ft. Collins, CO. Together with his band, The Men of Soul, he … Continue reading New Music Revue – 3/29/21
A short while back, a reader named Craig contacted me to let me know he enjoyed the blog and had been reading it since I did a post on the Big Band of Brothers, a jazz tribute to the Allman Brothers (which frankly I’d forgotten … Continue reading Bruce Hornsby
I’ve been blogging for more than five years and have pumped out a lot of tunes. Some of the ones I really love I put into Spotify lists. And periodically, I pick some to revisit, reasoning that in all likelihood you missed them. Here we … Continue reading Six from the Vault – Volume 4
This is one of those posts that was not in any way planned but occurred somewhat serendipitously. I was driving around and heard the first tune and thought, hmm, I should do a post where artists cover other artists. Then, weirdly, I came home got … Continue reading Artists Cover Springsteen – Vol. 1
Starting a rock band with your brother is a fantastic idea. Just ask Mark and David Knopfler, Ray and Dave Davies, Fred and Tony Doobie, Tom and John Fogerty. Or Liam and Noel Gallagher. What could possibly go wrong? I was driving in San Francisco … Continue reading Oasis – Faster Than a Cannonball
I’m on a six-pack kick lately.. What can I say? What can one say about a band like AC/DC whose idea of a ballad is, well, do they even have one? Frankly, they make almost every other rock band sound like a bunch of laid-back … Continue reading Let There Be Rock – A Six-Pack of AC/DC
I‘m advised that Robert Plant was the lead singer in a band called Led Zeppelin but you know, I’d never even fucking heard of them. And what a silly name for a band! So I’ll fake my way through their history.Β Wikipedia: Robert Anthony Plant … Continue reading A Six-Pack of Robert Plant
