“Joe Walsh is a fluid and intelligent player. There’re not many like that around.” – Pete Townshend Note that my six-packs are not necessarily the six best of a given artist, just six I dig. You won’t find “Life’s Been Good” or “In the City” … Continue reading A Six-Pack of Joe Walsh
Just wanted to here acknowledge the passing of Astrid Kircherr who is HUGE in Beatles’ lore. Among other things she is responsible for the Beatles’ haircut and early (pre-Ringo) pictures of them in Hamburg, Germany. You can read about her (and Klaus Voorman) here. If … Continue reading A Six-Pack of Moody 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
I don’t usually do two of any given category of post in a row but I got so jazzed by some GP music recently that I wanted to do this post. Plus I need to send CB down a music listening rabbit hole for a … Continue reading A Six-pack of Graham Parker
Faithful readers of this blog – both of them – know that I’ve been dropping teasers about a magical mystery tour (“Roll up for the mystery tour, step right this way”) I will be embarking on in the very near future. This is teaser nรบmero … Continue reading A Six-Pack of Yes (Teaser #4)
For the uninitiated, my Six-Packs are not intended to say “these are these artists’ best songs” so much as just to pick six I dug when I wrote this. Could be a different six next week. Brief history: Peter Gabriel is part of that crop … Continue reading Come Blow Your Horn – A Six-Pack of Peter Gabriel
Finally, patient long-term readers of this blog are thinking. ME is finally saying something intelligent by featuring PJ. Well, no, you’ll have to keep waiting for some smart words to leak from these pages. But in the meantime, enjoy some Pearl Jam. One out of … Continue reading A Six-Pack of Pearl Jam
Six-packs are not meant necessarily to say “these are the best the band has to offer.” Rather they are just six I dig and could be a different six next week.ย If you are of a certain age, inevitably your kids will find their way … Continue reading A Six-pack of Green Day
Now the first of December was covered with snow And so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston Though the Berkshires seemed dreamlike on account of that frosting With ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go Encyclopedia.com: Veteran performer James Taylor ushered … Continue reading A Six-Pack of Sweet Baby James
Eagles, circa 1976 (l-r) – Don Felder, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner “We were all reading books about the Hopis and in the Hopi mythology, the eagle is the most sacred animal with the most spiritual meaning. I think it’s a beautiful … Continue reading An Eagles Sixpack
