Wikipedia: “Robin Trower was born in Catford, London, England, but grew up in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. In 1962, he formed a group that became The Paramounts, later including Westcliff High School pupil Gary Brooker. The Paramounts disbanded in 1966 to pursue individual projects. During this time, Trower created … Continue reading A Six-Pack of Robin Trower
I just got the news that Eddie Van Halen died of cancer, aged 65. One of the greats and not someone who I just can just let go like that. So I will repost my Van Halen Six-Pack. RIP EVH. For the uninitiated, Six-Packs are … Continue reading A Six-Pack of Van Halen
I slapped some headphones on and listened to some Gordon Lightfoot – I think it was “The Circle is Small” – and what’s left of my tiny brain made an instant connection that I had never made before – James Taylor. They both have a … Continue reading A Six-Pack of Gordon Lightfoot
Wikipedia: “Henry Saint Clair Fredericks who uses the stage name Taj Mahal, is an American blues musician, a singer-songwriter and film composer who plays the guitar, piano, banjo, harmonica, and many other instruments. He often incorporates elements of world music into his works and has done much … Continue reading A Six-Pack of Taj Mahal
“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 número … 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
