(Despite the cover, at no point in time were Bloomfield, Kooper, and Stills in the studio at the same time) I did a two-part series on Al Kooper a while back which I called Al Kooper- Journeyman. Which he was, and is. I’ll spare you … Continue reading Featured Album – Super Session – Al Kooper (with Michael Bloomfield and Steven Stills)
(Pictured – The Tymes) Why “guilty?” Well, after a while when you’re listening to and blogging about blues and jazz and prog, a reader – or a fellow music enthusiast – might think that that’s what you grew up on and listen to exclusively. Nope. … Continue reading Guilty Pleasures
“We were kind of in a dream world,” Joe says, “because we were isolated, we hadn’t been to any concerts and so really the radio was our inspiration and insight into music. We were really still very innocent.” Wikipedia: “Living on a 1600-acre family farm … Continue reading The Curious Tale of Donnie and Joe Emerson and Dreamin’ Wild
Little Stevie Wonder had hit the scene at the tender age of 13 with a song called “Fingertips – Part 2.” This was an exciting early hit for Motown. But going chronologically from my last post, I’m instead going to go with one of my … Continue reading My Musical Journey in 25 Songs (Part 3)
“Born under a bad sign I been down since I begin to crawl If it wasn’t for bad luck I wouldn’t have no luck at all” Music, of course, started to expand and change throughout the Sixties. In fact, at least in America, everything started … Continue reading My Musical Journey in 25 Songs (Part 2)
So what is this all about? Well, you know how you might meet somebody and they might ask what you enjoy listening to? And me, I’d always say, Oh, you know, classic rock, blues, jazz, good pop, soul, some classical. Then I might mention a … Continue reading My Musical Journey in 35 Songs (Part 1)
Midnight Cowboy is a great, somewhat dated movie and is, to date, the only X-rated movie ever to win best picture. (The stuff it got an X for in 1969 you can now see on cable TV any day of the week. X has since … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions
Wherein I cram the last forty-five years of Mac into one post. By being populated with nothing but Nicks/Buckingham tunes, Spotify’s “This is Fleetwood Mac” is effectively null and void. It should be called “A Fleetwood Mac list compiled by idiots who don’t know shit.” … Continue reading Fleetwood Mac Mark III (final of 3) – You Will Never Break the Chain
I had thought of just doing a two-part series on Big Mac. But Rumours is too impactful an album not to get a post of its own. So here we go. “As Fleetwood Mac inched its way to the summit of the charts, our lives … Continue reading Fleetwood Mac Mark III (Part Two) – Rumours
Note – I originally published this post five years ago. I’m re-posting because The Who have come out with not only a box set of this album but have also posted a documentary on YouTube which you can see here. It debuted yesterday. Kudos to … Continue reading Featured Album – The Who Sell Out
Music Enthusiast - At the junction of rock, blues, R&B, jazz, pop,and soul 