David Bowie was 1 of the 1st ppl to make weird acceptable for the masses & give kids who didn’t connect w/ 60’s do-op, someone to connect to – Frances Bean Cobain tweet. I hadn’t planned on posting today. But for the record, David Bowie … Continue reading David Bowie – The Stars Look Very Different Today
Here’s a new feature. I’m putting three songs together more or less as a mini-set. There’s no real relationship between the songs other then unintentionally. Just three songs I like played back-to-back, almost like a disc jockey would randomly do. Some you might know, some … Continue reading Tres Songs (Mini-set)
Most people who follow rock and blues know that blues started in America, made its way to England and then was brought back to the US during the so-called British Invasion. What many people, I think, don’t know is that there is a “missing link” in … Continue reading Cyril Davies and Alexis Korner – the Nexus of British Blues
Note: The Springsteen series will continue (and finish) in a few days. In the meantime, One song/three versions: “Ruby Baby” was originally recorded by The Drifters way back in 1956. Despite my love for early rock and roll and doo-wop, I never heard this song (to … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – Ruby Baby
First post here: Peter and Gordon were a pop duo whose most well-known song arguably is the Paul McCartney written “A World Without Love.” (Which, according to Asher, nobody wanted.) While they went on to have some other hits, including the odd but catchy “Lady … Continue reading British Invasion (Beatles to Blues – 3)
Picture this: it’s early 1964. Only a few months earlier, the American President – who offered so much promise not only to America but to the world – is brutally assassinated in Dallas, Texas. America is still in a funk, still trying to figure out … Continue reading The British Invasion (Beatles to Blues – 1)
Another in a series of random posts on the different ways artists re-interpret songs. “Diana Ross Presents the Jackson Five” is how this band was billed when they first hit the scene. They had been her opening act for some time so I guess somebody at … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – I Want You Back
In the pantheon of rock and soul music, there has never been a band quite like Sly and the Family Stone. Or said better, there was never a band quite like them prior to their existence. In their heyday – roughly 1968 to 1973 – … Continue reading Sly and the Family Stone
I don’t usually post more frequently than every couple of days. But I felt it necessary to mark the passing of Cynthia Robinson, who was the trumpeter in Sly and the Family Stone. Dammit, I’m tired of having to see so many musical heroes of … Continue reading Cynthia Robinson
With this post I introduce a new feature which I call One Song, Three Versions. It always fascinates me how different artists can take just one song, run it through their own filter and make something completely different out of it… “Baby Don’t You Do … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – Baby Don’t You Do It
