Wherein I take six songs by a band and present them for your delectation. As always, these are not necessarily THE six but just ones that I dig and come to mind. As always with bands that have a bunch of good songs, the Spotify … Continue reading A Six-Pack of the Doobie Brothers
Wherein I take the original, throw in a couple of covers, see what happens. I am a fan of radical reinvention when I can find it.ย This is not a post about the Velvet Underground. But suffice it to say that they became one of … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – Walk on the Wild Side – Lou Reed
I often do six-packs of established artists or new music. But then I have all these songs I know of or hear where I just want to feature that one song. Or let’s just say I have a potpourri of songs I like, wanted to … Continue reading The Random Five
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
Credit where credit is due dept: Recently, fellow blogger Cincinnati Babyhead did a post on the ABB’s “Ramblin’ Man.” We got to talking about this, that, and the other thing and then he asked me for recommendations on later ABB stuff. I listened to some … Continue reading A Six-Pack of the Allman Brothers Band
“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
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 rockย 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: โWest Sideโ 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
