By late 1967, Bob Dylan had pretty much outgrown his “protest period.” In fact, he’d gone from folk/protest to electric back to folk/rock and country-rock. The album John Wesley Harding comes in between Blonde on Blonde and Nashville Skyline. (Discounting a greatest hits album.) According … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – All Along the Watchtower
What you are seeing in the picture above is my Christmas present to myself. Just in case you’re not aware of it, it’s made by Spotify and it’s called Car Thing. It is paper-thin, weighs nothing, and plugs into your cigarette lighter. And all it … Continue reading Back to the Nineties – The Last Great Era of Rock
Back in spring of 1995, my equally music-besotted sister was visiting from Philly. We watched Saturday Night Live and saw a new group called the Dave Matthews Band. The instrumentation was unusual – acoustic guitar, violin, sax, drums, bass. They were almost like a modern-day … Continue reading Featured Album – Under the Table and Dreaming – Dave Matthews Band
Music Enthusiast - At the junction of rock, blues, R&B, jazz, pop,and soul 