Wikipedia: “Cahoots is the fourth studio album by The Band. It was released in 1971 to mixed reviews and was their last album of original material for four years. The album features guest vocals from Van Morrison and Libby Titus*, the then-partner of drummer Levon … Continue reading Featured Album – Cahoots – The Band
“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)
I recently read a book that’s been on my list for a while. It’s called Three Dog Nightmare and it’s about singer Chuck Negron’s descent into hellish drug addiction. It’s also interesting because – and I’m not making this up – his penis split because … Continue reading My Week at Camp – Roots Rock Revival
On July 28, 1973, a concert featuring The Band, The Grateful Dead, and The Allman Brothers Band was held at Watkins Glen Grand Prix Raceway outside of Watkins Glen, NY. This one-day concert – which attracted 600,000 people, “long held the Guinness Book of World … Continue reading Summer Jam at Watkins Glen – July 28, 1973 – A Retrospective
Firstly, shout out to fellow blogger Aphoristical whose current offering ranked his 10 Best Songs by the Band. Thanks for the inspiration. (We have seven songs in common). In my book, you cannot listen to enough music by these guys. I wrote a series on … Continue reading My Top Ten Favorite songs by the band known as The Band
(Pictured – ME’s Music Vault) Wherein I periodically send our team into the vault to find tunes that ME has featured over the years and which he (and his minions) would not like the world to completely forget …. Fleetwood Mac is a band I … Continue reading From the Vault – Vol 7
Time once again to open the vault door and see what’s in there. Stuff that I posted on at some time in the past that deserves to be heard… Founded in the beach town of Westerly, Rhode Island, Roomful of Blues have been a New … Continue reading From the Vault – Vol 6
This is one of those posts that was not in any way planned but occurred somewhat serendipitously. I was driving around and heard the first tune and thought, hmm, I should do a post where artists cover other artists. Then, weirdly, I came home got … Continue reading Artists Cover Springsteen – Vol. 1
There seems to be just an explosion of good music docs out there and I’m determined to see every one. A couple of years ago, Robbie Robertson published a book called Testimony about his life in The Band and otherwise. There is a new documentary … Continue reading Four Music Documentaries You Should See
Note – This is a re-blog. I first published this a few years back when it was making the rounds of the film festival circuit. I just noticed today that you can now rent it. I saw it here just for one place. This post … Continue reading The Paul Butterfield Blues Band + Horn From the Heart
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