Today: Van Morrison released “His Band and the Street Choir” in 1970 – 42...
Morrison is still a brooder–”Why did you leave America?” he asks over and over on the final cut, and though I’m not exactly sure what he’s talking about, that sounds like a good all-purpose...
View ArticleToday: Michael Stipe is 53
And I don’t expect anyone can bring about a revolution in the way that Bob Dylan did – and really didn’t – in the 1960s. ~Michael Stipe Super casual music listeners. That’s most of the people in the...
View ArticleThe late David Ruffin was born in 1941 – 72 years ago
His voice was so powerful — like a foghorn on the Queen Mary… It jumped out of the speakers and ravished my soul.. ~Rod Stewart One of the greatest lead singers the Motown stable ever had ~John Lowe...
View ArticleToday: Ornette Coleman is 83
“Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.” ~Ornette Coleman “We in the Western world suffer from too many categories and classes; we’ve...
View ArticleToday: The Rolling Stones released Sticky Fingers in 1971 – 42 years ago
Sticky Fingers was never meant to be the title. It’s just what we called it while we were working on it. Usually though, the working titles stick. ~Keith Richards 1971 While many hold their next album,...
View ArticleToday: Wilco released Sky Blue Sky in 2007 – 6 years ago
But the paradox is that while Sky Blue Sky is the smoothest sounding Wilco album, it also takes the longest to absorb and understand. ~Michael Metivier (popmatters.com) ..Wilco’s sixth studio album,...
View ArticleWilco – The Posters
The Concert/Gig poster scene is a thriving scene. It is a tradition that started in the 60′s and is still going strong. Posters are a sound investment, a nice memorabilia and often a true piece of art....
View ArticleToday: Kris Kristofferson is 77
Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose. ~Kris Kristofferson Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. ‘Cause that’s all that matters in the end. ~Kris...
View ArticleToday: Bob Dylan played Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, New York – 30 June 1988...
A very good 88-concert and the sound on the circulating soundboard tape is incredible. It is concert #15 of the Never Ending Tour & this tour is “labeled” the Interstate 88 Tour, part 1. Jones...
View ArticleGreat Albums posts @ JV
Here are the posts we’ve created in this category so far…. there are many to come… 1950′s Miles Davis – “Kind of Blue” (1959) The Louvin Brothers – “Satan … Continue reading →
View ArticleToday: Peter Green is 67 Happy Birthday
Peter Green is regarded by some fans as the greatest white blues guitarist ever, Eric Clapton notwithstanding. ~Mark Allan (allmusic.com) Need Your Love So Bad: From Wikipedia: Birth name Peter Allen...
View ArticleNeil Young plays Bob Dylan
Neil Young is maybe the best interpreter of Bob Dylan’s songs, and it is so fitting, he is after all one of the “holy trinity” (with Dylan and Springsteen). Here are some great versions, sometimes...
View ArticleToday: Van Morrison released His Band and the Street Choir in 1970
“Why did you leave America Why did you let me down, And now that things seem better off, Why do you come around, You know I just can’t see you know, In my new world crystal ball, You know I … Continue...
View ArticleToday: Michael Stipe is 54 Happy Birthday
And I don’t expect anyone can bring about a revolution in the way that Bob Dylan did – and really didn’t – in the 1960s. ~Michael Stipe Super casual music listeners. That’s most of the people in the...
View ArticleToday: Ornette Coleman is 84 Happy birthday
“Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.” ~Ornette Coleman “We in the Western world suffer from too many categories and classes; we’ve...
View ArticleWilco: Sky Blue Sky
But the paradox is that while Sky Blue Sky is the smoothest sounding Wilco album, it also takes the longest to absorb and understand. ~Michael Metivier (popmatters.com) ..Wilco’s sixth studio album,...
View ArticleMay 15 in music history
Wilco: Sky Blue Sky – released 15 May, 2007 (read more) But the paradox is that while Sky Blue Sky is the smoothest sounding Wilco album, it also takes the longest to absorb and understand. ~Michael...
View ArticleMay 30 in Music History
Today: Bob Dylan released Down In The Groove 26 years ago (read more) Down in the Groove is the twenty-fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on May 30, 1988 by Columbia...
View ArticleJune 22 in music history
Kris Kristofferson is 78, Happy Birthday! (read more) American country music singer, songwriter and musician as well as a film actor. He is known for such hits as “Me and Bobby McGee”, “For the Good...
View ArticleJune 30 in Music history
Bob Dylan played Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, New York – 30 June 1988 (read more) Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (released June 30, 1998) is an album by singer-songwriter and guitarist Lucinda Williams,...
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