It Started With Janis

I started to build a playlist of bands with female lead singers that were in the Janis Joplin vein.  As usual, I cruised through my library, adding artists that were in that vein or close.  Then I got distracted by songs I like that really weren’t in that category.  I …

Big Brother & The Holding Company – Cheap Thrills

I was not quite old enough to fully appreciate the San Francisco music scene in the late ’60’s.  However, after listening to much of what has been produced in that time, I feel that this is the one album that captures much of the mood & feel of that era.  …

The Guild of Blues

As mentioned in other posts, I am a fan of the blues.  I was thinking about how best to describe my journey of discovery from the early ’70’s to today,  and I saw it in three phases: the original bluesmen, the adoption of that style by the young (at the …