The concept of “home” can be quite varied: where you were born & grew up, where you first lived on your own or as a couple, where you now live. It can be any combination of those. In thinking of home, many memories are brought up, some good, melancholic, sad. …
Jethro Tull certainly has a large & diverse catalogue, with most people familiar with the Aqualung album and singles like “Aqualung”, “Locomotive Breath”, “Living in the Past” & “Bungle in the Jungle” continuing to get airplay on classic rock stations. While I really like the Aqualung album, the first three …
When it comes to T. Rex & classic rock radio play, Bang A Gong (Get It On) is the song that gets chosen, so it becomes how T. Rex is identified for those unfamiliar with the band. T. Rex is so much more than that one song. Their style shifted …
A good friend of mine introduced me to Queen soon after this album was released in 1973. He was always great at finding talent we hadn’t heard. This remains a monumental album, and it continues to affect me in the same way as when I first heard it. It is …
This came out of a get together we had a couple of years ago, where we were playing songs and trying to stump each other with songs we hadn’t heard, or hadn’t heard for a long time. We ended up playing songs from the same artist that were radically different …
I was doing some rabbit hole touring on YouTube the other day, and got into a series of Uriah Heep videos. I recall Uriah Heep being pretty popular at parties back in the early ’70’s, yet they do not show up on classic rock radio programs these days. I think …
I’m trying to recollect exactly how I picked this album up way back in the ’70’s. It’s not one where the cover or musicians would have pulled me in (my arcane album picking method described elsewhere on the site). I must have heard it, or parts of it, at a …
If you know the name Waddy Wachtel, then you’re familiar with one of the best & most prolific session guitarists and producers of the rock era. Even if you’re not familiar with him, I’m pretty sure you’ve heard his work. Wachtel has been in the music industry since the early …
Television’s Marquee Moon was released in 1977. At the time, we were celebrating the arrival of punk and its adding new energy and style to the musical landscape that had been dominated by disco (at least on the airwaves). A friend of mine introduced me to Television. There were a …
I don’t know that there’s a golden age of pop music, but this era is special for me. Perhaps it’s because I was growing up in this time, and music accompanied many important moments. Perhaps it’s because this was occurring in parallel with & influenced by the psychedelic, progressive and …
