For You Blue: The Beatles’ ‘Blue Album’, 40 Years Later
Sean MurphyIt was forty years ago, today. No, really. Check it out: Let us not forget, it’s the “Blue Album”. Before it was the cassette, the eight-track, CD or digital download,…
Five From The Yardbirds To Remember Keith Relf (Revisited)
Keith Relf. Who? Exactly. Quite possibly the best vocalist you've never heard of, you still have heard him if you are passingly familiar with rock music. Trust me. He was…
FELA MFing KUTI
I have written, lovingly, about my love of Fela Kuti (the man, his music, the myth), and you can see that HERE. (If you aren't familiar with this legend, get…
Eric Burdon + Internet = EPIC WIN!
The Internet wins, AGAIN. War, what's it good for? Some great music, along with Eric Burdon on this track, epitomizing the best sort of '60s hangover easing into a whole…
Jimi Hendrix: People, Hell & Angels
Do we, at this point, require further evidence that Jimi Hendrix was the most prodigiously gifted guitarist to ever play the instrument? We do not. Then again, we don’t need…
Jack White’s Blues
I'm on record as being a fan of Jack White. Indeed, I consider Elephant one of the ten best records of the last decade. Check out #7, HERE. I have…
Ten Songs From 1967 That Shaped Prog-Rock
1. "Heroes and Villains", The Beach Boys What has tended to get lost or forgotten in the shuffle of sensationalistic trivia (of the infamously aborted SMiLE sessions) is that Wilson…
Alvin Lee, R.I.P.
R.I.P. to the amazing Alvin Lee. There are (much) better-known musicians with entire careers of work that don't hold a candle to this single song.
1967 and the Prog-Rock Progenitors*
Progressive rock reached its full potential in the ‘70s, but its roots trace back to the previous decade. While an attempt to determine when and with whom prog-rock formally originated…
For Those About To Puke…
We brew for you. I have not been this underwhelmed since the announcement of the Kiss Kasket. AC/DC is bringing their own beers to the masses. Story here. "If you wanna…