Rock

Blues Rock 

A Devilish Dish

December 10, 2018December 10, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bill Wyman, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, Jean-Luc Godard, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones

50 years ago, The Rolling Stones treated their fans to a magnificent Beggars Banquet

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Rock 

Happy Birthday, Tom Waits!

December 7, 2018December 7, 2018 Ron Hart 0 Comments Anti- Records, Asylum Records, Birthdays, Island Records, Tom Waits

An exclusive playlist celebrating a hero’s 69th year on earth

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Country and/or Western Folk Rock 

He Is Trying To Break Your Heart

December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 Luci Turner 0 Comments Chicago IL, dBpm Records, Jeff Tweedy, Wilco

Inside Jeff Tweedy’s excellent new solo LP

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Pop Rock Soul 

Before The Beatles

December 6, 2018December 7, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1963, Bobby Rydell, Dick Clark, JFK, The Beatles

The state of pop in late 1963

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New Wave Pop Punk Rock 

Surfing the New Wave

December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 J Poet 0 Comments Documentaries, FM, Long Island, Radio, WLIR

Documentary on influential Long Island radio station WLIR-FM 92.7 arrives on DVD

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Punk Rock 

So Alone at 40

December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 Tim Sommer 1 Comment 1978, Johnny Thunders, Paul Cook, Phil Lynott, Steve Jones, Steve Lillywhite

An interview with the legendary Steve Lillywhite, producer of Johnny Thunders’ solo debut

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Rock 

Popster Takes a Swing at Alt-Country and Connects

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 David Bash 0 Comments Quatro, The Jayhawks, William Duke

William Duke’s Fine New Record ‘Quatro’

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Folk Rock 

Sunlight Through The Cracks

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments New West Records, Nick Drake, Parker Gispert, The Whigs

A trip back to the country finds Parker Gispert flipping his Whigs

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Rock 

The Comeback King

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1968, DJ Fontana, Elvis Presley, NBC, Scotty Moore

Elvis Presley and the ’68 Special

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Pop Rock 

Know One Knows

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 David Bash 0 Comments Badfinger, Pete Ham, Warner Bros.

Inside Badfinger’s Warner Bros. era

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Rock 

Was It The Dead Or Was It Disco?

December 1, 2018December 2, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1978, 40th Anniversary, Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, The Grateful Dead

Regardless, Garcia and Company got into a groove on Shakedown Street

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Pop Rock 

R.E.M. at the BEEB

December 1, 2018 John Everhart 1 Comment BBC Radio 2, Bill Berry, Joey Waronker, Ken Stringfellow, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Scott McCaughey

Tracing the triumphant live path of one of America’s greatest bands

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Rock 

On Lee Michaels’ Nice Day for Something and Tailface

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments A&M Records, Columbia Records, Lee Michaels

A brief but pervasive tag team triumph

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Blues Rock 

Workin’ for a Livin’

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 J Poet 0 Comments Rev. Peyton, Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band, Stax, Sun Studios

Rev. Peyton and the art of living paycheck to paycheck

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Blues Pop Rock 

A Thrill Revisited

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1968, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Janis Joplin, Legacy Recordings

Big Brother and the Holding Company’s landmark 1968 LP loses the Crumb but gains the Sex and Dope back into its title on this 50th anniversary reissue

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