Jim Keltner

Experimental Punk Rock 

The Mystery of mssv Solved

November 6, 2023 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Contemplating the Engine Room, fIREHOSE, Human Reaction, Jim Keltner, Mike Baggetta, Mike Watt, mssv, Stephen Hodges, The Minutemen

Mike Baggetta may pilot this ship with Mike Watt and Stephen Hodges, but it’s all tugboat and no ball-hog

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Beatle Rock 

Handle With Care: The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 at 35

October 18, 2023February 19, 2024 Ron Hart 1 Comment 1988, 35th Anniversary, Bob Dylan, End of the Line, George Harrison, Handle With Care, Jeff Lynne, Jim Horn, Jim Keltner, Roy Orbison, The Traveling Wilburys, Tom Petty

A loose salute to the debut album from classic rock’s greatest supergroup

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Country and/or Western Dylan Films Folk Rock 

It’s Getting Dark: Bob Dylan’s Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid at 50

July 13, 2023July 13, 2023 Kathy Fennessy 2 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Bob Dylan, Booker T. Jones, David Bowie, film, James Coburn, Jim Keltner, Kris Kristofferson, Mick Jagger, Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid, Rita Coolidge, Sam Peckinpah, Slim Pickens

Looking back on the classic soundtrack to Sam Peckinpah’s bleak cult western

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Experimental jazz Rock 

Mike Baggetta, Jim Keltner and Mike Watt Jam Econo Everywhen They Go

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 Brad Cohan 0 Comments 2023, D Boon, Everywhen We Go, Henry Kaiser, Jim Keltner, Mike Baggetta, Mike Watt, Traveling Wilburys, Wall of Flowers

The post-genre OG’s are a power trio for the ages

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jazz Rock 

Learn to Work the Saxophone: Steely Dan’s Aja at 45

September 24, 2022September 24, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Aja, Bernard Purdie, Black Cow, Chuck Rainey, Clydie King, Deacon Blues, Dean Parks, Donald Fagen, Home at Last, I Got The News, Jim Keltner, Joe Sample, Josie, Larry Carlton, Michael McDonald, Peg, Steely Dan, Tim Schmit, Tom Scott, Victor Feldman, Walter Becker

Why Becker and Fagen’s sixth album together can also be considered their best

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Progressive Rock Rock 

Yet Another Movie: Pink Floyd’s A Momentary Lapse of Reason at 35

September 7, 2022September 7, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, A Momentary Lapse of Reason, Anthony Moore, Carmine Appice, David Gilmour, Dogs Of War, Jim Keltner, Learning To Fly, Nick Mason, On The Turning Away, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Rick Wright, Sorrow

Looking back at the band’s classic first LP without Roger Waters 

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Rock 

Gettin’ Some Truth

September 25, 2018September 26, 2018 Robert Baird 0 Comments George Harrison, Imagine, Jim Keltner, John Lennon, The Beatles, Yoko Ono

An exhaustive new re-imagining of Lennon’s masterpiece in surround, quadraphonic and mono sound, with extras, singles and documentaries.

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Rock 

A Few Weeks in 1973 LA Produced Pivotal Records for Critical Artists

May 1, 2018April 11, 2019 Jim Slusarek 0 Comments Ben Keith, Billy Talbot, Bobby Keys, Bruce Berry, Crazy Horse, Danny Whitten, David Briggs, Father John Misty, Harry Nilsson, Jesse Ed Davis, Jim Keltner, John Lennon, Josh Tillman, Keith Moon, Klaus Voorman, Los Angeles, Neil Young, Nils Lofgren, Ralph Molina, Ringo Starr

Los Angeles, I’m yours

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Punk 

The Last Ramone: Marky Carries the Punk Rock Banner

June 26, 2015April 11, 2019 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, Brian Jones, Buddy Rich, CBGBs, Clem Burke, Dave Brubeck, Dave Clark. Keith Moon, Dust, Grand Funk Railroad, Hal Blaine, Jim Keltner, Joe Morella, Marc Bell, Marky Ramone, Mitch Mitchell, Mountain, Peter Criss, Punk Rock Blitzkrieg, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Ringo Starr, Robert Quine, The Ramones, Wayne County

The last living member of the Ramones on getting sober, his favorite drummers and battles of the band

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