I got this idea from vlogger Glen From the Basement. Thanks Glen. The Beatles’ White Album has always held a special place for me. The songs helped fill an emotional crevasse for me fifty-odd years ago. That album has never aged, even if I have. The Beatles worked both as a band and solo in … More The White Album, Songs Ranked
BTO, the band that owned the mid 1970s. Another long hair, earthy, guitar riff band. This was working class, beer drinking rock and roll. I saw Randy Bachman in concert back in 2018, about 40 years after I saw BTO live, with Electric Light Orchestra. I remember more about ELO, who were ascending, whereas BTO … More Bachman-Turner Overdrive
You know the theme music from the 1970s television series, Taxi. Jazz composer Bob James wrote the theme (“Angela”) and a few other tracks that appeared on the series, he released those along with some other tracks on an album called The Genie: Themes & Variations from the TV Series Taxi (1983). James has released … More Bob James: Taxi
I’m conflicted writing this. I love the band Genesis, but would I have plunked down major cash to see the band at this stage of their career? They did not have a concert scheduled anywhere near me, so the opportunity to see them was nil. After a 14-year hiatus from touring, Genesis regrouped to hit … More The Last Domino?: Genesis
With the new Get Back series we have a chance to enjoy the Beatles like we have never seen them before. Like others my age, I wonder where the time went. The Beatles’ recording career stopped in January 1970 as George, Paul and Ringo worked on George’s song, “I Me Mine” for the Let It … More George Harrison: Gone 20 Years
I love to be surprised by music I didn’t know about or was convinced I would not like. As I get older, I have to fight harder to move out of my comfort zone of musical tastes. Retracing my steps over many decades, there are some game-changers. Although I will not likely be shouting the … More Musical Surprises
Autobiographies by musicians are usually filled with partying, conquests and namedropping. I’ve read a ton of them and most I’ve forgotten before turning the final page. They are usually quick reads on a weekend, cotton candy for the brain. Even though most are mediocre, that does not stop me from reading them. Here are five … More Top Five Music Memoirs
Breathe deep… …the gathering gloom,Watch lights fade from every room.Bedsitter people look back and lament,Another day’s useless energy spent.Impassioned lovers wrestle as one,Lonely man cries for love and has none.New mother picks up and suckles her son,Senior citizens wish they were young.Cold hearted orb that rules the night,Removes the colours from our sight.Red is grey … More Remembering Graeme Edge
After the 1970s, The Who struggled as a band. The death of drummer Keith Moon in 1978 took the wind out of the band’s sails. Two studio albums would eventually follow before the band went on a long hiatus, releasing only live albums, greatest hits compilations and unreleased tracks, until 2006’s Endless Wire, a studio … More Forgotten Who Albums
I got into this spirited back and forth with a guy about Roger Waters and Pink Floyd. The debate was whether most of Pink Floyd’s songwriting credit belongs to Waters. I said no. Certainly, Waters wrote some key songs for the group, but his impact is overrated in my opinion. He wasn’t Pink Floyd. Is … More More Than Roger Waters
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