And the journey continues on from Part 1….. Pity poor John Martyn. He went into the studio in the early 90s to re-record some of the best songs from his career for a new album. Not satisfied with the results, he went back in the studio to give it another go. Meanwhile, his record label…
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Sound City: A Dump, A Palace
What do Bill Cosby, cult leader Charles Manson, and daredevil motorcyclist Evel Knievel all have in common? It sounds like the preamble to a particularly clever joke (or maybe just a particularly bad joke). The answer, however, is that they all recorded songs in a not-much-to-look-at, often-trashed studio called Sound City. Classic albums by artists…
School Bus Memories
It’s funny how we associate certain songs with certain times in our lives. There’s a whole batch of songs, that, whenever I hear them take me back to 1982 and riding the school bus to school each day. I was about 14 and the ride was about 20 minutes each way, through the rolling wooded…
Bob Weston (ex-Fleetwood Mac solo’s, Part 5)
So, this brings us to the final installment of the “ex-Fleetwood Mac solo’s” series. There were more – many more – ex-Fleetwood Mac members. Some are relatively obscure, like Bob Bruning and Dave Walker, and some more well-known like Dave Mason. Even Christine McVie is no longer a member of the group. But, my interest…
Peter Green (ex-Fleetwood Mac solo’s, Part 4)
Peter Green was the founder of Fleetwood Mac and the music he produced with them in their first few years was, in many people’s opinion, miles removed from the later Lindsey Buckingham “pop” oriented days. I would argue that you can draw a pretty straight line from Green to Buckingham, however. In fact, if you…
Danny Kirwan (ex-Fleetwood Mac solo’s, Part 3)
Yes, the early 70’s were not a good time to be a member of Fleetwood Mac. Yet another casualty of those times was guitarist/songwriter Danny Kirwan, fired from the band in 1972. He joined the band in 1968, largely as a guitar foil for Peter Green (since Jeremy Spencer didn’t appear to have much interest…
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