With David Bowie and Glenn Frey both dying unexpectedly this week, social media and the news have been abuzz. And rightly so. Both, Bowie especially, made huge contributions to popular music. Of course, you can’t really compare the two because (as the cliché goes), it’s like comparing apples and oranges. Yet, Bowie and Frey –…
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Josh Rouse’s “La Gran Familia Espanola” soundtrack
I haven’t seen La Gran Familia Espanola, the movie attached to Josh Rouse’s soundtrack. But, chances are you haven’t either. After all, it’s from Spain and has only had limited release in North America (under the title The Family United). This is okay, because we’re talking about a soundtrack here. Something to be listened to…
The Disco Days (Daze?) of Rock
The other day, I stumbled upon an online article (including video clips) about a 1974 German TV appearance by rootsy rock band Dr. Hook. Dr. Hook is/was primarily known for their single “The Cover of the Rolling Stone” and their collaborations with sometime-children’s author Shel Silverstein. In the early 70’s Dr. Hook seemed a pretty…
Album art – Steve Hackett’s “Genesis Revisited II”
From the website Genesis News, comes the below story of the photo adorning the new “Genesis Revisited II” album by Steve Hackett. You’ll recall that Hackett was Genesis’ guitarist from 1971 to 1977 – their “prog” heyday (Peter Gabriel dressed as a flower or wearing a fox’s head, Phil Collins with long hair and a…
Jackson Browne’s “Linda Paloma”: A California Mexican Song
“At the moment the music began and you heard the guitar player starting to sing…” With this opening line, Jackson Browne directly invites the listener in to his 1976 song “Linda Paloma”. It’s a song unlike anything else in Browne’s catalog, and not just due to the music. While he’s known for writing subject matter…
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