Mama Told Me (Not to Come) was number for the weeks of July 11 and 18, 1970. It may come as a surprise to some that the song was written by Randy Newman for...
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Sidney Bechet, one of the giants of early jazz, wanted to lead. Bechet, like fellow jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton, was a Creole of Color. A couple of good...
Fun and well produced video for sort of a holiday afternoon. Here is the band’s website.
A well done site dedicated to the alternative band, Radiohead at Ease, has the bio: It was somewhere in 1982 when Thom Yorke, at the age of 14, asked Colin...
Unfortunately, Glen Campbell is battling Alzheimer’s Disease. Vintage Vinyl News reported last month that the disease is having an impact. Here is the...
This is an interesting advanced story at St. Louis Today for an appearance at The Demo in St. Louis by pianist Bill Payne, who was a founding member of Little...
I remember listening to Ornette Coleman many years ago and deciding, simply, that it wasn’t for me. I didn’t get it. In a lot of instances I still...
It’s really not correct to say that one thing is more unique than another. Unique is binary: The thing either is unique or not. That said, it’s...
Acoustic Guitar Masters John Fahey: On the Sunny Side of the Ocean Bert Jansch: Reynardine/Angie Leo Kottke: Vaseline Machine Gun/Last Steam Engine Adrian...
Amsterdam Klezmer Band: Op een Goppe/A Chassid in Amsterdam Black 47: Funky Céilí The Clancy Brothers: Finnegan’s Wake Juan Luis Guerra: La Guagua/Bachata en...
