Archive for August 26th, 2014

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One Track Mind: Billy Joe Shaver with Willie Nelson, “Hard To Be An Outlaw” (2014)

Willie Nelson’s presence here means a debt has finally been repaid.

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Phil Ochs – Live Again (2014)

We find Phil Ochs sharpening his weapons for a final attack on injustice.

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One Track Mind: Henry Butler + Steven Bernstein, “Gimme a Pigfoot” from Viper’s Drag (2014)

This is music that builds on the past – rather than fetishizing it.

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The time John Oates almost gave away a Hall and Oates charttopper: ‘Man, you’re out of your mind!’

John Oates had started writing it for one of their main influences.

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Jackson Browne – ‘Standing in the Breach’ (2014)

Jackson Browne’s ‘Standing in the Breach’ is as layered as it is honest, as reflective as it is determined.

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David Gilmour was at work on Pink Floyd masterpiece when he discovered Kate Bush: ‘I should try and do something’

Through David Gilmour’s patronage, Kate Bush made her first demo, and her celebrated career was underway.

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‘Maybe this new album is the end now for me’: Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant is at a career crossroads

“It’s not going to happen,” he says of a reunion. “You’d have to exhume.”