Elvis Presley helped spark the Beatles’ ‘Love’: ‘I’d been getting a little bit jealous’
Paul McCartney admits to “getting a little bit jealous” over a hit Elvis Presley remix from the early 2000s. A few years later, the Beatles’ ‘Love’ debuted.
Archive for January 8th, 2015
Lead Belly, “Princess Elizabeth” from Lead Belly: Smithsonian-Folkways Collection (2015)
A previously unheard song finds Lead Belly singing about an event both literally and figuratively a world away from his life in the piney woods.
Ballister – Worse For The Wear (2015)
Ballister’s fifth release ‘Worse For The Wear’ proves that Chicago-style free jazz remains cutting-edge and uncompromising.
Jamey Johnson, “Alabama Pines” (2015): One Track Mind
Jamey Johnson has released his first new non-holiday song since ending a prolonged dispute with Mercury and launching his own label.
Performance of Pink Floyd’s ‘Comfortably Numb’ almost went terribly wrong: ‘I could feel the wall moving’
Dave Kilminster had more to worry about than helping to recreate a Pink Floyd classic during Roger Waters’ epic presentation of ‘The Wall.’
Levon Helm, “Even a Fool Would Let Go” from Levon Helm (1982): Across the Great Divide
A journeyman country tune makes the case all over again for Levon Helm’s tender, heart-openingly emotional side.
How the Monkees were named, and other Beatles-related myths: ‘It was a lot of fun’
Micky Dolenz unravels some common misconceptions involving the Monkees and the Beatles, starting with how his band spelled its name.
