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One Track Mind: Gov’t Mule, “Captured” from Shout (2013)

Warren Haynes’ Gov’t Mule has hatched an interesting idea: Issuing a new double-album project with Disc 1 devoted to new songs, while the second disc features those same song interpreted with a series of big-name guests. You May Also Like: Michael McDonald, “Find It In Your Heart” from Wide OpenRead More

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One Track Mind: Plastic Ono Band + Lenny Kravitz, “Cheshire Cat Cry” from Take Me to the Land of Hell (2013)

Lenny Kravitz brings a crunchy sense of propulsion to this advance song from the forthcoming Plastic Ono Band album, though Yoko Ono handles the vocals alone — whizzing past an even more intriguing intersection. You May Also Like: The ‘Mind Games’ Song That Pointed to John Lennon’s Reunion With YokoRead More

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One Track Mind: Darden Smith, “Seven Wonders” from Love Calling (2013)

Darden Smith returns with a quietly introspective love song — one that offers as many ruminative questions about the mysteries of passion as it does celebrations of how these things somehow work out anyway. You May Also Like: Why Patti Smith’s Resiliency Leads Me Back to ‘Easter,’ Time and AgainRead More

Peter Banks, Sonja Kristina + Billy Sherwood, “Winter Time” from Fly Like an Eagle (2013): One Track Mind

Peter Banks, Sonja Kristina + Billy Sherwood, “Winter Time” from Fly Like an Eagle (2013): One Track Mind

In yet another guest-packed project, the Billy Sherwood-produced Steve Miller tribute Fly Like an Eagle finds a special resonance with the inclusion of more final music from Peter Banks. You May Also Like: Todd Rundgren, Billy Sherwood + Others – ‘A Tribute to Keith Emerson and Greg Lake’ (2020) DavidRead More

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One Track Mind: Brian Andres and the Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel, “Black Market” (2013)

It’s hard to deny the electricity, enthusiasm and emotion of Afro-Cuban music, and a certain drummer out of San Francisco has captured that essence in leading a band of like-minded specialists of the music form. You May Also Like: Richard Turgeon, “You Always Believe” (2021): One Track Mind Richard Turgeon,Read More

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One Track Mind: George Baker Selection, “Little Green Bag” (1970)

Peaking at No. 21 on the national charts in the spring of 1970, “Little Green Bag” (Colassus Records) scores a bounty of brownie points for being one of the most enigmatic songs ever placed on plastic. You May Also Like: Jovian Tea, “Strange World” / “Red and Green Talking Machine”Read More

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One Track Mind: Ironing Board Sam, “Nothing But Your Butt” from Double Bang (2013)

Deliriously unself-conscious, and funky as hell, “Nothing But Your Butt” rumbles out like a throwback, sex-obsessed ’70s soul number — right down to Ironing Board Sam’s recitation of his love interest’s physical dimensions. You May Also Like: Chairmen of the Board – Greatest Hits (1973): Forgotten Series Living Colour, “ComeRead More

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One Track Mind: Hadiza Dockeray, “Somebody Better” from Chapter 4 (2013)

An intriguing mixture of old-school chanteuse and tough-minded modern woman, Hadiza Dockeray puts her foot down on “Somebody Better” — and then uses it to kick the ever-loving ass of some no-account. You May Also Like: Richard Turgeon, “Seven Stories” (2021): One Track Mind Linda and Richard Thompson, “The GreatRead More

One Track Mind: The Babys, “Not Ready to Say Goodbye” (2013)

One Track Mind: The Babys, “Not Ready to Say Goodbye” (2013)

In as much as they don’t have people like John Waite, Jonathan Cain and Ricky Phillips in the band anymore, the Babys sound almost exactly like they once did on an aptly named new single “Not Ready to Say Goodbye.” You May Also Like: Four Jacks and a Jill, “MasterRead More

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Countdown 5, “Shaka Shaka Na Na / Money Man” (1969): One Track Mind

Punching in as the Countdown 5’s final effort, “Shaka Shaka Na Na / Money Man” captured the band going out with a bang!