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Same name, different spelling. Initially billed as the Jesters, this Mankato, Minnesota band earned a hefty helping of local applause prior to making their presence known in select areas about the country. You May Also Like: Gypsy, “Gypsy Queen, Part 1” (1970): One Track Mind
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Whenever I describe a jazz artist as unique and eccentric, using odd meters and irregular note progressions, that means I’m describing a whack jazz artist about 99% of the time. Reedman Daniel Bennett on the hand belongs in that one percent. You May Also Like: Daniel Bennett Group – WeRead More
Originally released in 1975 on A&M Records, Armageddon proved to be the late great ex-Yardbirds/Renaissance vocalist Keith Relf’s last stand — and he really went out rockin.’ It must have come as a shock to his legacy fans You May Also Like: How Jimmy Page and the Yardbirds Went OutRead More
Baby, you’re a Beatles fan: The monthly readers poll for April 2013 is dominated by Fab Four-related stuff — though, ultimately, Deep Purple’s terrific new effort topped the newest Something Else! list. You May Also Like: The Beatles, “What Goes On” from ‘Rubber Soul’ (1965): Deep Beatles The Beatles, “Boys”Read More
Missing longtime member Tom Pittman, but none of the knee-slapping fun, the Austin Lounge Lizards’ fizzy Home and Deranged takes on such typically topical subjects as airport patdowns, big-ego music stars, fat-cat bankers and government conspiracy theories. You May Also Like: Tom Shotton – ‘Forever Home’ (2021) Ed Roth –Read More
Midwesterner Dan Hazlett ambles out on The Corner of My Eye with a gently undulating cadence and an ever-so-comfy vocal on “The Alchemy of Fish,” beginning an album-long connection with every classic 1970s-era singer-songwriter type. You May Also Like: Jonathan Rowden Group – Skyward Eye (2017)
