Imagine walking into a big music store. Two guys are playing: a solid funk bass propelled by a wiggly, syncopated drummer. You May Also Like: Derek Sherinian – ‘Vortex’ (2022)

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Formed in the summer of 1964, Episode Six quickly developed a star-studded reputation as a hotshot live band. The English group, which included lead singer Ian Gillian and bassist Roger Glover, who eventually gleaned even more accolades in Deep Purple, also cut a flock of brilliant singles that are featuredRead More

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Although the Peppermint Trolley Company’s biggest claim to commercial fame rests in the fact they recorded the theme to the first season of “The Brady Bunch,” they actually cut a clutch of artistically rewarding material that in a just world would have attained wider airplay. Residents of Redlands, California, theRead More

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Aside from ‘Hang On Sloopy,’ the McCoys dispatched a string of comparably strong songs ripe for rediscovery if you missed them the first time around.