Drummer Joel Larson, a founding member of the Grass Roots, was on board for their most memorable accomplishments.

They told me he might not cry. Same with her. Both times, in the moments before our son Jack and then our daughter Ella came into this world, I was down the hall You May Also Like: Noah Jack, “Neighborhood” (2017): One Track Mind

Lettuce is funk powerhouse of a supergroup, a rare supergroup where the group was formed before many of its members became “super” from other projects. You May Also Like: WRD (Robert Walter, Eddie Roberts, Adam Deitch) – ‘The Hit’ (2021) Takuya Kuroda – ‘Fly Moon Die Soon’ (2020)

Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials serve as both a direct link back to the legacy of the old blues master J.B. Hutto and also the living template for Alligator Records’ house-rocking style of electrified roots music. You May Also Like: The Deanan Gourmet Popcorn Factory Crew, “Lil’ Kernel” (2018):Read More

Since being signed to Zac Brown’s record label and touring with Brown last year, Atlanta-based Blackberry Smoke is probably a lot better known You May Also Like: Blackberry Smoke – ‘Be Right Here’ (2024) Blackberry Smoke, “Waiting on the Thunder” from Like an Arrow (2016): One Track Mind

“I’m A Rocker” definitely lands on the light-hearted and fun side of The River. Nothin’ fancy here. It’s just Bruce hammering out the Rocker-As-Superhero story to his lady friend, while a wall of guitar, organ, and sax set up an enormous clatter. I wanted to show a video from theRead More

Walter Becker and Donald Fagen dug “Sultans Of Swing” like the rest of us did when this first Dire Straits hit was making hay on the radio in 1979. It was beginning with this song where Mark Knopfler made fancy fingerpicking — by way of Chet Atkins — cool againRead More

For a spell there, the Chocolate Watch Band was remembered more for their loony name than their music. Although they were a popular live act in and around their stomping grounds of San Jose, California, their records stiffed, naturally limiting their profile. By the time the 70’s arrived, the ChocolateRead More

Australian guitarist Peter J. Martin is a player of enormous technical capability but also much lyrical strength, twin talents that make Waltz for the Wicked a deeply listenable adventure. You May Also Like: Wicked Realm, Aug. 26, 2016: Shows I’ll Never Forget

I’ve never met Greg Brown (though I did once see my mom, all five feet and seventy-something years of her, run up to him to shake his hand after a show) … You May Also Like: Greg Brown’s ‘In the Hills of California’ Finally Reproduced His Nervy Live Sound