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Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, "All I'm Thinkin' About" (2005)

Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, “All I’m Thinkin’ About” (2005)

It’s not often that I think of Bruce Springsteen songs in the same context as the Viet Nam era and the American culture of that time, but “All I’m Thinkin’ About” has always reminded me of Canned Heat’s “Heading Up The Country.” You May Also Like: Bruce Springsteen – ‘TheRead More

Steely Dan Sunday, "Planet D'Rhonda" (2012)

Steely Dan Sunday, “Planet D’Rhonda” (2012)

While “Planet D ‘Rhonda” may not be as great as “Miss Marlene” and “Good Stuff,” it does end ‘Sunken Condos’ on a strong and convincing musical note.

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‘You won’t abuse my song’: Steve Cropper on the Stax hit that caused a tussle between Wilson Pickett and Eddie Floyd

“Here are these two guys,” Cropper marvels, “wrestling in the control room.”

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Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca – La Rumba SoYo (2014)

If you don’t feel the urge to move, you need to have your pulse checked.

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Something Else! Interview: Keith Law on Velvett Fogg, the influence of Bob Dylan + opening for the Moody Blues

Velvett Fogg is best known as the home of a pre-Black Sabbath Tony Iommi.

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The Jimmy Giuffre 3 & 4 – New York Concerts (2014)

Rare recordings confirm Giuffre’s foresight as free jazz began racing to the edge.

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Inside Jon Davison’s whirlwind ascension as Yes’ frontman: ‘I’m still fully realizing what that means’

He got the job without auditioning, and was on the road with Yes a month later.

(Cross the) Heartland: Pat Metheny, "Offramp" (1981)

(Cross the) Heartland: Pat Metheny, “Offramp” (1981)

Some think Metheny is joking around, that he couldn’t possibly like “all of this noise.”

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One Track Mind: John Hiatt, “Terms of My Surrender” from Terms of My Surrender (2014)

In which Hiatt admits everything about the wonders, and the terrors, of love.

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‘The band just took a different route’: Nick Mason on Pink Floyd’s early free-form triumphs with Joe Boyd

Boyd met the youthful members of Pink Floyd as owner of London’s first psych-rock space.