Have A Cigar!: Celebrating Pink Floyd's massive new reissue project
Psych-rockers Pink Floyd and EMI are launching an exhaustive re-release campaign, beginning today. You could say that tickled us … pink. You May Also Like: No related posts.
Post Tagged with: "1960s"
Rufus Thomas, ‘Do the Funky Chicken’ (1969; 2011 reissue): One Track Mind
Rufus Thomas, R&B scamp and known ass-shaker about town, was the ripe old age of 53 when this single was released. He hadn’t lost one bit of arm-flapping gusto. Yet, “Do The Funky Chicken” still came out of nowhere. Thomas’s label, Memphis-based Stax, had recently severed ties with Atlantic Records,Read More
Half Notes: Captain Beefheart, "The Dust Blows Forward 'n The Dust Blows Back" (1969)
by Mark Saleski This song, from Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica, wouldn’t feel out of place on Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music. Part field holler, part rambling genius. Well I put down my bush ‘n I took off my pants ‘n felt free The breeze blowin’ up meRead More
Junior Wells, with Buddy Guy – Hoodoo Man Blues (1965, 2011 reissue)
For Junior Wells, there was just something about working with Buddy Guy. On Hoodoo Man Blues, a spark-filled mid-1960s Chicago blues album, Wells stops on more than one occasion, while letting loose these flying shards of harmonica blasts You May Also Like: John Mayall – ‘Road Show Blues’ (1980; 2022Read More
Chris Connor – Sings Gentle Bossa Nova (1965, reissue)
You’re forgiven for forgetting that Chris Connor, one of the premier cool-jazz vocalists, took a quick detour into popular music in the mid-1960s. You May Also Like: Eliane Elias Confidently Expanded Her Main Influences on ‘Bossa Nova Stories’ Gentle Giant – ‘Free Hand [Steven Wilson Mix]’ (1975; 2021 reissue) GentleRead More
Something Else! Featured Artist: Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin’s image, dating back to the band’s debauched 1970s heyday, has grown so outsized that it sometimes obscures, well, the music. You May Also Like: Why ‘Celebration Day’ Provided the Perfect Farewell for Led Zeppelin
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. – The Rat Pack Live at the Sands (2001)
by Derrick Lord This is an act the Rat Pack — Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. — had down to a T and it really shows. A fun slice of musical history. You May Also Like: No related posts.
The Friday Morning Listen: The Beach Boys – The Warmth Of The Sun (1964)
As I drove down the hill into our town last night, I looked up at the horizon to see the mountains, usually nice and green, wrapped in an odd haze of gray. At 7PM, it was still 90 degrees. You May Also Like: How Beach Boys Found the Sun AgainRead More
Pink Floyd – ‘Piper at the Gates of Dawn’ (1967): Half Notes
Pink Floyd’s 1967 debut ‘Piper at the Gates of Dawn’ is, quite simply, the greatest psychedelic album ever. Don’t bother writing, ‘Sgt. Pepper’ fans.
Gimme Five: Steve Cropper on "Knock on Wood," "Dock of the Bay," "Soul Man," others
Steve Cropper, of Booker T. and the MGs and Stax Records fame, has trouble picking any one moment on his upcoming star-studded project Dedicated as his favorite. So, we went further back into his legendary soul-soaked career. You May Also Like: No related posts.
