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The Rolling Stones – Some Girls: Live in Texas ’78 DVD (2011)

Early on, Mick Jagger told an interviewer: “We were blues purists who liked ever-so-commercial things but never did them onstage because we were so horrible and so aware of being blues purists, you know what I mean?” You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Half Notes: Steve Miller – Number 5 (1970)

The Steve Miller Band was huge when I was a kid. Everybody owned Book of Dreams and Fly Like An Eagle. That’s all I ever owned. So, it’s been kinda fun to dig into a famous artist’s back catalog. Check out the liner dedication: “This album is dedicated to theRead More

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Guilty pleasures: The Charlie Daniels Band – Saddle Tramp (1976)

While working as a session player in the 1960s with legendary songwriters such as Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan, an up-and-coming Charlie Daniels witnessed first-hand greatness at both the pen and the microphone. You May Also Like: Charlie Parker – Unheard Bird (2016)

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Neil Young – Live at Massey Hall 1971 (2007)

There’s just something about Neil Young. His present-day persona along with his musical past form a sort of rolling time capsule in my head. Very strange, much like the man himself. You May Also Like: Neil Young Set a Solo Course on ‘Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House’

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Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, "Night" (1975)

I’ve heard people refer to “Night” as one of Born To Run‘s lesser songs, as well the album’s “mistake.” It’s certainly a lesser song in terms of its relative lack of fame as compared to other iconic entries You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the Innocent andRead More

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Steely Dan Sunday, “Everyone’s Gone to the Movies” (1971, 1975)

It’s pure coincidence that we reach this song about enticing young boys to go watch a porno flick shortly after a child molestation scandal broke open at Penn State University, and nothing about this topic is any laughing matter. But Becker and Fagen have long treated the topic of humanRead More

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Rory Gallagher – ‘BBC Sessions’ (1999; 2011 reissue)

Rory Gallagher could have been blues music’s long-lost savior, so vibrant, complex and original was his personality — both as a guitar player and (importantly) as a composer. Listen to BBC Sessions, which principally focuses on his work in the 1970s, and its easy to imagine Gallagher reanimating the musicRead More

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Something Else! Interview: Nils Lofgren, of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band

Nils Lofgren, the longtime member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, has emerged with a fiery, emotionally frank solo release – his first original project in six years. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Something Else! Featured Artist: More Queen

All of sudden, there is a flurry of activity surrounding Queen — prompting a rare second edition for the band in the Something Else! Featured Artist series. You May Also Like: The ‘Sheer Heart Attack’ Song That Confirmed Queen’s Metallic Genius Adam Lambert’s Favorite Queen Song Might Surprise You WhyRead More

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Pat Metheny – One Quiet Night (2003)

One night back in the late 1970s, me and my cousin Andy were playing a game of backgammon (cripes, that really was a long time ago … I remember there was a Styx Grand Illusion poster on the wall You May Also Like: Why Pat Metheny’s ‘New Chautauqua’ Still ProvidesRead More