With ‘Let Me Get By’ the TTB is a full-time, fully mature and fully self-contained ensemble ready to conquer the world. Already, they’re well on their way to doing just that.

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Creedence Clearwater Revival was a canny name, considering the way the band nudged rock — in a moment when their San Francisco brethren were pushing it further out in the space — back toward its R&B roots. You May Also Like: That time CCR moved Booker T. and the MGsRead More

Volto! came together like most side projects, by happenstance, and without any commercial considerations. Just for the pure fun of friends getting together and playing music outside their day job…err…gig. You May Also Like: Jeff Babko: The Albums That Shaped My Career Dan Rosenboom – ‘Absurd In the Anthropocene’ (2020)Read More

Is it possible to achieve any new vistas with the oft-collected, endlessly repackaged hits of John Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater Revival? This collection, quite unexpectedly, makes the case. You May Also Like: That time CCR moved Booker T. and the MGs to greatness: ‘It was inspirational; it’s still inspirational’ TellRead More

Jerry Garcia taught Saunders how to loosen up. Merl Saunders taught Garcia how to play the old standards. It was a match made in heaven.