If my memory serves me right, my old friend Pat and I were being taken home from either school or baseball practice, and we ended up in their garage as I waited to go to my house. We rummaged through some records, and a live version of this song came up. I was hooked by Three Dog Night at that very moment.
Classic Rock
[Music] David Bowie – Warszawa (from the album ‘Stage’)
No need to comment on David Bowie’s instrumental masterpiece except to say that it is truly sublime listening.
[Music] Shocking Blue – Send Me A Postcard
Beat’s hottest singer, Mariska Veres, tearing it up for Shocking Blue at a club in 1968.
[Music] Greek Psychedelia — The New Elastic Infinite
Why haven’t I done a show on Greece before now? It is senseless! Greek psychedelia is the super most wow I’m blown away! Turn on and tune in to Global Psychedelia this Saturday from 2-4PM central (WEFT 90.1FM and streaming at weft.org) for these two hours of inner-cosmic freak outs from Greece. Acid Baby Jesus […]
[Music] Big Mama Thornton – Everything Gonna Be Alright
After an absolutely hideous two weeks, Willie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton offers some hope.
[Music] The Equals – Police On My Back
Though The Clash made this tune famous in its generation, the original version was performed by The Equals, who featured a very young Eddy Grant as a member of the band.
[Music] Scotty Moore, Rock Pioneer and Elvis Presley’s Guitarist, Dies at 84 — Variety
Scotty Moore, the pioneering rock ‘n’ roll guitarist whose fluid picking propelled Elvis Presley’s first recordings for Sun Records, died Tuesday in Nashville, according to Memphis newspaper the Commercial Appeal. He was 84. Moore was a member of a local country combo in Memphis when he was drafted by Sun owner Sam Phillips to support……
via Scotty Moore, Rock Pioneer and Elvis Presley’s Guitarist, Dies at 84 — Variety
[Music] Soul Jazz Collects Experimental 70s Rock From Venezuela On New Compilaton
Many thanks to Vinyl Factory for this wonderful news. I can’t wait to pick this release up!
Also, many thanks to Al Clark, who continues to post such great things.
[Music] The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – Transparent Day
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band were an American psychedelic rock band out of Los Angeles, California, who made some of the best music of the era in my opinion.
[Music] The Monkees – Birth Of An Accidental Hipster
Never did anyone think that The Monkees would actually get back together, but with an album full of amazing pop songs, including this one written by Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher, they have come back with full force. It’s far better than anything the surviving Beatles, Stones or anyone from that era has done in decades.
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 