‘THAT was smokin’!’… So spoke one of those hundred or so present July 26th at the 200+ capacity Nectar’s in Burlington, VT to witness Duane Betts and his Palmetto Motel
Buffalo Springfield’s third album, Last Time Around (released 7/29/68), has one of, if not the most, interesting backstories of any such tales in contemporary rock history. And because it’s also
In the hands of Beck’s then-manager, Mickie Most, the grandly-titled Truth had the potential to be a glorious train wreck. Having produced singles for the likes of Herman’s Hermits and
For GarciaLive Volume 20 Cape Cod June 18th, 1982, the curators of the ongoing archival series wisely choose to change things up. In terms of cosmetics alone, the cover images are
Hardly the commercial success of its predecessor Can’t Buy A Thrill, the second Steely Dan album, Countdown to Ecstasy, (released July 1973) was the only record of the group’s written and arranged for a
With fifty-five years of hindsight, it’s easy to see why Super Session (released 7/22/68) has exerted such influence on contemporary rock in the interim since its release. Besides its emphasis on the
Mountains is a fairly accurate summary of Nils Lofgren’s varied talents, especially considering the album was conceived and executed within the confines of pandemic lockdowns. Add to that the long list
Contributing an essay to the 50th Anniversary package of Grateful Dead’s Anthem of the Sun (released 7/18/68), scholar Steve Silberman accurately and vividly recounts the sequence of events involved in the original production of the
With over a half-century of hindsight, Creedence Clearwater Revival’s debut album (released 7/15/68) stands as the epitome of the early declaration of distinctive musical style by a fledgling artist. The
With the release of the 40th Anniversary Expanded Edition of Field Day, Marshall Crenshaw has fully and completely addressed the negativity that arose upon the issue of his second studio album forty years ago. Whether