“My Blood” Twenty One Pilots This is a hit! At first, for the initial twenty seven seconds, it seems generic, not much different from everything else, au courant, albeit employing the drum machine sound of the early eighties. And then, after that, it takes a turn, and then at forty two seconds in another, and […]

Tom Johnston/Doobies Playlist 1 Just when you think you got a good thing It seems to slip away I was not a fan of the Doobie Brothers. “Listen To The Music” exploded on to the airwaves when I was in college, far from reality, in Middlebury, Vermont. All we had for radio was the college […]

Lynyrd Skynyrd – Spotify I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard “Sweet Home Alabama.” I’d graduated from college only months before. Talk about a weird experience. What am I gonna do next? In my case I was gonna be a ski bum in Little Cottonwood Canyon, i.e. Alta & Snowbird. My […]

Spotify YouTube This is a hit record! It’s got a hole in the elbow, bandana pocket Silver button missin’ from the snap at the bottom I said ‘That thing’s seen better days, daddy you should toss it’ And he said, ‘Darlin’ I can’t’ Steve expected me to be wearing my jean jacket. I hadn’t seen […]