Chicago II – Spotify We wanted to get closer to the music. We grew up in an era where music came out of a small speaker in the dashboard, a tiny speaker on the side of the all-in-one record player in our bedroom, the muffled speaker on the front of the console in the living […]

Steven Wilson’s Benefit – Spotify RADIOACTIVE TOY Prog rock bands were kind of like hair bands. They ascended from nowhere and imploded overnight. And one can argue that the pretentiousness killed prog rock, the capes and the multi-sided albums, but unlike hair bands, prog rock did not begin with cynicism, rather it was an exploration, […]

It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – Spotify I had to hear “It’s Alright, Ma.” “Highway 61 Revisited” is the legend, but I prefer the previous LP, “Bringing It All Back Home.” “Bringing It All Back Home” is a bit darker, a bit less trebly, but it does not contain “Like A Rolling Stone,” so […]

Stephen Stills Manassas Start at 29:00 in. Stephen Stills makes it seem so effortless, you can’t believe he’s wringing that sound out of his guitar, no one should be able to play that well, no wonder he was friends with Jimi Hendrix, who played on Stephen’s solo debut. I was reading about Manassas on Music […]