I played this for my mother. I didn’t buy “Fresh,” not at first, my initial Cream purchase was “Disraeli Gears,” way before “Sunshine Of Your Love” got airplay, I experienced it as an album, it revealed itself to me with each play, and the song that hooked me was the second side opener, “Tales Of […]

It brings tears to your eyes. What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where the two musical highlights of the year were provided by septuagenarians? That’s right, Taylor Swift and Adele did not reach Mt. Everest in 2015, theirs were financial stories propped up by commercial pop and grade B songs, […]

“Abbey Road” is not my favorite Beatles album. But “You Never Give Me Your Money” is my favorite track on it. By 1969 the Beatles had ascended to the superstar status they deserved, far beyond competitors like the Rolling Stones, never mind the American groups. I know that sounds funny, after breaking on to the […]

R&RHOF Playlist – Spotify YOUR SAVING GRACE Steve Miller Band From the fourth album, of the same title. I didn’t buy it, although I did go to the Fillmore East to see the band headline. I got turned on to this track by XM, before the merger, on Deep Tracks. Funny how these gems are […]