Find the end of the rainbow Fly wherever the winds blow Laugh at life like a sideshow Just what you need to make you feel better John Miles never broke through in America, but he’s a star in my book, because he sings lead on “(The System of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether”! Huh? Once […]

1. “This Diamond Ring” Gary Lewis & the Playboys Cowritten by our Lefsetz favorite, Al Kooper. However, Al was horrified by this take until the royalty checks started piling in. Al saw it as a soul number. And I’m including Al’s take from his 1977 album “Act Like Nothing’s Wrong,” check it out. But Gary […]

The big hit was “I’m No Angel.” That’s right, Gregg Allman was free of Phil Walden and Capricorn. He signed a deal with Epic and lo and behold, nearly a decade after his last solo work, when MTV ruled and it looked like the game had totally changed, he broke through once again. Not that […]

It was the last track on “Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass),” the Rolling Stones greatest hits set with the cover photograph I thought was shot in England but turned out to be L.A. And “Play With Fire” itself was cut in Los Angeles, but I didn’t learn this until years later, to me […]