They couldn’t be anything else. The first time I heard “Dream On” was just about now, only forty one years ago, crossing the great state of Massachusetts from Amherst to the 91. There were no iPods, never mind Walkmen, and unless you had a modern car, you were limited to AM. And my automobile was […]

“Rocky Mountain High” John Denver Love him or loathe him, if you’re not enamored of this song you’re not a friend of mine. From the acoustic intro you’re immediately transported to a place of fresh air where your troubles have been left behind. We all want to be born again, we all want to find […]

Well did she make you cry Make you break down Shatter your illusions of love And is it over now Do you know how Pick up the pieces and go home Not at that point, the crying came later. Although she had disappeared, she hadn’t told me it was over, but the silence seemed to […]

They were the house band for “Where The Action Is,” only half an hour long, but the MTV of its era. Used to be summer was a sleepy season, when television was filled with nothing but reruns, in this pre-internet era young kids could actually be bored. But the one thing they could never get […]