THIS DIAMOND RING You know the Gary Lewis & the Playboys version, but Al envisioned it as a horn-fueled soul number and recorded it on his album “Act Like Nothing’s Wrong,” check it out. LIKE A ROLLING STONE Yes, that’s Al’s organ on the supposed #1 rock single of all time. He’s told the story […]

1. “Hello It’s Me” Todd’s not singing, but he wrote it, and was a member of the band. I still prefer this to Todd’s remake/hit single. The entire first Nazz album is a classic, check it out. Hello It’s Me by The Nazz 2. “We Gotta Get You A Woman” Pure magic, written for Paul […]

Everything sounds good when it rains. On the east coast, rain is a nuisance. On the west, it’s a novelty, kind of like snow in Hot Lanta, just a bit more frequent. But not this year. Sometime in January, after days in the 80s, you realize…it hasn’t rained! And unless you’re a skier, you believe […]

The Mighty Storm Al Kooper strikes again. Peter Bradley Adams was one half of a duo entitled eastmountainsouth signed to DreamWorks whose album was so overmassaged and spent upon that it sunk under its own weight and the act broke up. Times were a’ changin’, we were hitting the indie era, it was more about […]