Our rockers, they don’t last long. I came to the Velvet Underground late. I didn’t listen to their first LP and start a band. A friend played me “Sister Ray” back in ’68, but I saw no need to buy the album, same deal with the Mothers of Invention, I had to come to them […]

After a failed 1977 solo album, Steve Winwood licked his wounds for over three years and then released “Arc Of A Diver,” which surprised everyone by containing a radio smash, “While You See A Chance.” Traffic petered out with 1974’s “When The Eagle Flies,” an unjustly forgotten record with the great opener “Something New” and […]

Isn’t It Enough-Spotify Isn’t It Enough-YouTube Sometimes you only have to hear a song once. We were making movies, back when that was exotic, back before you could buy a cam for a thousand bucks and everybody started making a documentary. As a result, there was not a door that would not open, everybody wants […]

While I was in Amsterdam, the days got shorter in L.A. I know it’s the way of the world, the shortest day of the year is only two months away, but it’s still a surprise, it still catches me off guard, especially in SoCal, when you leave the house for dinner and it’s dark and […]