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Lightnin’ Strikes

Spotify: https://rb.gy/sqfyaf YouTube: https://rb.gy/2xe2yn 1 We knew the record, we knew the name, but we couldn’t pick Lou Christie out of a lineup. That’s how it was back in ’66, when the Brits still had a hold on the Top 40, album rock was becoming a thing, but every once in a while something American […]

Haim “Relationships”

Spotify: https://rb.gy/rmm2oj I know this track came out in March. I even know that HAIM is about to drop a new album on Friday. But don’t ask me how I stumbled on this, I can’t remember. But about halfway through this cut I got hooked. Well, let me explain that. I’m not telling you for […]

My Roots Playlist

MY FAIR LADY “With a Little Bit of Luck” ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS “Witch Doctor” “The Chipmunk Song” “Alvin’s Harmonica” “Alvin for President” RUFF & REDDY SHEB WOOLEY  “Purple People Eater” THE TEMPOS “See You in September” BRYAN HYLAND “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini” CHUBBY CHECKER  “The Twist” PETER, PAUL & MARY “If […]

Re-Tyler Childers

The best artist in America for me. Joe Taylor Record of the Day _________________________________ The last public event I attended before COVID lockdown was a concert in Pittsburgh where he opened for Sturgill Simpson. I swear, half the crowd left after Childers was done. I’ve never seen anything like it. As for his politics, check […]