Bob – I remember driving to a swimming hole in the Catskills (circa 1973) with Maria Muldaur, David Nichtern and John Herald. In the car Maria sang a song called "Vaudeville Man." She sang it over and over. All day long. "It’s from this L.A. chick Wendy Waldman," Maria said, belting out chorus. "She’s got […]

Wendy Waldman: The thing that you’re saying and that you are teaching people in a most significant way is that in today’s world, perhaps like it was back in the "old" days, it takes a village to make any real music happen-I’m not talking about that other product that’s marketed as "music," where record companies […]

Warner Brothers might have paid for the record, but the reviews made me buy it. That woman who wrote Maria Muldaur’s "Vaudeville Man"…she had an album of her own. This was the heyday of the west coast singer-songwriters. Wendy Waldman had something to say. Senior year of high school is a victory lap. It’s your […]

Do you like "Exile On Main Street"? Sure, "Tumbling Dice" was the single. A disappointing one at that. Indecipherable. But the double album was WORSE! It was like you were listening through steel wool earmuffs. One play through and you went HUH? But, if you were going to see the Stones, the first victory lap, […]