Every once in a while, something lives up to the hype. Shit, those dudes could PLAY! Sure, listen for the Hendrix.  But be surprised by the Lighthouse cover of "Eight Miles High".  And even the Doobies’ "Black Water". But what made me write this now is Cream’s take on "NSU" from March 1968.  It’s FEROCIOUS!  […]

"2000 Light Years From Home"The Rolling Stones "Satanic Majesties" gets a bad rap.  Seen as a lame imitation of "Sgt. Pepper" at the time, it’s been almost completely forgotten.  Nobody’s searching for all four Beatles’ faces in the 3-D cover.  The only song that was a hit, if you can even call it that, was […]

Take me back, carry me backDown to gasoline alley where I started from I was sitting here listening to my iPod through Felice’s JBL On Stage speakers and I heard Elton John’s "The King Must Die". You see I’ve got a playlist.  Of the 200 most played songs in my iTunes library.  I pull it […]

If Atlantic Records can start paying royalties to all the old African-American musicians it ripped off in its heyday can’t NARAS start giving Grammy awards to artists it has criminally overlooked over the ages?  Especially the unsung, those in need of remembrance, those not shining as bright as Led Zeppelin? First and foremost I nominate […]