Jimmie Rodgers – Country, Folk and Pop all rolled into one. Jimmie Rodgers Show – recorded for Canadian Radio on November 1961 – broadcast on January 5, 1962. Many people hear the name Jimmie Rodgers and immediately gravitate to Jimmy Rodgers the Singing Brakeman, the 20th century Pioneer of Country
How you managed to get through this life in one piece is a mystery – even you can’t figure it out. You were there – you should know – blank wall. Friday night – The Hullabaloo on Sunset – Moby Grape – sold out – people everywhere. Sunset Strip was
Gil Evans Orchestra for this Daylight Savings Sunday – recorded during their European Tour of 1978 (no exact date and no exact venue, sorry). Gil Evans with his orchestra consisting of the usual suspects; Lew Soloff, trumpet-flugel horn, Earl McIntyre, trombone-tuba, Steve Lacy, soprano sax, Arthur Blythe, alto sax, Pete
Bob Crane – 9th Anniversary Show – May 30, 1964 – KNX Radio Los Angeles – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Talk radio in Los Angeles during the 1950s and 1960s was completely different than Talk Radio is now. Then, it was about personalities – the show host and the
Brunch with The Claypool Lennon Delirium this weekend – recorded at the 2016 Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco on August 16, 2016. The Claypool Lennon Delirium – one of my favorite go-to bands in recent years, probably because they remind me, in vibe and approach to Gong, another favorite
Hands Off Gretel to wind up the week – recorded on the occasion of their 2nd album release party on March of 2019 and preserved for posterity in the form of a video (available for download from the band). It’s always sad when you read about a band, who you
The Great Challenge – Individual Relationships In A Mass Society -April 22, 1956 By 1956 it would be pretty safe to say America was headed well into nervous breakdown territory. Everything was on the rise – divorce, alcohol abuse, prescription medications, fear, paranoia and irrevocable change. And it wasn’t being
Alvvays to get Friday lunch rolling. From their 2023 appearance at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, July 21, 2023. Alvvays are a Toronto-based band who have been building up a steady fanbase and word-of-mouth these past several years, ever since getting started in 2011. Alvvays (pronounced “always”) originated in
March 6, 1947 – NBC News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 6, 1947 – Busy news day, 79 years ago. Secretary of State Gen. George Marshall arrived at Orly airfield in Paris on his way to Moscow for the Big Four Conference – he would
March 6, 1942 – News Of The World – NBC Red Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 6, 1942 – On top of news about the War abroad, the war at home was gearing up to fever pitch. With the situation in the Far East came news
