Click on the link for Audio player: Jethro Tull – BBC Session – June 22, 1969 One of the early legends of the Progressive Rock movement. Jethro Tull initially got lumped into a mish-mash of genres. Labeled Folk-Rock, Art-Rock and Jazz-Rock, they were in fact a hybrid of everything, but
Click on the link here for Audio player: Elvis_Presley_Interview_March_1960 Thirty-five years ago today the sad news flashed around the world that Elvis Presley, the King of Rock n’ Roll had suddenly died. Tributes came pouring in and most every radio and TV station had some sort of remembrance of one
Click on the link here for Audio player: Jackie Lomax – Sour Milk Sea – 1969 One of the most distinctive voices in Rock tonight. Jackie Lomax is probably best remembered for his brief stay at Apple Records, and the heavyweight session folks joining in on his maiden effort with
Click on the link here for audio player: Ashton, Gardner & Dyke – It’s gonna be high tonight/It’s A Drag – 1972 To call Ashton, Gardner & Dyke one hit wonders is something of a cheat. They were a short-lived power-trio (augmented by a horn section) that had largely come
Click on the link here for audio player: Brigitte Bardot – Contact – 1967 Yes, Brigitte Bardot. Probably one of the most recognizable sex symbols to come out of France in the 1950’s and 60’s, Bardot also tried her hand at being a Popstar as well. And tonight’s track is
Grateful Dead – High Time – 1970 Since we’re spending some time today remembering the contributions to music by Jerry Garcia, I thought I would toss in my two cents and offer a track tonight from one of my favorite Grateful Dead albums. Tonight it’s High Time from Workingman’s Dead,
Part 1: Part 2: Editors note: This was originally posted on August 9, 2012, a few days after the death of Ruggiero Ricci. It was with a great sense of sadness that I heard about the passing of the legendary violinist Ruggiero Ricci this past Monday (August 6th). A musician
Click on the link here for the audio player: Mel Carter – The Richest Man Alive – 1964 Sometimes an artist will be known for one song, and the rest of his output gets largely ignored. In the case of tonight’s track, not only has it been ignored, it hasn’t
Clink on the link for the audio player: The Charlatans – We’re Not On The Same Trip – 1967 As strange, capricious, faulty and downright ignorant as the music often business is, the tragic neglect and criminal mishandling of one of the most influential and charismatic bands to come out
Click on the Link: News for July 27, 1965 Living on the edge in 1965. A lot was hanging in the balance for this 27th day in July, 1965. President Johnson was meeting with Democratic Congressional leaders this particular morning for a consensus on the situation in Vietnam. At issue
