Category Tribute

The Charlatans (UK) In Concert (Jon Brookes: 1969-2013 – RIP) – 1991 – Nights At The Roundtable: Tribute Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Charlatans (UK) in Concert at The Metro, Chicago – Feb. 21, 1991 It was ironic that I ran a Tim Burgess concert from Glastonbury this past weekend. Burgess, for those of…

JJ Cale (1938-2013) Live At Ebbets Field, Denver – 1975 – Past Daily Tribute Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – JJ Cale – Live in Concert At Ebbets Field, Denver – Feb. 13, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another sad passing to report – another in the growing list of…

If It’s July 18, 1965 – It Must Be Vietnam

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for July 18, 1965 – WOR-AM, New York – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News reports on the war in Vietnam were coming with such regularity in 1965 as to almost make…

July 11, 1974 – Haggling Over Impeachment

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for Week of July 11, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Become a Patron! Busy week, this particular one in July 1974. Surprise results from elections in Canada, uneasy ceasefire staying…

Fourth Of July – 1962 – President Kennedy Celebrates A Cold War Fourth.

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Fourth of July celebration with President Kennedy – July 4, 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The Fourth of July in 2013 is full of turmoil and uncertainty. Oddly, the Fourth of…

Nelson Mandela – Milestone Moments – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Election Night – May 9, 1994 Click on the link here for Audio Player: Inauguration addresses – May 10, 1994 As news from South Africa today isn’t optimistic over the condition of…

A Few Words From Ray Manzarek (RIP – 1939-2013) – Past Daily Pop Chronicles: Tributes

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Yet another sad passing to report. News today of the passing of Doors co-founder and author Ray Manzarek at 74 from a long bout with Cancer in Germany took a…

George Jones (1931-2013) – Live At Gilley’s 1979 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles: Tribute Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Not really part of our regularly scheduled posts, nonetheless the passing of yet another iconic musician is more than enough cause to pay tribute. And even though Country-Western music isn’t…