"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Backstage Press interviews – 1990 Grammy© Awards – Feb. 22, 1990 -Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since tonight is a big night in the Music Business (or it used to be), I thought it might be good to take…
Become a Patron! Something classic and historic, although probably not all that rare or unusual this week. Just about everyone who has a passing interest in the music of Jimi Hendrix has probably heard this or the hundreds of other…
– George Harrison – In concert from Baton Rouge – Nov. 26, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The legendary and much missed George Harrison, live from Baton Rouge, recorded on November 26, 1974. Beyond his role as a…
– The Who – Live At Fillmore East – April 6, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – It occurred to me I haven’t run a Who concert in a very long time. One of my favorite bands, which I…
– Elvis Costello and The Attractions – Live At Old Waldorf – Nov. 15, 1977 – KSAN-FM – Early Elvis Costello. First U.S. tour to coincide with the release of My Aim Is True and the tour that landed him…
KMPC – Gary Owens – January 26, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – You live in L.A. and it’s January; the first month of a new year and a new decade. You have also left your twenties, and the…
Happy Mondays – in session for John Peel – April 1, 1986 – BBC Radio 1 – Getting ready to start off the week with Happy Mondays, in session for John Peel from April 1, 1986. Happy Mondays were one…
Procol Harum – In concert at l’Olympia, Paris – August 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the sad news today of the passing of Procol Harum lead-singer and co-founder Gary Brooker, it only seemed fitting to run this…
– ABC Radio News Of The World For 1966 – December 31, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If someone was to attempt to pinpoint exactly when things started to go haywire, they would most likely land on 1966.…
I suspect a lot of you have no idea who Grapefruit were, or have heard anything about them. Grapefruit were a short-lived phenomenon, lasting a little less than two years but turning out two albums and a slew of singles.…