Hit The Road Jack
Clocking in at exactly two minutes, “Hit The Road Jack” draws up the short course in how to make a Rock-N-Roll record. Among the vanguard of the second wave of pioneers, Ray Charles leads the attack with humor, aplomb and an infectious beat in his second #1 mainstream chart song (after “Georgia On My Mind”). […]
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- Post date October 4, 2021
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Runaway Train – Soul Asylum’s Ode to Depression & Addiction
Runaway Train rises to the level of a great song for many reasons. Chief among them is that its poignant, well-crafted lyrics are open to multiple interpretations, sliding on a scale from the ridiculous to the sublime. Nevertheless, the words mean a lot of different things to many people. Coupled with a mesmerizing rhythm guitar; […]
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- Post date April 14, 2021
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Runaround Sue’s Ties to Buddy Holly and the Famous Plane Crash
It was the swaggering, swinging exuberance and old-fashioned excellence emanating from the big cities that lifted Rock-N-Roll out of the hole it had fallen into after a series of devastating losses in the late 1950s and . The state of Rock-N-Roll was in a state by the middle of . February of 1959 witnessed the […]
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- Post date April 14, 2021
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Profiling Caravan by Van Morrison, A 1970 Rock Great
Kot: Did you enjoy The Last Waltz? (the Band’s farewell concert in 1976, in which Clapton, Bob Dylan and a host of greats performed.) Clapton: I did, yeah. A fantastic event. I loved it. Kot: Was the music up to snuff? Clapton: For me, Muddy [Waters] and Van [Morrison] steal the show. Van doing Caravan […]
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- Post date March 8, 2021
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Introducing Rock & Roll Fans to Can’t You See by Marshall Tucker Band
Although Marshall Tucker lacked the musical virtuosity of either The Allman Brothers or Lynyrd Skynyrd, they recorded a handful of gold nuggets that helped propel them into the front ranks of the Southern Rock movement of the late 1960s and early 70s. (In fact, some would say this gives Marshall Tucker short shrift: They have […]
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- Post date March 8, 2021
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Blogging About Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison
On a good day, it makes you tap your toes and smile broadly. On great days it returns the wings of an eagle to ride as in times gone by. On quieter days, it brings a tear to your eye for all the things that were and might have been. Among standard, pedestrian ratings of […]
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- Post date March 8, 2021
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A Profile of Black Magic Woman by Santana
“Black Magic Woman” fittingly has had two major lives. The first came from Fleetwood Mac for whom Peter Green wrote the song and then, of course, the second coming from Santana in the classic form that moved Rock-N-Roll heaven and earth. (The Fleetwood Mac line up that invented “Black Magic Woman” is a far cry […]
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- Post date March 8, 2021
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Deep Read Into Ballad Of A Thin Man by Bob Dylan
“The Times They Are a-Changin’” (released 1964) was written in 1963 as a demo by troubadour Dylan. As a clarion of change, it is endlessly sung and cited as among his best work, although a Folk song and not a Rock song by any means. As a forerunner of “Ballad Of A Thin Man,” the […]
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- Post date March 8, 2021
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In-Depth Look at American Girl by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
American Girl is a song that moves quickly through portrayals of modernist ennui to despair to (at least an imagination of) suicide and ends up at a possible redemption. It is set to a sprightly tune with a bopping rhythm that is one part early Byrds, one part Beatles’ vocal influence, one part New Wave […]
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- Post date March 8, 2021
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Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band & A Day in the Life by The Beatles, A Rock & Roll Thrill Ride
Brian had a nervous collapse. What broke his heart was Sgt. Pepper. — Van Dyke Parks on Brian Wilson’s reaction to The Beatles’ Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album: When the transition occurs between The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band (the reprise song) and A Day In The Life, we are totally […]
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