Booker T. & the MG’s – The Best of Booker T. & the MG’s
Despite having a great love for the Stax/Volt sound, despite loving almost everything they ever produced, I have to admit that I rarely put on Booker T and the MGs. When I go instrumental,...
Author: cjvinyl
Karla Bonoff — Wild Heart of the Young
There are some artists to whom I feel like I owe an apology. Karla Bonoff would be one. I’ve already written about how, despite my absolute, total love for her first album, and despite...
Karla Bonoff – Restless Nights
Karla Bonoff did a tour in support of “Restless Nights,” and, quite enamored of her debut album, the Woman Who Would Become My Wife (WWWBMW? 3WBMW? Or maybe just Lee) and I went to...
Karla Bonoff – Karla Bonoff
I have always, always been that guy who sits through the end of the credits at movies and reads them. Now, the black and white features on the midnight movies that played on Saturday...
The Blues Project — Al Kooper, Roy Blumenfeld, Danny Kalb, Tommy Flanders, Steve Katz, Andy Kulberg of The Blues Project
Another new one (to me), and another one that challenges alphabetization. This was another splendid find from Siren Records in Doylestown from earlier this year (2020) when I raided their blues bins (thinking I...
Blues Magoos — Psychedelic Lollipop
Somehow I got through an intense period of ’60s rock/British Invasion/rhythm ’n’ blues/psychedelic fandom without ever buying a Blues Magoos record. I’ve got The Beau Brummels and the Standells and The Barbarians and The...
Fleetwood Mac & Others — Blues Jam in Chicago
Another new record picked up during a record store crawl this past February, 2020, when going places and being with other people was still a thing. And another new record that gives me a...
The Blues Project — Live at the Cafe Au Go Go
This was actually the music that got me started with my relatively recent fascination with all things Al Kooper. While of course I knew his name and some of the legend, especially his work...
The Blues Brothers – Made in America
This is the followup to Briefcase Full of Blues, coming out in 1980, around or after the movie was released. I’m not sure why I didn’t buy the movie soundtrack at the time —...
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