Ramblings about My Records
It’s been a while now since I wrote about the Butterfield Blues Band – way back at the start of 2020, when I wrote about “East-West,” which I had just gotten from Sundazed. Absolutely...
Our last disc was by “The Eric Burdon Band.” This is just “Eric Burdon Band.” Budgetary issues? Label wouldn’t spring for a “The”? Well that, can’t be it – unless they used up all...
Here’s another new old record — new to me, old to the earth. Despite being a big Animals fan and, by not much extension, a big Eric Burdon fan, I don’t believe I ever...
There was a time when I kept my blues records separate from the others. Well, I still separate some records — classical, comedy, some soundtracks, spoken word — those are all shunted off to...
Forever Changes, our pop-up record store that is currently popping up on a monthly basis here in Phoenixville, had a blues themed event back in the beginning of March, which I knew was going...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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