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 —...
Category: Blues
The Blues Brothers – Briefcase Full of Blues
If you’re any younger than I am, this may be hard to understand — but there was a time when going to college kinda meant living a life apart from television culture. Cable in...
Mike Bloomfield, John Hammond, Dr. John — Triumvirate
I found this last summer, when Forever Changes was still in pop-up mode, feeding my need once a month instead of all the time (not complaining – having a great record store where I...
Mike Bloomfield – It’s Not Killing Me
There are some classic new blues (if that phrase makes any sense – I’m talking about the interpreters of the ’60s and ’70s) that I have come to very late. Despite my love for...
Marc Benno — Ambush
Honestly, I had never heard of Marc Benno until I happened to take a chance on an odd Leon Russell album I found at Forever Changes just about a year ago, when it was...
Marcia Ball – Gatorhythms
In these crazy times when we can’t really get together with friends or family, when we can’t casually go out and enjoy ourselves at will, and when my wife is subject to some rather...
Atlantic Blues: Vocalists
“Atlantic Blues: Vocalists,” like the previous album (“Atlantic Blues: Piano”), came out in 1986. It is every bit as good as the piano collection — a little less broad in range, but with significantly...
Atlantic Blues: Piano
“Atlantic Blues: Piano” is one of my favorite album acquisitions of all time. I bought this new when it came out in 1986, a time when CDs were still quite pricey and double CDs...
The Animals – Ark
In 1983, the original Animals recorded another reunion album, on I.R.S. Records, of all things (I.R.S. was well known for new wave and alternative rock, not for bands whose heyday had been almost two...
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