Vinyl Distractions

Ramblings about My Records

Category: Folk-rock

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'70s / Blues / Folk-rock

Hot Tuna — Hot Tuna

The deficiency of my Hot Tuna collection is a little embarrassing, especially given how big a Jefferson Airplane fan I am. I’ve always known that Hot Tuna was essentially Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady...

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'70s / Blues / Folk-rock / Psychedelic

Hot Tuna — Burgers

I wrote not too long ago about about how very, very late I was to the Hot Tuna scene. But in a very short time, I’ve really made up for it. Since last November,...

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'60s / '70s / Folk-rock / Rock

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – So Far

This is the album that was my actual introduction to CSNY. In the ’70s, this album was ubiquitous, required of any teenager with the slightest hippie/folkie/singer-songwriter tendencies — and most of my friends were...

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'70s / Folk-rock

David Crosby — If I Could Only Remember My Name

Here’s a record that, until last year, I just straight-up didn’t know about. We went to see the David Crosby biopic “Remember My Name” at the Colonial Theatre last October (had I mentioned that...

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'60s / Folk-rock

Crosby, Stills & Nash — Crosby, Stills & Nash

Sometimes musical interests can be tidal, with ebbs and flows. It’s possible to be super into something for a while, maybe even a long while, have that interest recede, and then someday to have...