Ramblings about My Records
Sometimes I think I should really take these entries out of order (or in emotional/biographical order), because I shouldn’t embark on the Jefferson Airplane discography without starting with the record that introduced me to...
As I’ve said in previous entries, in the the spring of 1980, I was all about Tommy James and the Shondells, and all about the ’60s. Clearly, that path had already been made by...
After two greatest hits records, I finally delve into a full Tommy James and the Shondells album, one of three records they put out in 1969. You could say this hits up on the...
So yes, I did buy three Hot Tuna records at once. This and the last two, “America’s Choice” and “Burgers,” were all picked up at a rare excursion to Shady Dog Records down in...
Again, coming very, very late to Hot Tuna. I will never be able to say what Jorma Kaukonen’s Quarantine Concerts at his Fur Peace Ranch have meant to us in terms of getting through...
One of the great joys of the pandemic times (because you have to invent some joy during this epic disaster) has been the many musicians who, out of love or out of necessity or...
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,...
Folks, it’s been a long lockdown. I’m writing this in the latter half of December 2020, having endured what most sensible people have endured for the past 10 months. We’ve barely left the house;...
As I mentioned last time, I was thinking more and more about my Hendrix-less lifestyle. I watched all of the amazing performance at Monterey, and then listened to an internet bootleg called “The Blues...
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