Steely Dan – Gaslighting Abbie
Oldies Songs The Sophisticated, Late-Era Steely Dan Thriller: An Icy Jazz-Funk Study of Manipulation and Marital Deceit in the Digital Age. The year is 2000. After two decades of silence, save for…
Roy Wood – Forever
The Melancholic Maestro’s Masterpiece: A Layered, Symphonic Pop Ballad That Honors the Past While Mourning a Love That Could Not Endure. The genius of Roy Wood—the eccentric, face-painted maestro behind…
Ted Nugent – One Woman
An Unexpected Balladic Confession: The Motor City Madman’s Furious Pursuit of Love and the Desperate Need for Stability Amidst the Chaos of the Road. In the late 1970s, the myth…
Ted Nugent – State of Shock
That Roaring, Uncompromising Dose of Hard Rock was the Soundtrack to the Turbulent Transition as the ’70s Faded into a New Era of Loud, Aggressive Authenticity. For those of us…
Wizzard – This Is the Story of My Love (Baby)
A Glistening, Wall-of-Sound Masterpiece That Channels the Grand, Tragic Romance of the 1960s Girl-Group Era Through a 1970s Glam-Rock Lens. Ah, the 1970s. It was a decade of loud, primary…
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Helplessly Hoping
An Epitome of Folk-Rock Harmony, This Track Captures the Tender, Tortured Agony of Lost Love and Emotional Paralysis. To speak of “Helplessly Hoping” is to invoke the very spirit of…
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Long Time Gone
Crosby, Stills & Nash Revisit “Long Time Gone” With Undiminished Urgency on the 2012 Tour During their 2012 tour, Crosby, Stills & Nash delivered a powerful reminder of why their…
The Doobie Brothers – Jesus is Just Alright
The Groovy, Unapologetic Proclamation of Simple Faith: How a Gospel Standard Became a Defining Anthem of Rock and the Jesus Movement. The very first notes of The Doobie Brothers’ rendition…
The Glitter Band – For Always and Ever
Beyond the Glam Stomp, a Ballad of Fading Love and Inevitable Separation Finds Quiet Heartbreak in the Noise. The 1970s. A time when British pop music was a shimmering circus…
Ted Nugent – I Got The Feelin’
The Unfiltered, Raw, and Unapologetic Expression of Primal Hard Rock Desire That Defined a Late-Seventies Swagger. Slamming the door shut on the decade of mellow folk and nuanced rock, the…