Steely Dan – The Royal Scam
Oldies Songs A Grotesque Dirge of The American Dream’s Deception, Where Hopeful Immigrants Fall Prey to the Dark Metropolis. For those of us who came of age amidst the slick cynicism and…
Slade – Heaven Knows
A Soaring, Melancholy Lament for Lost Innocence and the Corrupting Glare of Stardom. The year is 1974. Slade were, quite simply, the most electrifying phenomenon in British rock, a band…
Jackson Browne – Shaky Town
A Raw and Intimate Portrait of the Road-Weary Musician’s Life, Recording the Quiet Drama of Exhaustion and Transient Connection In the landscape of 1970s singer-songwriters, few captured the weary, contemplative…
Jackson Browne – Under the Falling Sky
An Uplifting Anthem of Passionate, Immediate Connection Against the Weight of a Weary World In the sprawling, golden-hued landscape of the early 1970s, as the confessional singer-songwriter genre reached its…
Donald Fagen – The New Breed
The Acerbic, Jazz-Infused Lament of a Digital-Age Love Triangle, Where the Old School Hipster is Replaced by the “Dot-Com-Slash” Geek The year 2012 felt like a seismic shift, a moment…
Ted Nugent – Workin’ Hard, Playin’ Hard
A Gritty Testament to the Hedonistic Balance of the 1970s Rock and Roll Life: The Unspoken Code of the Road Warrior The year is 1977. Bell bottoms were getting tighter,…
Walter Becker – Paging Audrey
“Paging Audrey” is a soulful, melancholic jazz-rock exploration of loss, regret, and the search for a vanished personal connection, serving as Walter Becker’s most nakedly emotional song. There are certain…
Jackson Browne – That Girl Could Sing (Live Lucky Strike Live, Hollywood, CA)
Jackson Browne Rehearses “That Girl Could Sing” During Intimate Soundcheck in Hollywood On May 11, 2016, Jackson Browne offered a rare and revealing glimpse into his live process during a…
Slade – Martha My Dear
A Deceptively Tender Serenade to Man’s Best Friend There are songs that wear their hearts on their sleeves, and then there are those that hold a secret, a private joke…
Slade – Keep on Rocking
A Raw, Unadulterated Anthem of Rock ‘n’ Roll Resilience and Raucous Joy. Oh, to be back in the early seventies, a time when rock music wasn’t a carefully polished product…