Ted Nugent – Take It or Leave It
Oldies Songs The Defiant Roar of Rock and Roll Freedom: A Straightforward, Blistering Hard Rock Anthem That Demanded Unconditional Acceptance in the Face of Changing Tastes. The year 1979 stood on the…
James Taylor – Shower the People
The Simple, Profound Sermon of the Soul: A Tender Plea to Drop the Foolish Pride and Express Love While There Is Still Time. For those of us who came of…
Donald Fagen – Century’s End
The Elegiac Sound of a Decade’s Last, Desperate Dance: A Sophisticated, Cynical Anthem About Hedonism as the World Nears a Millennial Cliff. The music of Donald Fagen, whether with Steely…
Jackson Browne & Bonnie Raitt – Angel From Montgomery
The Weary Prayer of a Woman Who Feels Life Has Passed Her By, Given New Emotional Depth by Two Musical Icons. Some songs are born masterpieces, and some are transformed…
Steely Dan – Cousin Dupree
The Comedy of Creepiness: An Unsettling, Yet Smooth Jazz-Rock Fable About a Deadbeat Who Wants to Woo His Own Relatives. For those of us who came of age with the…
Sammy Hagar – Trans Am (Highway Wonderland)
The Last Great Hard Rock Ode to American Muscle: A Blazing, Full-Throttle Escape into the Fantasy of the Open Road. In the final, glorious years of the disco decade, just…
The Amboy Dukes – Journey To The Center Of The Mind
The Furious, Psychedelic Anthem of 1968: A Raw, Virtuosic Invitation to the Depths of Inner Exploration and the Counterculture’s Edge. To speak of The Amboy Dukes’ 1968 hit “Journey To…
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Marrakesh Express
The Exotic Escape That Launched a Supergroup: A Whirlwind Journey from English Pop Constraints to American Counterculture Freedom. Few songs capture the bright, infectious optimism of the burgeoning West Coast…
Steely Dan – Daddy Don’t Live In That New York City No More
The Lament for a Down-and-Out Patriarch: A Shimmering, Jazz-Flecked Dirge for the Grimy, Irrecoverable Soul of Old New York. The music of Steely Dan has always been a shimmering, sophisticated…
Donald Fagen – Teahouse on the Tracks
The Last Exit to Optimism: A Lyrical Crossroads Where Our Hero’s Existential Road Trip Stalls, Forcing a Reckoning with the Future. For a certain kind of sophisticated, world-weary listener—the ones…