Showaddywaddy – When
Oldies Songs A Profound and Hopeful Plea for Love, a Nostalgic Look to the Future from a Time Capsule Band. In 1977, the world of music was a battlefield. Punk rock, a…
Steely Dan – Don’t Take Me Alive
A Gritty and Tragic Monologue, a Desperate Ballad of a Life on the Edge and a Vow to Die in Defiance. In the mid-1970s, as the American musical landscape was…
Poco – Barbados
A Sweet and Dreamy Escape from Life’s Turmoil, a Fantastical Journey to a Place of Pure, Sun-Drenched Freedom. By the late 1970s, the path of the pioneering country-rock band Poco…
Walter Becker – Down in the Bottom
A Raw and Vulnerable Confession, a Soulful Blues Lament for a Life Lived at the Edge of the Abyss. For a decade after Steely Dan imploded, a profound silence fell…
Jackson Browne – Late For The Sky
A quiet reckoning with time, love, and inevitability performed with startling emotional clarity When Jackson Browne revisited “Late for the Sky” during his 2021 appearance on Austin City Limits, he…
10cc – Rubber Bullets
A Masterful and Audacious Act of Satire, a Trojan Horse of a Pop Song Hiding a Dark, Anti-Authoritarian Heart. In the early 1970s, as the musical landscape was transitioning from…
poco – Magnolia
A Bittersweet and Haunting Elegy for a Lost Time, a Profound Reflection on the Passing of Youth and Innocence. In the early 1970s, as the American musical landscape was giving…
Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
A Twisted and Cryptic Fable of Disillusionment, a Philosophical Journey into the Circular Nature of Self-Deceit. By 1974, Steely Dan had already cemented their reputation as musical contrarians and reclusive…
Jackson Browne – The Pretender
A Haunting and Heartbreaking Confession of Disillusionment, a Poetic Refusal to Find Meaning in an Empty World. In the mid-1970s, Jackson Browne was the undisputed voice of a generation, a…
10cc – Honeymoon With B Troop
A Quirky and Haunting Reflection on a Forged Alliance, a Surreal Fable of a Band’s Unlikely New Beginning. By 1977, the musical world was in a state of chaotic transition,…