John Prine – Summer’s End
Oldies Songs A soaring, audacious burst of glam‑rock bravado from life on the edge When Wear a Fast Gun emerges from the thunderous machinery of Wizzard Brew (1973), it carries with it…
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…
Crosby, Stills & Nash – See the Changes
A Melancholy, Mid-Career Reflection on the Inescapable Passage of Time and the Price of Freedom. For those of us who came of age during the tumultuous, hope-fueled era of Laurel…
Ted Nugent – Fist Fightin’ Son of a Gun
A Ferocious Celebration of Unbridled, Bare-Knuckle, American Rock-and-Roll Attitude In the late seventies, when rock music was wrestling with the slickness of disco and the snarl of punk, Ted Nugent…
Steely Dan – Third World Man
A Chilling, Cinematic Portrait of Moral Paralysis, Chronicling the Painful Disconnect of a Soul Lost in Global Cynicism. The year 1980 was a moment of profound, complex finality for Steely…
Slade – Wheels Ain’t Coming Down
A High-Octane, Adrenaline-Fueled Anthem, Capturing the Terrifying Exhilaration of a Dramatic Career Resurgence. The year 1981 heralded a dramatic, heart-stopping moment in the tumultuous career of Slade. For much of…
Slade – Slam the Hammer Down
A Blistering, Industrial Anthem of Defiance, Marking a Legendary Band’s Uncompromising Return to Raw, Unadulterated Power. By the early 1980s, the drama surrounding Slade was one of survival and glorious,…
Electric Light Orchestra – Last Train to London
A Melancholy and Rhythmic Chronicle of Fame’s Toll, a Desperate Journey Home to Preserve a Fragile Love. The year 1979 found Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) at the zenith of their…
Donald Fagen – Maxine
A Romantic and Haunting Musical Reverie, a Poignant Fantasy of Eternal Love and Escape from a Confining Past. The year 1982 marked a seismic shift in the career of Donald…
Jackson Browne- Cocaine
A Raw and Unflinching Confession of Addiction’s Grip, Spontaneously Captured in the Sterile Heart of the American Road. By 1977, Jackson Browne was the undisputed poet laureate of the Southern…