James Taylor – Handy Man
Oldies Songs The Gentle Art of Healing: A Soulful, Laid-Back Anthem Reimagined as a Tender Metaphor for Mending a Broken Heart. In the late 1970s, as rock music fragmented into punk’s fury…
Ted Nugent – Take It or Leave It
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
A psychedelic plunge into altered consciousness shaped by contradiction, rebellion, and electric force Released in 1968, “Journey To The Center Of The Mind” by Amboy Dukes rose to number 16…
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…