Jackson Browne – Casino Nation
Oldies Songs A Quiet Reckoning with the American Dream, Sung to the Echo of a Fading Republic When Jackson Browne performed “Casino Nation” for his 2008 live collection Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2,…
Ted Nugent – Violent Love
A Dangerous Seduction: When Desire Turns to Fury in Ted Nugent’s “Violent Love” Released in 1980 as part of Ted Nugent’s hard-charging album Scream Dream, the song “Violent Love” stands…
Mountain – You Better Believe It
A Promise Carved in Riff: “You Better Believe It” by Mountain When the New York hard rock collective Mountain released their fourth studio album Avalanche in July 1974, the record entered the U.S. Billboard 200 at No. 127…
Roy Wood – Songs of Praise
A Joyful Hymn to Solitude and Creation: Roy Wood’s Songs of Praise and the Ecstatic Freedom of the Self When Roy Wood released Boulders in July 1973, the eccentric founder…
Slade – Wonderin’ Y
A Heart’s Quiet Confession Beneath the Noise of Glory Nestled beneath the glittering chaos of Slade’s 1972 success lies “Wonderin’ Y”, a song that exposes a rare tenderness behind the…
James Taylor – Something in the Way She Moves (Greenwich Town Party 2013)
When the Rain Fell, the Canyon Echoed Again On a storm soaked afternoon in Greenwich, Connecticut, James Taylor stepped onto the stage of the Greenwich Town Party in May 2013…
John Prine – Spanish Pipedream
A Simple Dream of Freedom and Escape, Sung from the Heart of an American Everyman When John Prine released “Spanish Pipedream” in 1971 as part of his self-titled debut album…
Walter Becker – This Moody Bastard
A Solitary Confession Draped in Smoke and Irony When Walter Becker released “This Moody Bastard” on his 1994 solo debut 11 Tracks of Whack, the world finally heard the quieter,…
Wizzard – Buffalo Station-Get On Down to Memphis
A Frenzied Southern Dream: When Roy Wood Drove British Glam to the Edge of Madness In 1973, Roy Wood — the wild-haired polymath who had already founded both The Move…
Ted Nugent – Name Your Poison
A Reckless Pulse of Defiance — The Unrelenting Spirit of “Name Your Poison” Released in 1978 as part of Ted Nugent’s fourth studio album Weekend Warriors, the fiery anthem “Name…