Ray Charles & James Taylor – Sweet Potato Pie
Oldies Songs A Gentle, Cross-Generational Testament to Simple Comfort: The Unreleased Culinary Duet That Epitomized Soulful Harmony. The idea of Ray Charles and James Taylor sharing a microphone is, in itself, a…
The Idle Race – Morning Sunshine
The Psychedelic Dawn of Pop Genius: A Whimsical, Sunshine-Drenched Ode to Escapism and the Innocent Promise of a New Day. Before the symphonic grandeur of the Electric Light Orchestra would…
Walter Becker – Cringemaker
The Wry Confession of a Self-Saboteur: A Jazz-Slicked, Darkly Humorous Chronicle of Crippling Neurosis and Creative Paralysis. After thirteen years of near-total silence from the legendary songwriting partnership of Steely…
Ted Nugent – Venom Soup
The Hard Rocking Confession of a Man Poisoned by His Own Success and the Dangers of a Life Lived Too Hard and Too Fast. By 1978, Ted Nugent was less…
MC5 – Ramblin’ Rose
The Sound of Anarchy Unleashed: A Primal, White-Hot Eulogy to the Rock and Roll Spirit That Burned Down the Gates of Polite Society. In the history of rock and roll,…
Steely Dan – Gaslighting Abbie
The Sophisticated, Late-Era Steely Dan Thriller: An Icy Jazz-Funk Study of Manipulation and Marital Deceit in the Digital Age. The year is 2000. After two decades of silence, save for…
Ted Nugent – One Woman
An Unexpected Balladic Confession: The Motor City Madman’s Furious Pursuit of Love and the Desperate Need for Stability Amidst the Chaos of the Road. In the late 1970s, the myth…
Ted Nugent – State of Shock
That Roaring, Uncompromising Dose of Hard Rock was the Soundtrack to the Turbulent Transition as the ’70s Faded into a New Era of Loud, Aggressive Authenticity. For those of us…
Wizzard – This Is the Story of My Love (Baby)
A Glistening, Wall-of-Sound Masterpiece That Channels the Grand, Tragic Romance of the 1960s Girl-Group Era Through a 1970s Glam-Rock Lens. Ah, the 1970s. It was a decade of loud, primary…
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Helplessly Hoping
An Epitome of Folk-Rock Harmony, This Track Captures the Tender, Tortured Agony of Lost Love and Emotional Paralysis. To speak of “Helplessly Hoping” is to invoke the very spirit of…