Ted Nugent – Hammerdown
Oldies Songs A Testament to Relentless, Uncompromising Rock and Roll, “Hammerdown” Is the Sound of a Man Driven by Pure, Unstoppable Internal Combustion. The autumn of 1976 was a watershed moment in…
Suzi Quatro – Rock Hard
The Leather-Clad Queen’s Final Fists-Up Against the Dawn of a New Decade, Asserting That True Rock-and-Roll Power is Eternal. For those of us who lived and breathed the electric pulse…
Donald Fagen – Countermoon
The Cynical Eclipse of Romance: A Groovy, Dystopian Warning About Marital Malaise and the Call of the Wild The year 1993 felt like a sudden shift in the tectonic plates…
Jackson Browne & Bonnie Raitt – Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
When Two Voices Meet Where Folk Memory Turns Timeless There are performances that feel carefully arranged, and then there are those rare moments when history, chemistry, and instinct converge without…
Slade – Raining In My Champagne
The Tragic Glamour of Fame: A Ballad That Stripped the Glitter Off the Great Slade Party For those of us who lived through the glorious, anarchic chaos of the early…
Slade – Let The Good Times Roll / Feel So Fine
A Glorious, Unapologetic Shout for Decadence and Joy that Caps the Definitive Glam Rock Statement In 1972, at the white-hot zenith of the glitter-drenched, stomp-heavy Glam Rock era, four working-class…
Ted Nugent – You Make Me Feel Right At Home
A Rare Moment of Quiet Intimacy and Melodic Soul in the Hard Rock Barrage of the Motor City Madman There are certain tracks in a legendary rocker’s catalogue that stand…
Ted Nugent – Turn It Up
An Electrified Anthem to the Unadulterated Joy and Raw Power of Pure, Uncompromising Rock and Roll Ah, 1976. For those of us who lived through it, that year wasn’t just…
Steely Dan – The Royal Scam
A Grotesque Dirge of The American Dream’s Deception, Where Hopeful Immigrants Fall Prey to the Dark Metropolis. For those of us who came of age amidst the slick cynicism and…
Jackson Browne – Shaky Town
A Raw and Intimate Portrait of the Road-Weary Musician’s Life, Recording the Quiet Drama of Exhaustion and Transient Connection In the landscape of 1970s singer-songwriters, few captured the weary, contemplative…