Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Paul’s Not Home” by Gibby Haynes (with Jack White)

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Today’s Song Of The Day hails from a Third Man Records’ “Blue Series” single released by Jack White, who also plays guitar and sings on all three tracks. Gibby Haynes is the ex-captain of the Trinity University basketball team and ex-accountant who went on to be a founding member (along with Paul Leary) of Texas’ [...]

Today in Rock History – March 14th

1964, For the first time in British recording history, all Top Ten singles in the UK were by British acts. No.1 was ‘Anyone Who Had A Heart’ by Cilla Black, No.2 – ‘Bits and Pieces’ by The Dave Clark Five, No.3 – ‘Little Children’ by Billy J Kramer, No.4 – ‘Diane’ by The Bachelors, No.5 [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Bardo” by Todd Rundgren

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I’m kind of stuck in the middle of a Todd Rundgren jag at the moment. And if you’re a Todd fan, there are many reasons to be excited. With the recent releases of not one, but two new live recordings from a recent tour, each of a classic album: “Todd” (originally released in 1974)and “Healing” [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “This Ain’t No Picnic” by Minutemen

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I’ve been spinning tracks by San Pedro’s Minutemen all day, since it was 27 years ago today (12/22) that lead singer, D. Boon, died in a car wreck. Minutemen were such an important band to me and my cohort back in the early 1980s. They were a band that cut through the image-centered video-centric MTV [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Kashmir” by Led Zeppelin (“Celebration Day”)

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OK, I’m gonna go out on a limb here and make a statement that will have Led Zep fans loathing my very existence. The Led Zeppelin of the 2007 reunion show and recent “Celebration Day” DVD/CD are so much better in every way than the Led Zeppelin of “The Song Remains The Same” circa 1973. [...]

Today in Rock History – November 14th

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1967, a 16 date UK package tour with Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, The Move, Nice and Amen Corner kicked off at the Royal Albert Hall, London. All acts played two shows per night. 1969, ‘Sugar Sugar’ by The Archies was at No.1 on the singles chart. The single became the longest running one hit wonder  [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Elected” by Alice Cooper

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Vote early and vote often! (Well, forget about the often part, I’m sure Florida will come up with some other way to try to steal this election.) Song Of The Day firmly endorses Barak Obama! No matter whom you are supporting, vote for Obama! Slipped again, no matter who you support, please go out and [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Reggaejunkiejew” by Ween

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MORE WEEN! This is the 2003 “All Request Live” version of a song originally released on the 1994 “Pure Guava” record by Ween. Before anyone gets too excited, I’m a Jew and so is Aaron Freeman (aka Gene Ween), so don’t get it in your head that this track is slamming Jews, Rastas or even [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Tried And True” by Ween

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I recently discovered a two-CD download of “Caesar” demos for Ween’s eighth album, “Quebec,” that was released by Mickey Melchiondo (aka Dean Ween) on his facebook page a few years ago. “Caesar” was the original title for “Quebec,” and the demos were recorded while drummer Claude Coleman was recuperating after his near fatal car accident [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Theme From An Imaginary Western” by Mountain

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Every so often, you hear a song that you haven’t heard in a long time, and it blows you away as if you were hearing it for the very first time. I had this experience last night at our weekly “Vinyl Night” gathering at the Firkin bar Libertyville, IL where one of the gang brought [...]