email It was the era of T. Rex’s Electric Warrior, David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust and Lou Reed’s Transformer. Glam rock was all the rage as were Roxy Music, Mott The Hoople and The New York Dolls. And there was also a new brand of power pop taking the charts by storm at the same time […]
Song Of The Day – “Show And Tell” by Al Wilson
email Today’s Song Of The Day is the signature hit by soul great Al Wilson. While Wilson is closely identified with the song, he wasn’t the first artist to record this classic hit. That honor went to none other than Johnny Mathis, who recorded it in 1972, a year before Wilson took it to the […]
Song Of The Day – “Easy To Slip” by Bob Weir
email I love the Grateful Dead, but I’ve never been a huge fan of Bob Weir. That might seem strange to say, since Weir was responsible for some of The Dead’s best-loved classics including “Estimated Prophet,” “Black Throated Wind,” “Jack Straw,” “Playing In The Band,” “Greatest Story Ever Told,” “Cassidy,” “Sugar Magnolia,” “The Music Never […]
Song Of The Day – “Punk Prayer” by Pussy Riot
email Pussy Riot – what they lack in musical aptitude, they surely make up with unbridled punk rock spirit. The merits of their talent or lack thereof, are totally beside the point anyway. Pussy Riot return punk rock to its purest essence: protest, entertainment and fashion. Pussy Riot formed in Moscow in 2011 with an […]
Song Of The Day – “Was All Talk” by Kurt Vile
email Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Was All Talk” by Kurt Vile I posted this piece several months ago when Kurt Vile’s latest album Wakin’ On A Pretty Daze was first released. I’m still listening to this record today, and have come to the conclusion that it is one of the year’s […]
Song Of The Day – “Rex Rhumba” by The Nat Cole Trio
email Sure we all know Nat “King” Cole could sing…and lord knows he surely could play piano too. This Cole original highlights the guitarist in the trio, the great Oscar Moore, on a track from the essential 3-CD The Capitol Transcriptions recorded on March 20, 1946. Rounding out the trio was Johnny Miller on bass.
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Hold On Longer” by John Legend
email This spectacular piece of song craft and mood comes from John Legend’s latest album Love In The Future. I’ve literally played this song over and over since it came out several weeks ago, and I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s the best Stevie Wonder song that Wonder never wrote. Yet, in two minutes […]
Song Of The Day – “He’ll Have To Go” by Jim Reeves
email They called him “Gentleman Jim,” but it wasn’t always that way. When Jim Reeves began his singing career, he was a reedy-voiced country bumpkin who specialized in novelty songs like “Bimbo” and “Mexican Joe.” A shift came in 1957 during the recording sessions for the song “Four Walls.” Reeves decided he wanted to set […]
Song Of The Day – “Louisiana Woman Mississippi Man” by Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn
email They were two of the biggest stars in all of country music during the 1970s, and together they made electrifying one-of-a-kind duets that spoke of the highs and lows of couples in and out of love. Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn sent countless duets to the top of the country charts including “After The […]
Song Of the Day – “Foolin’ Around” by Patsy Cline
email I wrote about this song no more than a month ago when Bakersfield, the Buck Owens tribute album by Vince Gill and Paul Franklin came out. However while barbecuing earlier this evening; I revisited the wonderful recordings of Patsy Cline. When her version of this Buck Owens classic came on, I knew I wanted […]
