Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “You’re Still A Young Man” by Tower Of Power They took us “Down To The Night Club” in “Bump City” and showed us “What Is Hip”…yet today’s Song Of The Day by Eric Berman doesn’t get much more soulful than this! Tower Of Power was the East […]
Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “World Away” by Tweedy
Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “World Away” by Tweedy Today marks the release date for the first semi-solo outing by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco. Teaming up with his 18 year old son, Spencer and going under the “Tweedy” moniker, the duo have released a sprawling, ramshackle record called Sukierae that brings another […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Bond Street” by Enoch Light
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Bond Street” by Enoch Light Shagadelic indeed! Literally hundreds of records were released during the 1950s and 1960s carrying the Enoch Light name. Light was born in Ohio and led The Light Brigade, which was a big band that primarily played on the radio and in theaters […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Win” by David Bowie
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Win” by David Bowie Plastic soul…on a plastic record. Shifting gears was nothing new for David Bowie who seemingly shedded skin during the 1970s like others took out the trash. So when Bowie booked time in Philadelphia’s Sigma Sound Studios during a two-week break during the Diamond […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Voice Poetry” by Ornette Coleman
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Voice Poetry” by Ornette Coleman Back in 1978, Ornette Coleman formed Prime Time, his first double trio, and began releasing records on his own Texas-based label, Artist House Records. Today’s Song Of The Day by Eric Berman comes from the first release on the label called Body […]
Today in Rock History – July 30
1966, The Beatles started a five week run at number one on the US album chart with “Yesterday…And Today,” the group’s 8th chart topping album. 1966, The Troggs started a two week run at number one on the singles chart with “Wild Thing.” 1967, The Who appeared at the Miami Beach Convention Hall, Miami, Florida. […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Cry Me A River” by Joe Cocker
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Cry Me A River” by Joe Cocker Like most people my age, my first exposure to this Arthur Hamilton-penned track was this rocking Joe Cocker version from Mad Dogs And Englishmen. You can imagine my surprise when I later discovered that the song was originally a sultry […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Eye Know” by De La Soul
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Eye Know” by De La Soul With samples from Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” and Steely Dan’s “Peg,” De La Soul unleashed this bouillabaisse of good times onto a hip-hop public in 1989 with today’s Song Of the Day by Eric Berman. The […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Electricity (Drugs)” by Talking Heads
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Electricity (Drugs)” by Talking Heads One of the musical highlights of our 16 hour car trip from The Outer Banks of North Carolina back home to Chicago was listening Talking Heads’ live double album entitled The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads. The second half of […]
The Second Best RadioActivity
I’m Uncle Marty, this is The 3D RadioActivity, and our 438th installment of the Seconds series will flip your perspectives around, so call your BFFs and have them tune in as the following selections can be best described as the times of BEST. Download here: https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20180708-SecondBestRadioActivity.mp3 Our Summertime Seconds Series continues to roll along, as we will go DEEP again on the […]
