1964, The Searchers were at number one on the singles chart with the Sonny Bono song "Needles And Pins." 1965, The Who play the Corn Exchange at Chelmsford and then an all-night rave at the Club Noreik in Tottenham. Opening for The Who at the all-night rave is The Muleskinners featuring future Small Faces' keyboardist, Ian McLagan. 1966, Big Brother & the Holding … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – January 23
Alan Parsons
Song Of The Day – “Year Of The Cat” by Al Stewart
So, 2013 is not the year of the cat…it’s the year of the snake, but that’s just the hook that led me to choose this fine tune as the first Song Of The Day of a new year. Besides, the Chinese New Year is still a few months off in the distance…so, Happy Rosh Hashanah everyone…but I digress. While most people are familiar with Al Stewart for a clutch of breezy pop tunes from … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Year Of The Cat” by Al Stewart
Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Year of the Cat” by Al Stewart
Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Year of the Cat” by Al Stewart So, 2015 is not the year of the cat…it’s the year of the goat (or sheep), but that’s just the hook that led me to choose this fine tune as the first Song of the Day by Eric Berman of a new year. Besides, the Chinese New Year is still a few months off in the distance…so, Happy Rosh Hashanah everyone…but I … [Read more...] about Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Year of the Cat” by Al Stewart
A Conversation with Alan Parsons
I was privileged to have the opportunity to interview legendary engineer, producer, and artist Alan Parsons. he was promoting a new album he produced by ukelele (that's right, ukelele) virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro. "Grand Ukelele" was released on October 2nd. Link to "Island Fever Blues" Alan checked in via Skype, and we talked about his new project, as well as discussed the … [Read more...] about A Conversation with Alan Parsons