1964, Bob Dylan performs a Halloween concert at New York’s Philharmonic Hall. CBS is recording the show for a possible live album. Dylan shows off a new composition called “Advice to Geraldine on Her Miscellaneous Birthday.” 1964, Ray Charles was arrested by Logan Airport customs officials in Boston and charged with possession of heroin. This […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)” by Deodato
“Popcorn” by Hot Butter…”My Ding A Ling” by Chuck Berry…and this Tchaikovsky masterwork reconfigured for Jazz by Brazilian keyboardist Eumir Deodato were amongst the many left-field hits of 1972. This Grammy Award winning track was the standout hit from Deodato’s first album called “Prelude” which featured the stellar musicianship of Billy Cobham, Ron Carter, John […]
Eleven of the Best Rock Concerts I Have Attended
I have been fortunate to go to a lot of rock concerts in my lifetime. Considering what tickets cost today, those old ducats from the seventies and eighties turned out to be pretty good deals. Most of those ticket prices were under twenty bucks. The late seventies concerts were all under ten dollars. Compared to […]
