THE FINE REIGN OF CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL [email protected] March 13, 2020 The finest Creedence records rock like Eddie Cochran, have the lyrical potency of Dylan and fill a dance floor as fast as The O’Jays. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bob Dylan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Doug Clifford, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, John Fogerty, Stu Cook, The Band, Tom Fogerty
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN – Twenty tribute songs to musicians who have passed away……. [email protected] February 17, 2020 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN – GEORGE remembering JOHN, all those years ago………… LET'S LIST AGAIN Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, Eagles, Elton John, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Ian Dury, Jackson Browne, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Robbie Robertson, Rod Stewart, Roger Daltrey, The Who, Warren Zevon
REACH FOR IT – Twenty songs with ‘SKY’ in the title….. [email protected] February 7, 2020 Twenty songs with SKY in the title: PINK FLOYD – The Great Gig in the Sky; LET'S LIST AGAIN Bob Dylan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dan Fogelberg, Elton John, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder
IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST – Twenty songs with a Nationality in the title…. [email protected] January 26, 2020 Twenty songs with a NATIONALITY in the title: VAN THE MAN – Soviet spin……… RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Elton John, Gene Clark, Joe Walsh, Little Feat, Rod Stewart, The Clash, Van Morrison, Warren Zevon
CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION – Twenty great albums from 1976……….. [email protected] January 14, 2020 Twenty great albums of 1976. The Eagles find distorted illusions at the HOTEL CALIFORNIA. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Blue Oyster Cult, Bob Dylan, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band, David Bowie, Eagles, Graham Parker & The Rumour, Jackson Browne, Joan Armatrading, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Rod Stewart, Roger McGuinn, Stevie Wonder, The Ramones, Thin Lizzy, Warren Zevon
MAKING ENQUIRIES – Twenty Great Songs that ask a question…… [email protected] November 25, 2019 DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET – hard to imagine anything better being recorded on February 11 1963. LET'S LIST AGAIN Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, Buffalo Springfield, Carole King, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Frank Sinatra, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Ruffin, John Lennon, Linda Ronstadt, Marvin Gaye, Ringo Starr, Rolling Stones, Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Clash, The Kinks, The Who, Van Morrison
HIGH FIVE – Twenty Great Albums from 1975…….. [email protected] November 18, 2019 Twenty great albums from 1975: ‘Born to Run’ sounds like what may have happened had Phil Spector produced ‘Blonde on Blonde.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Al Green, Alan Hull, Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan and The Band, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, David Bowie, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, James Taylor, John Fogerty, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Patti Smith, Paul Simon, Roxy Music, The Band, The Kinks, The Who
NO GAP YEAR – contrary to claims 1974 produced some great albums….. [email protected] October 1, 2019 ‘1974 brought brilliant work from Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Joni Mitchell and Neil Young so has plenty to recommend it’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Average White Band, Bob Dylan, Dan Fogelberg, Eric Clapton, Gene Clark, Gram Parsons, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Little Feat, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Neil Young, Queen, Randy Newman, Richard & Linda Thompson, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, The Band, The Who, Van Morrison
ON THE BANDWAGON – with the only group good enough to be called simply The Band [email protected] September 12, 2019 A handful of artists have begun their careers with two great albums – but only The Band kick off with two masterpieces. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bob Dylan, Garth Hudson, George Harrison, levon helm, Martin Scorsese, Music From Big Pink, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson, The Band, The Last Waltz
SMALL VENUES/TALL TALES: Bob Dylan and ‘The Rolling Thunder Revue’ (documentary review) [email protected] June 20, 2019 ‘If there was a concept to the ‘Rolling Thunder Revue’ it was the notion of being an ‘anti-tour’ tour.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Martin Scorsese, Mick Ronson, Roger McGuinn, Rolling Thunder Revue, Sharon Stone, The Band