Music today has been firmly in Argentina. The Argentinian Rock scene of the late sixties and early seventies is really something and so tonight I listened to four albums; by Arco Iris (Los Elementales, 1977), a later album (their sixth) after they developed into a jazzier incarnation – they eventually moved to live in California. […]

Music today has been me rehearsing with Olivia so I thought today we would post that crazy song from Noctorum’s The Afterlife, Head On. It’s not the kind of song you write on an acoustic guitar or have a vision of from beginning to end. Some songs come to you in bits and ideas parachute […]

Music today was The Band’s first album, the classic Music From Big Pink (1968). After working with Dylan on tour and recording with him for the songs that appeared later as The Basement Tapes (1975), the band who had retired to a West Saugerties house (Big Pink) rented by Richard Manuel (piano, vocals), Rick Danko […]

Music today comes from Sessioneer Tony sending me a clip of Glen Campbell singing the Jimmy Webb classic, Wichita Lineman. A geographical follow-up to his mega-hit By The Time I Get To Phoenix also written by Webb. The song reached No.3 on the US chart in 1968 and showcases Campbell with his session guitar player […]

Music today has been Ike and Tina Turner and Phil‘s masterpiece, River Deep Mountain High, a flop in the USA, a hit in England reaching No.3 on the UK Chart in 1966 – Phil paid Ike to stay away. Computerless I can’t write more tonight, I need to see if I can replace my power […]

Music today has been all over the place but I finally settled on this mad Amon Düül II live performance of their latest single Between The Eyes from Beat Club in 1970 – taking their 2-minute track to 7 minutes. It seems that this and Rattlesnakeplumcake were the A&B sides from the time of the […]