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Back on the 1971 train I’ve been on, I decided to check out some of Kris Kristofferson’s music today. I’ve never listened to his solo stuff, but I’ve heard some of his…

Gram Parsons is another one of my favorite first listens of 2020. His album, Grievous Angel (1974) was such a treat to hear. Parsons is basically the godfather of country rock, though…

Sort of breaking from the streak of 1971 albums recently (though barely doing so by only a year), I wanted to listen to one of my favorite artists I first listened to…

Jaco Pastorius is one of the greatest bass players in history, which he shows in his album “Jaco Pastorius (Bonus Track Version)”. Starting with a standard, “Donna Lee”, he demonstrates virtuosity that…

I didn’t know about Dr. John until a couple of months ago, and immediately fell in love with his sound upon hearing it. It’s more of that New Orleans sound that I…

I’m on a roll with albums from 1971 lately, so I figured I’ll keep it going with another one: Gong’s 1971 album, Camembert Electrique. I know very little about Gong’s music, other…

There is a strong argument to be made about Jeff Beck being the best guitarist in the world, and without a doubt is among the best of all time. He was playing…

I’ve never heard anything by the band Grin, but I did recently find out that their guitarist/songwriter, Nils Lofgren, is a well respected guitarist who has played with Bruce Springsteen’s E Street…

Mojohand has been one of my favorite first listens of 2020. A very young, well-versed, cosmic Americana jam band of sorts, without a studio album released yet either, they’re one of the…

I don’t really know anything about Bert Jansch other than what I can find on wikipedia – that he was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle, so…