There was something special in the air for the Grateful Dead in 1971. Second drummer Mickey Hart had left for a brief hiatus while keyboardist Keith Godchaux and his wife, singer Donna Jean Godchaux, had yet to join the band. This left the core musical group of Garcia, Weir, Lesh, and Kruetzman free to play [...]
Just awesome… The Isle of Wight Festival, which took place in August of 1970, was England’s answer to Woodstock. Over the course of five days it featured performances by legendary bands such as The Who, The Doors, Ten Years After, The Moody Blues, Sly & The Family Stone, Jimi Hendrix, and of course, Jethro Tull. [...]
Somewhere in the Land of the Rising Sun waves lap up against the shore, pushed there not by wind, and not by the moon, but by Carlos Santana’s guitar in 1973… After creating pure magic with 1972′s Caravanserai, Carlos Santana hit the road for what seemed to be a quest for spiritual rock nirvana and the [...]
Well, it’s the middle of October. The leaves are changing, the air is getting crisp, and the Tull is pouring from the speakers more and more. And with this album, like most Tull albums, things are about to get heavy. Released in 1972, Thick As A Brick followed the ridiculously huge impact of 1971′s Aqualung. [...]
Article first published as Music Review: Santana – Santana III (Legacy Edition) on Blogcritics. After their raw and exciting self titled debut Santana, and the successful followup Abraxas, Santana decided to go dark and mysterious with their near perfect third album titled, well, Santana III. The cover art, which I just can’t seem to get enough [...]
There’s something about October, with the cool, crisp air, that always makes me reach for Neil Young. Perhaps it’s my propensity for flannel shirts during the cooler weather. Or perhaps it’s the warm glow of acoustic guitars mixed and Neil’s yearning vocals. Whatever the reason, you’d be wise to get yourself some Neil Young for [...]
This weekend, October 9 & 10, is the 34th anniversary of the Grateful Dead’s performance opening for The Who at concert promoter Bill Graham’s Day on the Green. So find yourself 4 hours of free time, a good beer, and turn up the volume! Dick’s Picks Vol.33 contains two complete shows from the Oakland Coliseum [...]
Ah, Jim Morrison. Trying so hard to shake your adonis image…well done! Picture it, Sicily 1949…oh wait, wrong thing. Picture it, Hollywood, California 1969: The Doors descend upon the Aquarius Theatre for two shows, early and late, with a sober and almost subdued Jim Morrison, still reeling perhaps from his infamous obscenity charges in Miami [...]
Ten Years After is one of those bands that somehow slipped through the cracks over the years. Maybe it was their odd name. But if you were hip back in 1970, and just happened to be around the Fillmore East in 1970, you knew exactly who was bringing the heavy. For a brief shining moment, [...]
Remember that 10 album list we mentioned a while back in the Sinatra/Jobim review? Well, this is one of those albums… Released in the winter of 1971, If I Could Only Remember My Name was Crosby’s first solo effort and will forever stand as a testament to just how talented the man really was. After [...]
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