The mid-1960's through the mid-1970's was such a unique ten years of songwriting that will likely never be matched. It's cliche and perhaps bias, and maybe even snobbish on the part of us older folks that lived through those years but songs like that just don't get written anymore.
From starting out listening to my parents records to staying up late at night listening to the radio to being introduced to album collecting as a teenager to making mix-tapes and into the present, it seems that I've always been searching for and listening to music of widely varied genres. Here's an idea of what I've been hearing along the way ....
Monday, March 11, 2024
I'm Only Sleeping
It took hearing a YouTuber's cover version of this song to appreciate the original version. Several listens later over the past two days and it's quickly risen to top-3 status on my favorite songs of the Beatles list. Right there with 'Martha My Dear' and 'You've Got to Hide Your Love Away.'
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Leo Kottke
Leo Kottke - 12 String Blues: Live at the Scholar Coffeehouse. On the Oblivion Recording Company label. From 1969. Found today at my old rec...
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'Floating' by Warren Bernhardt. From 1979, on vinyl. I read yesterday, that Warren Bernhardt had passed away a few days ago at 82 ye...
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Peter Gabriel - i/o. It's on order but won't arrive for a few more days. I'm considering taking the day off from work. I used to...
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