Strange Tales of Jim Morrison Revisited: Conversations with Frank Wagner
My first citizen journalism article twenty-five years ago was about Gerald Pitts in Oregon, who claimed he’d discovered Morrison still alive as a rodeo cowboy. This led me...
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Trilogy and Stallion Trumrock | ‘70s Canadian Prog Rock
The post-'Revolver,' Beatles-influenced prog-to-psych-rock of Trilogy is a bit different than most obscure 45-rpm singles that are primarily released on local independent labels, a producer’s vanity presses, or...
Tom Carson and the Lazy Eggs and Fiddlers Music Store | ‘60s Garage Rock from Detroit, Michigan
Collectors of private press albums and singles released during the progressive rock ’70s—records now discovered via unauthorized digital represses, most infamously by the defunct Radioactive Records shingle—mistakenly interchange...
Alan Graham and the Last Whiskey Bar(s)
This reporter was sitting around in his kitchen one night when the phone rang, and it was Jim Morrison’s brother-in-law of 22 years, Liverpool, England’s Alan Graham calling....
Growing up with 2 Tone and ska-punk in the 80s and 90s by Zack Kopp
Skaboob discovered the UK 2 Tone ska revival led by Jerry Dammers at age 15, including bands like the Specials, Bad Manners, the Selecter, the (English) Beat, the...
The Sweet Younguns | ‘60s Garage Prog-Rock from Atlanta, Georgia
When a U.S. progressive music fan reminisces of Atlanta, Georgia’s WPLO-FM, they affectionately recall ex-WQXI newscaster Ed Shane who became the first program director for WPLO’s newly format-flipped,...
Mod | British R&B and Beat Music | Evolution of Genré
First I had my difficulties with the term “Mod” because I tried to find the leitmotif in this Genré but there was none. I think the best way...
Three from the Galaxy of Kozmik Ken’s Psychedelic Dream Festival | Article and photography by Jack Gold-Molina
The UK’s incredibly rich space rock scene has managed to continue to thrive, despite the lockdown and the dangers of the pandemic over the past two years. This...
The Jazz Butcher is Dead! Long Live the Jazz Butxher! by Zack Kopp
One night about a month ago, Pat Fish (born Patrick Huntrods on 20 December, 1957), and also known as the Jazz Butcher, was posting a video apologizing for...
‘Hey Joe’
'Hey Joe' did not begin or end with Jimi Hendrix. The legend of 'Hey Joe' has a fascinating history of who exactly wrote it (heated debates), what the...