From The Vault: Bob Dylan – “Bob Dylan” (1962)
Dear Mom & Dad, Got myself a record deal with Columbia, it ain’t all that much, but it will help payin’ the rent, and you needn’t worry about...
Dear Mom & Dad, Got myself a record deal with Columbia, it ain’t all that much, but it will help payin’ the rent, and you needn’t worry about...
Aside for the music ... this album holds profound memories for me. First I was at the Fillmore when these recordings were laid down, and what a super...
These were the times, and these are the stories of those times ... While the first Crosby, Stills and Nash album was a sensational hit, there were many...
Arguably this is one of the finest first albums to have ever come down the pike, an album that’s not only matched by its originality, its contribution to...
Blair 1523 - Beautiful Debris (Voxx, 1993) Referencing their name from the San Antonio garage psych band The Outcasts (they were invited to appear in Houston, Texas with...
No matter how well you think you’re prepared, there are some things in life that you’re not ready for when they come knocking at your door. I wasn’t...
What Pink Floyd did on what’s considered their ‘breakout’ album, was for the first time, to find a collective voice, and collaborate full throttle, creating a sort of...
Mystery and rumors have swirled like hazy blue smoke around this very enchanting privately released limited edition bit of folk rock psychedelia since it first slid onto the...
Sometimes, at the oddest moments, I find myself thinking of Don Shinn, and wondering what he’s doing today. It would be easy to say that Don Shinn was...
“They call me Doctor John, known as the Night Tripper ...” Yes the Doctor is the last of the best. As I’ve said before I first encountered...