Taking a Walk in the Village
The 60’s scene in Greenwich Village may now be long in the dust, but dig this daddio, the scene, a groovy get together place for hip chicks and cool cats to chill and [...]
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Steel Drum Sounds From the Island
Steel Drum Sounds from the Island is a short essay on the the phenomenon known as Steel Pan. From it’s origins as a street corner past time, to it’s grand stage [...]
Motortown Review: the ‘Chitlin Circuit’ Early 1960’s
The Motortown Revue was the name given to the package concert tours of Motown artists in the 1960s. Early tours featured Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Mary Wells, The [...]
Altamont Music Festival 1969
The Altamont Music Festival, held in Northern California at the Altamont Raceway in December of 1969, was the lowest point reached during the swing of otherwise successful [...]
Bloke Rock Mod Records
The Mod Scene was centered on British pop music played by well-shod lads by way of Carnaby Street. Mods worked in offices by day to supply their wardrobe of custom fit tight [...]
John Lee Hooker Drops the Boom
Nobody defines the blues like guitar playing John Lee Hooker, who rose to legend status performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues. “Boom [...]