It’s time for another Motown minute… In 1959, Berry Gordy borrowed start-up money from an uncle and started a record company out of his home on Grand Boulevard in downtown Detroit. His boxing career wasn’t taking off, so he figured he’d do something else with his life. Nearly a billion dollars later, the Motown Sound […]
Let’s leap into 2016 with a new attitude and showcase the most interesting and lesser known artists of our time, with a feature we call ‘A to Z.’ Here is the letter E… “I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night,” was a classic late 60s song from a group of Los Angeles studio musicians […]
It’s not uncommon or politics and rock n’ roll to cross paths, but it’s starting to get interesting. Recently, the Rolling Stones and Elton John have publicly announced that presidential candidate Donald Trump did not have permission to use their songs. What most people don’t know is the campaign does have the right to use […]
Bruce Springsteen has written his memoir “Born to Run” due out in the fall, so let’s share a few more thoughts on our favorite songs, and the backstory behind them. Here’s part two of “The Boss Best.” “Rosalita” from his “The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle” album is a seven-minute classic that […]
Prince recently announced that he will be on tour, but did not tell anyone where did not say where he’d be playing. Said differently he’s being very coy about dates, and not using paper tickets. Concert goers will have to buy online and redeem at the door using certified ID to get in. Donald Fagen […]
It’s been a busy past week, so let’s catch up to the many headlines that have come across the waves recently. Let’s start it off with Yoko Ono and her recent sickness that caused her to go to a hospital… Yoko Ono was released from the hospital over the weekend in New York after being […]
If you get a chance this upcoming Spring, be sure to buy tickets to see Motown: The Musical, which is a very popular Broadway show that is now touring the country. The wonderful stage performance is based on Berry Gordy’s autobiography as the head talent master of the Motown music era. Diana Ross and The […]
In Rock N’ Roll there’s only one Boss – Bruce Springsteen. Bruce grew up in New Jersey in the 50s and 60s, breaking all the rules and changing the course of Rock N’ Roll forever, starting with ‘Born to Run” in the mid-70s. Recently, Bruce announced that he will be publishing his autobiography this year […]
You may not know it, but you do know Ahmet Ertegun. Born into a wealthy family in Turkey, Istanbul in 1923, Ahmet grew to be a brilliant and shrewd businessman in the late 40s started Atlantic records in New York. His early 50s acts were predominately doo-whop, i.e. The Drifters, Coasters, Clovers and superstar Ray […]
There will never be another decade like 60s, as women’s rights, racial equality, and civil unrest (The Vietnam War) collided with the counter culture drug scene in a way we’ve yet to see again. The music of that time tells the story, so here is part two of our “Top 60s Albums.” Live albums simply […]