Reframing....The Doors. A friendly, light pop group.

I have a past with The Doors. I guess I shouldn't be ashamed, because a lot of people do, and a lot of people have never gotten over t...

Jerry Garcia's opinion of The Monkees--1967

A clip I put together from a 1967 interview, in which, pressed to put down The Monkees (yawn...), Jerry mans up and, like most musicians at...

Mick and Colin: The Nice Voiced, Hit-Writing Second Fiddles

Mick Jones Colin Moulding As sugar is to coffee and tonic is to straight vodka,  so were the songs of Mick Jones and Colin Moulding to the c...

Nez in Nashville, Nez in Byrdland.

“In Nashville, (the music) is straight ahead, no boogie, nothing to it at all. And I want it to be pretty to listen to when you’re loaded. ...

Black Sheep Songs--Where Did That Song Come From?

This installment celebrates those songs that make you say, "something about this just doesn't SOUND like (the artist in question)...

Dylan Just Wants to Have Fun: Why I Love LIVE AT BUDOKAN

I'm not trying to be ironic and contrary when I say that I love (much of) Bob Dylan Live at Budokan , recorded in the late winter of 197...

Yesterday Was National Record Store Day...And a 10 Year Musical Marriage Anniversary

 photo of Turn It Up, Northampton, MA by Julian Parker-Burns ( http://julianparkerburns.com ) ...and I was asked to be on the air (93.9 FM N...