Turning the Tide

While most recognized for his 1961’s #3 hit record “A Hundred Pounds of Clay,” Gene McDaniels had a long and extensive career as a...

Doorbells- S/T SOLEIL- Lollipop Sixteen Tetsuko- I Love You The Resonars- No Exit The Ugly Beats- Stars Align Rock Juice- Drink Al...

Along with his gale-force enthusiasm, Feinberg has an intimate understanding of the music he covers and demonstrates his intuitive sense...

During the prolonged summer here in the Arizona low desert, I share the local tendency to yearn for cooler weather, yet once it finally ...

While on the surface, it appears like this is Fontana Records’ last ditch effort to stake their claim on West Coast hippie trip, Mornin...

Last summer, I came across an amazing 1967 color photo of Savage Rose on the U. of Notre Dame Class of 1969 blog . As a Notre Dame graduate...

The recording made it across the Mohave and Sonoran Deserts the other 110 degree day and I have to declare this is one of the finest in t...

For years I have enjoyed The Astrud Gilberto Album  ever since finding it for a buck in dusty Quartzsite, AZ. Last fall, I gave Stanley T...

Things keep coming and going, but the Resonars remain a constant pop force within Tucson's somewhat submerged and unvarnished music...

Here is the sound of the British Invasion cascading down to Caracas, Venezuela circa 1966. While there is the expected, inescapable and d...

Perhaps the most distinguishing aspect of this 1968 album beyond its bold period charm quasi-religious front cover is that this co-ed fo...

"One-hit wonder from the early sixties" is the usual reductionist treatment that Larry Finnegan receives in his home country wh...