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Classic Music Review: Axis: Bold as Love by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Hendrix Inside. Click to buy. I’m happy to say that Jimi Hendrix hated the cover of this album as much as I do. Apparently there was miscommunication over the word “Indian.” Hendrix wanted something to...
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Classic Music Review: Mr. Fantasy by Traffic
The cover is a wholly accurate description of the music inside. Having departed The Spencer Davis Group by communicating his resignation through an intermediary, Steve Winwood joined up with...
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Classic Music Review: The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter by The Incredible...
Click to join this charming alternative family in the commune of your choice. The Incredible String Band were the darlings of the cognoscenti of the time. McCartney, Dylan and John Peel gave them their...
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Classic Music Review: Anthem of the Sun by The Grateful Dead
If you’re into going with the flow, click to buy. One idea behind Anthem of the Sun was to create a soundscape that reflected the experience of a Grateful Dead concert, so that’s the perspective I’m...
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Classic Music Review: Cheap Thrills by Big Brother and the Holding Company
I never got R. Crumb either. Sometimes a sound you hear in a piece of music triggers a faint memory of a past experience. You know you’ve heard that sound before, but you can’t remember where or under...
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Classic Music Review: The Doughnut in Granny’s Greenhouse by The Bonzo Dog Band
Perfectly normal, perfectly executed. Click to buy. Despite the “anything goes” mindset, hippies didn’t seem to have much of a sense of humor. They took themselves and their consciousness-raising...
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Classic Music Review: S. F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things
Click to buy one of the better works of the psychedelic era. The small town was just under eight miles from everywhere, the grey brickwork soaked up the white sun. The factory of misery lay in the...
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Classic Music Review: Stand! by Sly and the Family Stone
Curiously neutral on this one, but click to buy anyway. Soul music went through its psychedelic period, too, thanks in large part to Sly Stone. The transformation wasn’t quite as drastic as in rock:...
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Classic Music Review: It’s a Beautiful Day (album)
Sending you to MP3’s so you can get the good stuff. The story of It’s a Beautiful Day is a tale that could teach you young-uns out there a few things about the weird goings-on in the music industry:...
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Classic Music Review: Woodstock
I suggest you beg your Baby Boomer parents not to leave you this in the will. Disclosing My Biases Look. I’m a city girl. I have spent most of my life living in cities. I spent four years in an L. A....
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