Author Archive
24 Aug 2012
Album Review: Grateful Dead – Dick’s Picks #31
I had a minor epiphany recently. After years of slagging The Grateful Dead and their fans, I found a live album that led me to say to myself, “Aha…so this […]
23 Aug 2012
Tiki-lounging with Merrell Fankhauser
Merrell Fankhauser‘s name is not as well-known as some others from the rock era, but he’s been an important force in the development of both surf and psychedelia. Outside of […]
22 Aug 2012
Album Review: The Higher State – The Higher State
It is with some amusement that I turn to the words of that 21st century philosopher: “There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in […]
21 Aug 2012
20 Questions with Van Dyke Parks
In Fall 2011 I got the opportunity to see Van Dyke Parks in a rare concert tour date. The following morning, he and I met for coffee, during which we […]
20 Aug 2012
Album Review: Galahad – Battle Scars
File Galahad under that growing list of accessible progressive rock acts that had (up to now) escaped my notice. Apparently they’ve been around for some years; their debut In a […]
19 Aug 2012
Bootleg Bin: Guided by Voices – 09-03-02 Case Western Reserve University
Here’s a thick slab of irony. These kings of the lo-fi aesthetic have released a myriad collection of studio and live discs, and their general approach to recording betrays an […]
19 Aug 2012
Bootleg Bin: Kirsty MacColl – 06-28-92 Glastonbury
Kirsty MacColl was famous for a few things. One, her dad was famed folksinger Ewan MacColl. Two, she wrote and recorded the original version of the girl-group pastiche “They Don’t […]
19 Aug 2012
Bootleg Bin: Love – 10-24-93 North Hampton MA
Having paid his debt to society, convicted felon Arthur Lee surprised all interested parties by returning to the music scene in the 90s more musically focused than he’d ever been. […]
18 Aug 2012
Bootleg Bin: New Cars — Road Rage Tour, June 6 2006 – Wolf Trap, Vienna VA
By 2006, everything seemed to get recorded. From every single date of David Gilmour‘s solo tour, to a Peter Tork set with his blues group in a Dallas bar, tapers […]
18 Aug 2012
Bootleg Bin: Procol Harum — April 1969: Los Angeles and San Francisco CA
The most soulful of the so-called “progressive” groups, Procol Harum is best known for the mega-hit “A Whiter Shade of Pale.” Yet fans know that the group produced many songs […]