Author Archive
02 Jul 2010
I Think We’re Alone Now…for an Interview With Tommy James (part 2)
(continued from Part One) Bill Kopp / Musoscribe: From your book (Me, the Mob and the Music) I gathered that Morris Levy’s only instructions were (a) “gimme another hit” and […]
01 Jul 2010
I Think We’re Alone Now…for an Interview With Tommy James (part 1)
Some acts are an overnight sensation. Most aren’t. And then there’s the rare case where a band records a song, it goes nowhere, they break up, and then the song […]
30 Jun 2010
Album Review: Various – Through a Faraway Window – A Tribute to Jimmy Silva
Tribute albums are a curious beast, the sort of enterprise that can conjure up the cynical suspicion of reviewers. Oftentimes tribute compilations are populated by hipsters or au courant acts, […]
29 Jun 2010
Album Review: Various Artists – Remember Me Baby
Cameo Parkway was a Philadelphia-based record label with a heyday in the 1950s and 1960s. While the label enjoyed some success in the album era with artists like Chubby Checker […]
28 Jun 2010
Album Review: The Milk and Honey Band – Dog Eared Moonlight
It would be a mistake to get overly caught up in the packaging of Dog Eared Moonlight, the most recent release from the Milk and Honey Band. But it’s difficult […]
25 Jun 2010
A Conversation with Felix Cavaliere and Steve Cropper (part two)
(Continued from Part One) Bill Kopp / Musoscribe: There’s a lick on the title track that sounds a lot like the break on Sam & Dave‘s “Soul Man.” Was that […]
24 Jun 2010
A Conversation with Felix Cavaliere and Steve Cropper (Part One)
Felix Cavaliere and Steve Cropper are among the most highly respected names in pop music. As guitarist and producer for the legendary Stax house band Booker T & the MGs, […]
23 Jun 2010
The Jason Falkner Interview: Part Three
(continued from Part Two) Jason Falkner: The Early Years And the fun of making records is a theme to which Jason Falkner often returns. Like many artists who have their […]
22 Jun 2010
The Jason Falkner Interview, Part Two
(continued from Part One) “Dad-rock” Not surprisingly, Jason Falkner concedes that “I’m just trying to entertain myself. I just want to hear a song that really gets me off, so […]
21 Jun 2010
The Jason Falkner Interview, Part One
For more than twenty years, fans of a particular few strains of rock have known about Jason Falkner. Tagged early and often as something of a pop wunderkind, Falkner is […]