Saturday Spins: James Gang and Joe Walsh
Before he was the yin to Don Felder’s yang in The Eagles, Joe Walsh was a member of an extremely underrated trio, James Gang.
Before he was the yin to Don Felder’s yang in The Eagles, Joe Walsh was a member of an extremely underrated trio, James Gang.
I am going to, and this will be somewhat controversial, proclaim that Combat Rock is second only to London Calling in the definitive ranking of albums by the Clash.
Put this song on…I was a puddle after hearing it. Since I am a narcissist like Jason Isbell we are gonna make this about me.
I went to the grocery store. It was everything I had dreamed of and more.
The Myth of Sisyphus. Except it’s nose-blowing.
For the uninitiated, the Traveling Wilburys were formed in 1988 by George Harrison (The Beatles), Jeff Lynne (ELO) Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, and Tom Petty.
Mark Twain had a funny line: “The pleasures of fornication are overstated while the pleasures of defecation go unsung.”
This week my toddler shook my phone and out popped the father of “Cosmic American Music,” or as the folks over at No Depression call it, “Alt-Country.”
What happened when the saddest man in Omaha decided to “make a rock record with the disappeared?” Magic.
Just the simple little joys of running the errands that I haven’t run for a month would sound sooooooo good.
Well, the directive went out from the Governor: Stay at home.
Waaaaaay ahead of you. (Lemme just go to the store first.)
The vacation was cancelled. Ah, those grapes were probably going to be sour anyway.
We’re preparing to go to Disneyworld at the same time that the Coronavirus seems to be kicking into gear. Also, we met the housesitters.
Folks, not sure how I can carry on after covering the perfect album last week, but I am a slave to the Discogs randomizer. This week, I’ll be covering another release from dad-rock titans,...
Sometimes things fall in your lap. Sometimes it’s that song that you’ve been trying to find.
This week’s spin features a mysterious man in a frayed lone ranger mask. However, for the sake of his art, I will only refer to him as Orville Peck.