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Category Archives: Soft Rock
DR HOOK – Dr Hook and the Medicine Show – (CBS) – 1972
This is first album from Dr Hook and it is both a showcase for them and a vehicle for songwriter Shel Silverstein. Songwriters using band or acts to express their music better, perhaps, than they could themselves is not unusual. … Continue reading
JOHN STEWART – Bombs Away Dream Babies – (RSO) – 1979
From folkie to obscure singer songwriter, to pop hit maker and then back to obscure singer songwriter. Maybe that wouldn't be so bad but the breakdown is, folkie (10 years), obscure singer songwriter (10 years), hit maker (2 years), obscure … Continue reading
ALBERT HAMMOND – Your World and My World – (Columbia) – 1981
I do have soft spot for Albert Hammond. I'm not sure how that sits with the other stuff I like but every music collection should have a couple of acts that stand out stylistically from the rest. I have more … Continue reading
COUNTRY JOE McDONALD – Love is a Fire – (Fantasy) – 1976
Allmusic: "A native of Washington, D.C., McDonald grew up in El Monte, CA, a suburb of Los Angeles, where his parents, Florence and Worden, had moved to escape political difficulties in the capital city. Music played an important role through … Continue reading
TOMMY JAMES – Midnight Rider – (Fantasy) – 1976
What makes Tommy run? Or rather What makes Tommy sing? James had his moment in the sun in one of the premier US pop rock acts of the mid to late 1960s, Tommy James and The Shondells. A singles band … Continue reading
DR HOOK – Sometimes You Win … – (Capitol) – 1979
"Sometimes you win …." is a dangerous album title if you half smart critics (myself included) skulking on the sidelines because "Sometimes you lose" is bound to follow. But Dr Hook did in fact "win" with this album as it … Continue reading
SHAWN PHILLIPS – Second Contribution – (A&M) – 1970
I always feel a little dirty when I listen to hippie music, though I'm not sure what hippie music is. I like Melanie, Brewer & Shipley, Simon & Garfunkel, The Youngbloods, Jefferson Airplane, The Turtles, Donovan, Country Joe, Arlo Guthrie … Continue reading
JESSE COLIN YOUNG – Love on the Wing – (Warner Brothers) – 1977
Very early in my blogging I commented on another Jesse Colin Young album. You can search that it you wish though here I will flesh out a few of the points I raised there. Wikipedia: “Jesse Colin Young is an … Continue reading
DAVID CROSBY & GRAHAM NASH – Wind on the Water – (Polydor) – 1975
Sometimes you get two voices that compliment each other well. And that is the case here despite one being American and the other a Brit. Not coincidentally, despite being from opposite sides of the Atlantic, both came from multi vocal … Continue reading
DR HOOK – Pleasure & Pain – (Capitol) – 1978
Dr Hook. How do I end up here? Answer: A couple of Stones Green Ginger Wines with ice whilst reading my friends blog which has frequent suitably rustic themes (http://thegoatthatwrote.net/ ). I apologise to him in advance for linking him … Continue reading
