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Author Archives: Franko
BUCK OWENS – Your Tender Loving Care – (Capitol) – 1967
Buck Owens was riding high in the mid-60s. Every single he released (and there were fourteen of them) between 1963 and 1967 went to number one in the country charts. His hit making didn't dissipate until the mid-7os but as … Continue reading
JACKIE DeSHANNON – You’re the Only Dancer – (Amherst) – 1977
Keeping up with current sounds is normal for a musician. Where I have a problem with it is if the act have totally changed their sound for the sake of jumping on a trend or sound which wasn't there before. … Continue reading
STEPHEN STILLS – Right By You – (Atlantic) – 1984
If you read this blog enough you will hear me say, and, yes, I'm saying it again, the 80s were awful for mainstream music. New mainstream sounded awful and "in the charts" mainstream was rubbish but the hardest hit by … Continue reading
JOHNNY RIVERS – Homegrown – (United Artists) – 1971
I have written many comments on this blog about Rivers and his albums. Check them out for biographical detail but especially check out the "Slim Slo Slider" (1970) comment. That album and this one have been joined on a 2fer … Continue reading
THE ROCKSPURS – Getting Off … – (DJM) – 1979
There is very little on this band online. At the risk of sounding twee I will say that in some ways knowing nothing about a band can be a good thing. There are no preconceptions because all you have to … Continue reading
THE BRANDOS – Honor Among Thieves – (Relativity) – 1987
I had no knowledge about this band till now. They weren't on my radar and that's strange because the 80s and the 90s were the decades I spent a lot of time searching out new non-mainstream sounds, especially from the … Continue reading
THE JAGS – Evening Standards – (Island) – 1980
This has been floating around for ages. I had it, I listened to it, I tried to sell it, and somehow it ended back in my "to listen pile". At the time I thought this sounded too much like Elvis … Continue reading
ALBERT HAMMOND – Somewhere in America – (Columbia) – 1982
I do like Albert Hammond. Check out the other blog entries for biographical details and ruminations. I've said this before, and I've even used this before but I like it. When I commented on his 1977 album, "When I Need … Continue reading
MARC BENNO – Ambush – (A&M) – 1972
Apart from having a couple of Marc Benno solo albums and a couple of him with Leon Russell, I had no idea who Marc Benno was before pulling this out of the pile behind me. Marc Benno fans may say … Continue reading
LOS INDIOS TABAJARAS – The Many-Splendored Guitars of Los Indios Tabajaras – (RCA) – 1965
Will there ever be a Los Indios Tabajaras cult? Is there a Los Indios Tabajaras cult? There should be a Los Indios Tabajaras cult. Los Indios Tabajaras, in their most famous and longest incarnation, are two brothers from Brazil who … Continue reading
