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Author Archives: Franko
THOMAS JEFFERSON KAYE – Thomas Jefferson Kaye – (Dunhill) – 1973
Kaye was one of those music people you come across who was around music and the music business for practically his whole life (here some 40 years) without ever becoming a household name, or even a well known name today … Continue reading
CASEY KELLY – Casey Kelly – (Elektra) – 1972
I always get excited over a new Elektra LP. It's a great label. Casey Kelly I had not heard of before and there is very little on him online. Luckily though he is a moderately successful songwriter (and author on … Continue reading
PETER & GORDON – I Go To Pieces – (Capitol) – 1965
Check my other Peter & Gordon comments for background and other ramblings. Peter & Gordon are a strange birds. They are folk, they are MOR, they are pop. They wrote their own songs. They did many covers. Maybe they were … Continue reading
JOHN SEBASTIAN – The Four of Us – (Reprise) – 1971
Checkout my other blog entry for some detail on why I like John Sebastian. I didn't really link much of a biography on him so for those of you who cant be bothered clicking here in an annotated biography. Wiki[edia: … Continue reading
THE YOUNG RASCALS – Groovin’ – (Atlantic) – 1967
Check out my other Rascals comment for background on this seminal American band. Putting the hit singles to one side, The Young Rascals are sadly underappreciated outside of the US. They were, for a short time, phenomenal, but like many … Continue reading
JOHNNY RIVERS – In Action! – (Imperial) – 1965
You know the drill. Biographical details and musical stylistic observations on Johnny Rivers are on any number of other entries on this blog. This was Johnny's 3rd album and 3rd album of 1964. It was his first studio album despite … Continue reading
JOHN WALKER – If You Go Away – (Philips) – 1967
Everyone (well the critics and music tragics anyway) wax lyrical about Scott Walker (and rightly so) of The Walker Brothers but what about his "brother" John? John was one third of 1960s pop sensations The Walker Brothers. The Walker Brothers … Continue reading
ROD McKUEN – Seasons in the Sun, II – (Stanyan) – 1967
A man. A singlet. A beach. A piece of driftwood. A perfect LP sleeve. And perhaps a little gay.* Not to me though. To me the (almost) middle aged beachcomber depicted is a romantic slightly retreat-ist anti-hero at odds with … Continue reading
JACKIE DeSHANNON – Songs – (Capitol) – 1971
This is another album that I've had a while. It's been kicking around since the late 1980s I think. I had quite a few Jackie DeShannon albums and I was pressed for space and I thought … I've got a … Continue reading
THE DILLARDS – Copperfields – (Elektra) – 1970
I've commented on The Dillards before in relation to their wonderful "Wheatstraw Suite" (1968) album. Look to that comment for discussion on country rock, bluegrass cross-over and the seminal position of The Dillards in the evolution of country rock and … Continue reading
