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Category Archives: Singer Songwriter
ARLO GUTHRIE – Amigo – (Reprise) – 1976
Look to my other entries for detail about Arlo. I had only heard, comparatively, little of Arlo’s work before, so every new album of his is quite a treat. (Though I actually heard this specific album for the first … Continue reading
DANNY O’KEEFE – The Global Blues – (Warner Brothers) – 1979
O’Keefe is truly eclectic. Clearly he is a singular talent. When I listen to his albums for the first time I’m not sure what I’m going to get. Even when his albums have a similar sound, which occurs when … Continue reading
CHIP TAYLOR – Gasoline – (Buddah) – 1971
After many years writing songs for others and releasing various singles under different names this was Taylor’s first solo album. Taylor recorded and released material throughout the 70s and then disappeared. Over the last 10 years he has made … Continue reading
SHAWN PHILLIPS – Furthermore … – (A&M) – 1974
See some of my other posts for more detail on Shawn Phillips. Suffice it to say I didn’t know a great load about him till quite recently. He certainly is obscure, by contemporary standards, and there isn’t anything … Continue reading
COUNTRY JOE McDONALD – Country Joe – (Vanguard) – 1974
Country Joe occupies a strange place in rock history. He never had many hits. He never had songs covered by others that became hits. He never had any sort of a sizable cult develop around him. … Continue reading
DANNY O’KEEFE – Breezy Stories – (Atlantic) – 1973
what Frank is listening to #226 – DANNY O'KEEFE – Breezy Stories – (Atlantic) – 1973 Back in WFILT #97 I said this about Dennis O'Keefe: I discovered him on one of my "who sang the original of the Elvis song" … Continue reading
ALBERT HAMMOND – When I Need You – (Epic) – 1977
What Frank is listening to #209 – ALBERT HAMMOND – When I Need You – (Epic) – 1977 Happy Eurovision to you all! I'm not sure if a Hammond tune has ever been in the Eurovision but in some ways … Continue reading
AL STEWART – Orange – (CBS) – 1972
"Year of the Cat", anything else? Even the reasonably involved musical listener would have problems naming another song by Al Stewart. Just like "Streets of London" is forever associated with Ralph McTell, an artist not dissimilar to Stewart, "Year of … Continue reading
DAVID ACKLES – Self Titled – (Elektra) – 1968
There will be a lot of referring to earlier comments here as I have waxed lyrical about Ackles before. Ackles made four albums over a five year period and his vision is clear and runs through all his albums. He is, pretty … Continue reading
ADAM FAITH – I Survive ( Warner Brothers) – 1974
Faith was from that remarkable period of English music after the invasion of American rock but before the rise of the Beatles. New Romantic, baggy, grebo, punk, ska, mod etc have all been discussed and analysed ad nauseam by scholarly English … Continue reading