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Dw. Dunphy On… Hurricane Smith
My grandfather loved his guitars. He listened to old Hank Williams Sr. records, a bit of Les Paul and Mary Ford, and a smattering of Hawaiian music, all to hear what was happening on
Read More »White Label Friday: The Firm, “Radioactive”
My club-friendly tendencies are clearly lost on the majority of Popdose’s AOR-loving rock hounds, so let’s shake things up this week by putting Jimmy Page under the remix knife. Truth be told, the album
Read More »Jesus of Cool: Carlene Carter, Back and “Stronger”
As any loyal Popdose reader with a lingering affection for British power pop surely knows, the name of this column is cribbed from Nick Lowe’s 1978 album Jesus of Cool, which just last week
Read More »Popdose’s Al Jarreau Week rolls on!
I wouldn’t want to be the lone man out, so let me begin by opening this contribution to PopDose’s Al Jarreau Week by admitting that I, too, was hesitant when asked if I might
Read More »White Label Friday: Duran Duran, “Hold Back the Rain”
If you know me, then you know that I loves me some Duran Duran. Even when they make an album as unlistenable as Liberty, Pop Trash or Red Carpet Massacre — you’d be wise
Read More »Tributes: Larry Norman (1947-2008)
After suffering many years with major ailments, Larry Norman died on Sunday. As a member of People in the late ’60s, he introduced the world to the concept of Christian rock under the guise
Read More »Clapton and Winwood @ Madison Square Garden, NYC: 2/26/08
Eric Clapton – guitar, vocals Steve Winwood – Hammond organ, guitar, vocals Chris Stainton – keyboards Willie Weeks – bass Ian Thomas – drums I’m convinced that any great concert experience requires an interesting
Read More »Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s
You’d think that slogging through the detritus of the 1960s would be a more delicate maneuver than slinging the shite of the ’50s. You’d be mistaken. The Sixties were the baby boom’s golden era,
Read More »White Label Friday: Candy Flip, “Strawberry Fields Forever”
There is just no other way to say it: 1990 was an awful, awful year for music. The first #1 single of the year belonged to a certain no-talent ass clown. The first act
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