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Versionality: “Season of the Witch”
In the latest installment of Versionality, Kelly Stitzel takes a look at some of the many covers of Donovan's "Season of the Witch."
Read More »Cratedigger: The Blues Project, “Projections”
The classic lineup of the Blues Project, led by Al Kooper and Steve Katz, made just one studio album. Fortunately, that album was the '60s classic "Projections."
Read More »DVD Review: “Mellodrama”
In 1978, a band I was working with was recording an album at A & R Studios in New York City. In the studio was the keyboard called a Mellotron. We never did use
Read More »DVD Review: The Zombies, “Odessey & Oracle: The 40th Anniversary Concert”
In June of 1967, the Zombies entered EMI’s Abbey Road studios to record their masterpiece, Odessey & Oracle. Earlier that year, the Beatles had recorded their own masterpiece, Sgt. Pepper, in the same studio.
Read More »Cratedigger: Blood, Sweat & Tears, “Child Is Father to the Man”
There had never been anything quite like them. They weren’t the cute mop-tops or acid-fueled freaks that had risen to fame in recent years. The members of Blood, Sweat & Tears were seasoned music
Read More »Mojo’s Cold Shot: Super Session Live at the Fillmore East
Mojo Flucke has returned from an unexplained disappearance, still woozy from a cold shot of '60s blues powerhouse Super Session
Read More »Cratedigger: The Jimi Hendrix Experience, “Electric Ladyland”
Ken Shane is back in the crates this week, and he's blowing the dust off a copy of a Hendrix classic
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