There’s a reason George Thorogood & the Destroyers’ discography includes more than half a dozen live albums. Their high-octane, sax-spiced, blues-rock works best in a concert setting, where audiences seem to energize Thorogood, and he interacts with them as well as he does with his guitar. The latest recorded evidence of that is on the […]
Fruit Bats – The Landfill I admit, after listening to countless singers through the years, what grabs my ear the tightest is a distinctive voice. Eric D. Johnson (guitars/piano/synth/lap steel) has a thin, finely rendered voice, but his delivery is early Dylan on “The Saddest Part of the Song” without the gruffness & harshness. Just […]
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The Vogues, Cowboy Dave, Julie Christensen, Fruit Bats, Adam Klein, Arkansauce, and Charlie Parker The 1960s were a golden era for pop vocal groups, with acts like the Four Seasons, the Association, and the Mamas and Papas riding the charts. All those outfits still garner attention but the Vogues…not so much, probably because they scored […]
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