Book & Music Reviews: A Biography of Joe Meek, England’s Counterpart to Phil Spector, plus Bobby Lee Trammell, the Rain Parade, and Brian Wilson In the intro to a new biography of Joe Meek, author Darryl W. Bullock notes that recent years have witnessed heightened interest in the career of the music producer and songwriter. […]
Music Reviews: Too Far Out, a Joe Meek Anthology, plus Eric Schmitt & Jimmy Jones That Joe Meek has been called the UK’s answer to Phil Spector is understandable. Both were producers who worked in the 1960s, and both favored sound effects and employed innovative techniques. Both also committed murders and came to sad ends. […]
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Music Reviews: The Cryin’ Shames, plus Desmond Dekker, Delroy Wilson, Ken Boothe, Dr. John, and Cris Jacobs The Cryin’ Shames, a mid-sixties beat/pop group from Liverpool, England, were barely even a one-hit wonder on their home turf. Their sole significant chart tune, a 1966 cover of the Drifters’ “Please Stay” credited to Burt Bacharach and […]
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