George Jones – “I Don’t Need Your Rocking Chair”
The year was 1992. Out on the airwaves, the New Traditionalists were riding high, and the fresh-faced New Country stars…
Johnny Cash – General Lee
The road dust still settles in the mind’s eye. Close your eyes, and you can practically hear the revving engine,…
Partridge Family – “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do”
The air in the garage was always a little dusty, even on a day when the California sun made the…
Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine
The light, what little there was, came from the streetlamp outside the window, cutting a pale diagonal across the wall.…
Capris – There’s A Moon Out Tonight
There is a moment in the history of recorded sound, right around the turn of the decade from the 1950s…
RICKY NELSON – Bye Bye Love
The year is 1960. The air is thick with the promise of a new decade, but the soundtrack is still…
Brook Benton – Rainy Night In Georgia
There is a moment in the dead of a late, wet night—the kind where the city outside seems to dissolve…
Ferrante & Teicher – Exodus
The 1960s were not solely the decade of rock-and-roll revolution; they were also a golden age for the instrumental orchestra,…
The Hollies – Sorry Suzane
It is late 1969, and the air is thick with change. The monolithic promise of psychedelic freedom is giving way…
Diana Ross (Crossover) – It’s My Turn
The year is 1980. The last, decadent shimmer of disco ball light is fading, leaving behind a certain quiet uncertainty.…