The Shirelles – Everybody Loves a Lover (1966)
The needle drops. Not on the familiar, bubblegum-pink world of the early sixties, but somewhere deeper, wider. It’s late 1966,…
Mary Hopkin – In My Life
The air in the café was thick and sweet, smelling of old paperbacks and chicory coffee. It was late, maybe…
The Beach Boys- California Girls (1965)
The needle drops, and before the bassline can even suggest a rhythm, the mind is elsewhere. It’s 1965, the air…
The Temptations – Soul To Soul
The cassette deck of my beat-up car always seemed to know when I needed a sermon in soul. It wasn’t…
Glen Campbell – Amazing Grace
The glamour of the ’70s country-pop machine could often feel blinding. Picture the man—Glen Campbell—the television host, the golden-voiced conduit…
Jerry Reed And Chet Atkins Jerrys Breakdown
The memory is as sharp and resonant as the downbeat of a D-chord on a nylon string. It was late,…
Glen Campbell – It’s Only Make Believe
The air in the listening room tonight is thick with a particular kind of regret—the comfortable, self-aware kind. The kind…
The Beach Boys- In My Room (1964)
To appreciate “In My Room,” you must first understand the ground it broke. Released in 1963 on The Beach Boys’…
“Kentucky” – The Everly Brothers
It is the hour of the radio dial when the signal thins, bleeding out into the late-night static, and only…
Bay City Rollers – It’s A Game (1977)
The late 1970s were a time of sonic upheaval. Disco was peaking, punk was spitting, and the meticulously constructed machinery…