I Live For The Sun – Sunrays
It is a summer day, 1965. The air is thick with the promise of endless hours, the smell of salt…
Oldies Songs
American Girl – Tom Petty Heartbreakers
The memory is often sharpest in the dark. A cheap $home audio$ system sputtering out life on a late-night dial.…
How can I Be Sure – Young Rascals
The air was thick with something suspended—maybe dust motes in the single shaft of moonlight cutting across the den carpet,…
Monterey – Eric Burdon Animals
The air was thick and sweet with the scent of patchouli and possibility. It was 1967, and the world was…
Blue Feeling – The Animals
The story of The Animals is usually told in sharp, iconic flashes: the gut-wrenching wail of “House of the Rising…
Blue Monday – Fats Domino
The glow of a vacuum tube amplifier in a dimly lit room is not just a visual cue; it’s a…
Goodnight Tonight – Paul McCartney Wings
The late 1970s. The air hung thick with the shimmering dust of mirrored balls, the throb of four-on-the-floor kick drums,…
Ooh Poo Pah Doo – Paul Revere Raiders
The mid-1960s air was thick with the polished harmonies and tailored suits of the British Invasion. Clean, precise, often studio-perfected,…
Lucille – Everly Brothers
The light is always low in my memory of this song. It’s late—the kind of late where the local AM…
I Want Candy – Strangeloves
The air in the garage was thick with humidity and the metallic tang of cheap beer. It was 1965, and…