Bob Lind 1965 – Elusive Butterfly
It is 1965, the air thick with the buzzing anticipation of an industry pivoting. On one side, the earnest, acoustic…
Oldies Songs
Ruby And The Romantics 1963 – Our Day Will Come
The memory I hold of this song is not of the radio dial, but of a quiet, sun-drenched Saturday afternoon.…
Peter and Gordon 1964 – True Love Ways
The year is 1964. The British Invasion, sparked by the shockwaves of The Beatles, is still a phenomenon defined by…
The Rolling Stones 1965 – The Last Time
It’s 1965. The air in the room is thick with American ambition and Hollywood grit, a long, long way from…
Duane Eddy & The Rebels 1960 – Because They’re Young
The year is 1960. The rock and roll landscape, for all its revolutionary bluster, was already showing fault lines. The…
The Five Americans 1967 – Western Union
The year is 1967. The air is thick with patchouli and the smoke of revolution, yet down on the AM…
The Monkees 1967 – Shades of Gray
The radio dial was turning. It was late, the kind of hour where AM static breathes louder than the music.…
Everly Brothers 1965 – You’re My Girl
The late afternoon sun used to hit the mahogany veneer of the old radio just so, illuminating a fine layer…
Manfred Mann 1969 – The Mighty Quinn
The air of London in late 1967 was thick with possibility and a gentle paranoia. Across the Atlantic, Bob Dylan…
Jethro Tull 1970 – Witch’s Promise
The year is 1970. The blues-rock scaffolding of Jethro Tull’s earliest days has been dismantled, leaving only the framework of…