Wynn Stewart – It’s Such A Pretty World Today (1967)
The year 1967 was a kaleidoscope of cultural shift. Psychedelia bloomed in San Francisco, rock was splintering, and yet, back…
Jerry Lee Lewis – Would You Take Another Chance on Me (1969)
The late 1960s were, for Jerry Lee Lewis, less a second act and more a desperate, thrilling negotiation with history.…
Ray Price – Another Bridge To Burn (1962)
The air in the café was thick and still, the kind of late-night silence you could almost lean into. I…
Club A-Go-Go Animals
The moment I drop the needle on “Club A-Go-Go,” the air in the room changes. It’s no longer a quiet…
Hard Life, Hard Times (Prisoners) – John Denver
The air in the café was thick with the scent of old paper and bitter coffee. It was late, and…
Slow Down – Young Rascals
The sound hits you like a cheap shot of bourbon on a cold night: immediate, burning, and gone before you…
Help Yourself – Standells
The needle drops, and the air immediately thickens with the humid, low-slung swagger of early 1960s R&B. This isn’t the…
Let Her Dance – Bobby Fuller Four
The sound hits you immediately: a concussive wall of rhythm, bright as a chrome fender in the El Paso sun.…
Cara Lin – Strangeloves
I first encountered “Cara-Lin” on a battered 45 RPM single, the paper label stained brown by time and spilled soda.…
Don’t Think Twice – Four Seasons
The Greenwich Village folk scene of the early 1960s and the glossy, orchestrated pop sound of The Four Seasons existed…