The Drifters, Every Night’s A Saturday Night
The needle drops, and immediately, the room shifts. It’s not the bright, tinny sound of 1960s AM radio, nor the…
Fanny – Hey Bulldog (1971)
The vinyl lands with a soft, final thud on the platter. The needle drops. A low, subterranean growl of bass…
Jerry Lee Lewis -Whole Lotta Shakin Going On
I remember exactly where I was when the true, untethered nature of this recording hit me. It wasn’t a sleek,…
James Brown performs “Please Please Please”
The lights are low, the room is thick with smoke and anticipation. You’re not in a stadium in 1970, nor…
See you later alligator – Bill Haley and Comets
I often find myself staring at the chrome grille of an old, analog jukebox—the kind lit by fading neon and…
Travis Tritt – Anymore
The radio dial clicks. It’s late, the air outside heavy with the static hum of a quiet town. The sound…
Clint Black – Killin’ Time
The vinyl drops with a soft, analog thud, the needle finding its groove with a scratch of anticipation. I’m back…
Ricky Skaggs – Crying My Heart Out Over You
The air was different in 1981. Country music was moving, as it always does, toward the slicker edges of pop…
Ronnie Milsap – Smoky Mountain Rain
It’s two in the morning. The highway unfurls like a black, wet ribbon beneath the tires, the air thick with…
The Oak Ridge Boys – Elvira
It’s late spring in 1981. Country music is in a curious state—the ‘Urban Cowboy’ boom is peaking, and Nashville is…