Well, you can try and draw some inference into this song and the exit of Agent Orange or, even, prematurely, I fear, to feel vaccines are a...

X : The Once Over Twice [ purchase ]  I think that the impetus behind this theme is the end of the Trump Error, and one of the things that...

  purchase  [ RJ's version   ] Because <In Memoriam> is kind of a coda to the year past, we might call this the first theme of the...

  purchase [ Tone Poems   ] My better half thinks I carry a jinx. Possibly: 2 years back, I played Tom Petty's <You Got Lucky> on ...

To say I am fond of pedal steel guitar would be an understatement; I bloody adore the instrument and how it sounds, whether as high lonesom...

Toots and the Maytals : Do The Reggay [ purchase ]  I suspect that like most American music lovers, my knowledge of reggae music is limit...

John Prine (October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020) In a year like we've had, one filled with such division, anger, isolation, and death, it...

 Another good (wo)man done gone.... And another footle into the corridors of my consciousness, this probably little known name leaving a big...

  Since its formation in 1968, King Crimson has gone through many different lineups and musicians , and over the years, there has been some...

The saying always was that only the bad girls liked the Rolling Stones, which then needed a whole further category for the Pretty Things, as...

  We interrupt the Pandemic Holiday Song theme for our sixth annual listing of the most viewed posts of the prior year. Through our (usual...

  Prodigal Son was at one time incorrectly credited to Jagger and Richards when in fact it belongs to Rev. Robert Wilkins purchase [ Begga...

Judy Garland : Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas [ purchase ]  I’ve reached my holiday song limit, having been listening for days...

purchase [ Silver Meteor ] This is a year where Christmas is very much what you and you alone make of it. Yeah, I managed to get the tree a...

Merle Haggard : If We Make It Through December [ purchase the original ] [ purchase Phoebe Bridgers’ cover ]  Despite having amassed a l...

  purchase  [ Clarence White guitar ] I confess- the text here is half baked. Never quite finished – but this music needs to go out before ...

A leftover to encapsulate both ‘empty’ and ‘spirit’, as in I am in danger of being drained of all celebratory Christmas spirit. OK, it’s tru...

[ purchase ] I guess this is sort of related to my “No Thanks” post about Old 97’s “Lonely Holiday,” but back in June, when I think that...