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Song of the Day 11/3: The Chambers Brothers, “Time Has Come Today”

By Alby November 3, 20201 Comment

How much more cowbell could a song have? None. None more cowbell. The Chambers Brothers were unlikely pioneers of what became known as psychedelic soul, first recording this trippy classic…

Song of the Day 11/2: Rare Earth, “Get Ready”

By Alby November 2, 20201 Comment

Rare Earth earned its footnote in rock history as Motown's first successful white act, but naturally the band, founded in Detroit in 1961 as the Sunliners, scored its first and…

Song of the Day 11/1: Lindsey Buckingham, “Countdown”

By Alby November 1, 20203 Comments

The first time he left Rock's Longest Running Soap Opera, in 1987, it took Lindsey Buckingham five years to put together a solo album. "Out of the Cradle" was actually…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes For October 2020

By El Somnambulo November 1, 2020

My kind of month--music that starts out interesting, and ends up fascinating. Plus songs for this dire season. A national treasure. A great song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p7B2mP4g8U Fuckin' Portland Cops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y23ewhFf_hs https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6386UwAdKaFY0c6WfQ7OSK?si=aQXf4raMTkiE9O4rM9I1FQ…

Song of the Day 10/31: Al Kooper and Stephen Stills, “Season of the Witch”

By Alby October 31, 20203 Comments

Donovan wrote and recorded this song in 1966, after guitarist John Renbourn of Pentangle showed him how to play a D9 chord at a house party. People who were there…

Song of the Day 10/30: The Traveling Wilburys, “End of the Line”

By Alby October 30, 20205 Comments

This one's for the Trump administration and the entire Republican Party, which is indeed facing the end of the line. The Traveling Wilburys were rock history's most peculiar supergroup --…

Song of the Day 10/29: Blind Faith, “Can’t Find My Way Home”

By Alby October 29, 2020

This one's for all the poor saps at Trump's Omaha rally the other night who got stranded miles from shelter in freezing temperatures when their buses didn't show up. Apparently,…

Song of the Day 10/28: The Moody Blues, “Go Now”

By Alby October 28, 20202 Comments

As the days until the election dwindle, I find this tune going through my head -- the "since you gotta go, you better go now" part, not the "I don't…

Song of the Day 10/27: Fleetwood Mac, “Dreams”

By Alby October 27, 2020

These are strange times in America, and not just because one of our political parties has gone full fascist. We live in a country where a 42-year-old song can re-enter…

Song of the Day 10/26: The White Stripes, “Seven Nation Army”

By Alby October 26, 20205 Comments

It's been an awful year all over the world, which might help explain why a woman confronted Edinburgh, Scotland, street musician Matt Grant last week by grabbing his guitar from…

Song of the Day 10/25: Jerry Jeff Walker, “Mr. Bojangles”

By Alby October 25, 20205 Comments

It almost has the certainty of scientific law: Any hell-raising musician will reach his commercial peak with a song that's slow and sentimental. It certainly proved to be the case…

Song of the Day 10/23: The Spencer Davis Group, “Gimme Some Lovin'”

By Alby October 23, 20201 Comment

Note: This is a guest post by Nathan Arizona. Spencer Davis, who died this week at 81, was one of the most important pioneers of British electric blues-rock and the…

Best Pro Rasslin’ Segment In ForEVER!

By El Somnambulo October 22, 202010 Comments

As many of you know, my El Somnambulo monicker comes from my fictitious lucha libre background, featuring my legendary but totally made-up feud with the dastardly Teletubbymundo. I love pro…