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I probably feature John Prine more often that some people would like, but this is the rare Prine tune that he didn't write himself, though he did sign its composer,…

The glam rock years were strange ones, kids. Bands, particularly in England, put on makeup, glitter and androgynous outfits in emulation of David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust. Most of them took…

A lot of people think this is the Rolling Stones, but it's actually Jagger backed by a band of studio musicians for his star turn in the film "Performance." That's…

Python Lee Jackson was an Australian band, founded in 1965, that tried its luck in England in 1969. Despite catching the attention of producer John Peel, they didn't make it…

The only song by this quintessential San Francisco psychedelic outfit to make the singles charts, this Santana-sounding 1970 cut talks about something in short supply these days in fire-ravaged California.…

This Holland-Dozier-Holland tune was a No. 1 hit for the Supremes in 1966, just a year before Long Island band Vanilla Fudge slowed it down and turned the song's minor-key…

A song I play every year as the elegy for the baseball season. Paul Simon's natural melancholy, some jazzy chords and the harmonica wizardry of Toots Thielemans combine to roll…

Another 1969 track El Som couldn't squeeze into October was the last top 40 hit by the Box Tops, featuring lead singer Alex Chilton, a 16-year-old high school student when…

El Somnambulo did a great job of highlighting some of the music of 1969, but he left a big one out -- the song that topped the Billboard charts for…

The Band's self-titled second album helped me make it through my freshman year of college. Not a cure for homesickness, exactly, but a balm to salve doubts as to whether…

Only two days remaining of my nostalgic trip back to 1969. This was how the medley was originally ordered before some late edits, which is why 'Her Majesty' appears where…

If you feel so inclined, light up a thick one and sink into this:

While everyone else was zigging from Woodstock to Altamont in 1969, the Kinks, who were barred from the US due to alleged misbehavior on a previous tour, zagged.  Created this…