Song of the Day 3/21: The Buckinghams, “Kind of a Drag”
In 1965 a Chicago group called the Pulsations was hired as house band for a local TV station's music show. With the British Invasion in full swing, the show's producers…
Song of the Day 3/20: Godley & Creme, “Cry”
Kevin Godley and Lol Creme were half of the art-rock band 10cc for much of the 1970s, but left to pursue an invention called the gizmotron, a device that attached…
Song of the Day 3/19: Michael Jackson, “Black or White”
As long as everybody is arguing about racism, let's listen to what was intended as a condemnation of it. Here's the song alone, stripped down to just the music --…
Song of the Day 3/17: Dropkick Murphys, “The Wild Rover”
If you're reading this before your first green-dyed beer of the day, you probably know this tune, or at least its "no, nay, never" refrain, by heart. It's among the…
Song of the Day 3/16: Yusuf Islam, “Don’t Let Me Be Understood”
When Cat Stevens converted to Islam in 1977, he changed his name and dropped out of the music industry for almost 30 years. He made headlines in 1989 when he…
Song of the Day 3/15: The Who, “Pictures of Lily”
I've been talking a lot about power pop recently, mainly because it seems Jason330 is a fan of the genre even if he didn't realize what it was called. So…
Song of the Day 3/12: Sugar Stems, “We Only Come Out at Night”
I'm invoking our new Earworm Warning for this one, which I first heard when it was released in 2014 and not much since. Yet it popped into my head unbidden…
Song of the Day 3/11: AC/DC, “Hard as a Rock”
Can someone please explain why Viagra hasn't used this as their theme song? The Young brothers didn't even bother to disguise it a double entendre -- it's crystal clear what…
Song of the Day 3/10: The Outsiders, “Time Won’t Let Me”
The American answer to the British Invasion was in full swing by 1965, when a Cleveland R & B outfit called the Starfires got signed to Capitol Records and changed…
Song of the Day 3/9: Lloyd Williams, “Shama Lama Ding Dong”
Anybody who's seen "Animal House" remembers the scene at the Dexter Lake Club -- "Otis! My man!" -- and the song Otis Day and the Knights launch into as it…
Song of the Day 3/8: Paul McCartney, “Let Me Roll It”
"Band on the Run" is a contender for best post-Beatles album by any of the Fab Four. It's full of solid songs beyond the monster hits, especially this grinding number…
Song of the Day 3/7: The Beths, “Future Me Hates Me”
They're from New Zealand, they're a bunch of kids who know each other from high school, they're making a splash stateside (they played Philly last week) and the title track…
Wanna See The Best Blues Harp Player In The World?
You're in luck. I've booked him for a show at the Arden Gild Hall on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 8 p.m. Jason Ricci is the reigning, and 2-time, Blues…