Last seen: Apr 27, 2026
Lost in the mists of time, but periodically I keep coming back to Marc Benno’s “Ambush” album. Trivia, Stevie Ray’s dad was a member of Benno’s band f...
@joe-nathan That is the beauty of the power music has to invoke memories and feelings.
@joe-nathan That’s a band I haven’t heard mentioned for a long time., I remember their self-titled second album from 1972. I thought it was a bit too ...
While I may have been flippant with the Schrodinger’s Cat analogy, there is a lot of truth in the statement that Americana can be a very individual th...
And whatever you do, Paula, don’t try and define Americana. It is a bit like Schrodinger’s Cat, every artist/album either is or is not Americana but i...
Once GP showed her the way, Emmylou was one of the handful of artists who could walk that fine line that meant she appealed to the country music fan a...
@markamericana Echo’s of Hendrix’s “Little Wing”in parts. I will admit that their cover of the Spencer Davis Group’s “I’m A Man” in ‘69 and their own ...
@markamericana Mark, your honesty has forced me to remind everyone that Leon Russell used the Chicago horn section on his Americana album. So, maybe t...
Bob Marley and the Wailers. I was in London when they played the Lyceum in 1975 but I must have had what I thought was a better offer because I didn’t...
I think this has shocked most of the world. The really worrying thing is it is probably an indication that the paradigm of international relations is ...
Jimmie Dale Gilmore singing lead on the Flatlanders’ take on Leon’s “She Smiles Like A River”
Mickey Jupp’s latest release in his demo series was in my stocking. Pub rock still rules OK even after 50 years or more.
@richardparkinson I first saw Starry Eyed and Laughing when they were third on a bill headlined by the Groundhogs at Middlesbrough town hall. I wasn’t...
Christmas is coming so an antidote may be needed to the excess sentimentality. Look no further than Dan Hicks and “Crazy For Christmas”.