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Maurice Gibb passed away before I had really begun Soul Sides so I never paid due respect to the Bee Gees. As a ’70s baby, some of my earliest memories of music revolved around hearing The Bee Gees – who were inescapable in the late ’70s – on the radio, at malls, etc. A bit milquetoast and cheesy? Sure. But I still love listening to this ballad in particular. Robin Gibb, who passed away today, is that high falsetto you hear. Thanks for all the music.
Letters from my betters: All Things Considered on Chuck Brown. Ernest Hardy on Donna Summer.
Along with Run DMC, the Beastie Boys were the first rap artists I ever listened to obsessively. I never thought of them as a trio of individual MCs; they always sounded to me like a group package so I can’t say MCA was “my favorite” of three. But if Ad Rock had the most elliptical voice with its droops and slurs, MCA was the hardcore anchor: rough and rugged. It saddens me to realize how both Run DMC and the Beasties, each lost a core member far before their time. At least, in [...] Continue reading HE HAD A LICENSE TO ILL
Sabater and Cuba were, for the most part, inseparable from one another. It’s impossible to consider the accomplishments of one without crediting [...] Continue reading REMEMBERING JIMMY SABATER RIP, Don Cornelius. Read. Listen. Watch.
So for this appreciation, I’m not going to try to pull off some “Etta James’s most important songs” post because I simply can’t claim to know this. I [...] Continue reading ETTA JAMES: AN APPRECIATION
Again, sorry that the site looks like a death roll right now but as I’ve said before, this is going to happen more and more amongst our soul heros. Rest in peace, Etta.
If you ever wanted to understand just what made him so remarkable, here’s as good a place to start. Once I come up for air from all this work, I’ll try to say more. (In better news, just recorded Sidebar #21 w/ Syl Johnson. At least some of our legends are still with us). |
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