Cast Iron & Cornbread
In 1998, my Daddy gave me a gift that at the time, I didn’t fully appreciate. It wasn’t new– in fact, God only knew how…
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Required Listening: Bigger, Better, Faster, More!
I was a kid in second grade when the 4 Non Blondes released Bigger, Better, Faster, More! and “What’s Up?” topped the charts internationally.…
Required Listening: ‘Alice’s Restaurant’
During Thanksgiving, after a cocktail or three, I usually end up behind a guitar, pickin’ out a raggedy-ass version of “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” that’s…
Required Listening: Rock and Roll Over
What could be more American than four makeup clad musicians donning seven-inch leather heels and singing songs with titles like “Love Gun”, “God of…
Required Listening: Abbey Road
I almost didn’t write about Abbey Road. I thought it too cliche but then realized a lot of people only know The Beatles’ early…
Required Listening: Elvis Presley
Rock n’ roll won’t last… Labels don’t make money on long-play albums… No single artist is worth $35,000… That’s what the majority of record…
Required Listening: October Rust
Yes, it has all the stuff that as a musician you are supposed to hate– kitschy, anthemic, overproduced, and corny jokes… But what do…