I still vividly remember my very first rock concert. The Houston Music Hall, mid February, 1968. I paid about four bucks to see Jimi Hendrix on the Houston stop of his first US tour. There were several opening acts, among … Read More
As nice as they were, the now decade-old RVG CD editions of the Blue Note catalog have been blown out of the water. Two companies dedicated to reissuing great music in state-of-the-art vinyl have, for the last few years, been … Read More
Back in the early days of Rolling Stone, circa 1968 when that iconic publication was considered an underground paper and pretty hard to find, a small ad for Arhoolie Records pushing a two-LP package of blues, country and gospel music … Read More
The other night I was listening to records, yes, the black vinyl ones, on my marvelous audio system. It was late, midnight, at least, and I was groovin’ to Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring…several versions of that monumental work, in fact. … Read More
