Sly And The Family Stone – The Adios Lounge: Recent Episodes
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In doing early research for my next Nicky Hopkins post, I landed on the Jefferson Airplane’s 1969 album, Volunteers, because Hopkins plays on five tracks. Unfortunately, his prodigious talents couldn’t pull the record out of a nose dive. I get that the group has many adherents who appreciate their wild, shirtless sensibility, but I don’t […]
“Good times gone, but you feed it Hate’s grown strong, you feel you need it Just one thing, do you know you? What you think, that the world owes you? What’s gonna set you free? Look inside and you’ll see When you’ve got so much to say it’s called gratitude And that’s right” –Beastie Boys, […]Related Posts* And So Castles Made of Sand ... July 21, 2015 * ... Melts Into the Sea, Eventually August 18, 2015 * Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill September 29, 2018 * Existing ... Nothing But Existing July 26, 2015 * Every Day of the Week, I Get Down May 17, 2015
“Shadrach” was the Beastie Boys‘ third single from Paul’s Boutique (said single pictured above), but it’s best known as an album cut. In his excellent 33 1/3 treatise on Paul’s, Dan LeRoy calls “Shadrach” the album’s most important track (p. 97), and its importance is inherently bound up in the importance of the Shadrach, Meshach, […]Related Posts* RIP Adam Yauch May 5, 2012 * That's a Record 'Cause of Mario June 26, 2012 * Thankful N' Thoughtful November 25, 2016 * paul's boutique studio army October 29, 2012 * Deconstructing "Johnny Ryall" April 29, 2010
When we last commiserated on the Lounge, I was bemoaning the loss of longtime Motown Records songwriter and producer, Norman Whitfield, who died last month at the age of 68. My original plan was to pay homage to his legendary career. However, after a lengthy interior monologue I realized that without The Temptations there […]Related Posts* norman whitfield October 18, 2012 * No RIP for Gatemouth Brown; RIP Norman Whitfield September 19, 2008 * You Know a Man Ain't Supposed to Cry April 18, 2014 * Baby Don't You Do It April 30, 2014 * norman whitfield_undisputed truth February 3, 2018