Man, I love Neil Young and his music. Recorded in the mid-’70s and featuring Nicolette Larson on vocals, this is a real treat. Happy New Year everybody.

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After the success of Laid Back, Allman went out on tour in 1974. I remember reading in Rolling Stone about this album and wondering if it would be any good. The critics were talking about all the orchestration and the inclusion of Cowboy, another southern band. It was an expensive double album, but after much…

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This is by far my favorite Springsteen album. So much more emotion than his previous Born to Run. I used to play this album every morning before going to class back in 1979 as a kind of stimulant, and it worked. My sister, who I was living with at the time, hated it. If you…

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Stephen Stills and Neil Young started making rock and roll records together as members of Buffalo Springfield. When that band broke up, Young went solo and Stills joined David Crosby and Graham Nash to form Crosby, Stills and Nash. After CSN’s debut album, Young joined the trio and the band released Deja Vu under the…

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This album keeps popping up after all these years. Thanks to Ron for planting the seed in my head and YouTube for making it possible to bring to you. It is a beautiful day. Enjoy.

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Last week I presented a Spirit album that was a personal favorite of mine, Spirit of ’76. This week I would like to follow up with Spirit’s classic Twelve Dreams of Doctor Sardonicus. I don’t know where the album name came from but it never mattered because this was a fantastic album. Along with all…

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I’ve always liked Spirit and collected several of their recordings over the years. I had this double album back in 1975 and still enjoy the CD today.  An interesting bit about this band — and there are many — is that it began with a 14-year-old guitarist making music with his 42-year-old jazz drummer stepfather.…

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This is the original release of The Allman Brothers Band’s Fillmore East concerts. There have been many re-releases with additional songs, but this is where it all started. It’s a good album full of great musicianship. If you’ve never heard this (where have you been?), you’ll love it.

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I have been a true Grateful Dead fan since early 1974. Over the years I have heard that the Dead’s performance on May 8, 1977 was considered by many fans as their best show ever. I recently came across this article which discusses the subject. I agree that this recording has all the good things…

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