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If I Could Only Remember My Name
Ah…If I Could Only Remember My Name. A record that has travelled the roads and decades of my life burned into my heart and mind since I bought my first copy in some crumbling cardboard box marked $1 LPs all those years ago. The majesty of this album is in the artist’s ability to elevate the unfinished idea, to let it run in its rawest form completely unbound, the seed of artistic creation unguided and in some cases dissolving rather than evolving in the air before our very ears. Yet, the resulting architecture, like that in a Calvino novella, though…
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Best of Nash
Happy birthday to Graham Nash, a progressive thinker, activist, celebrated songwriter, singer, guitarist and pianist, and arguably the most affable and posessor of the smallest ego of the bunch. To celebrate the iconic musician’s 79th birthday, here are just a few of our favorite Nash performances – ten in fact. Happy birthday, Willie!
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Best of Stills : Playlist
I grew up on CSNY but until recently, had never dug deeply into Stephen Stills’ solo albums or any of his work outside CSNY. The more I learn about his career, the more blown away I am. From his nearly complete mastery in recording CSN’s self-titled debut, Supersession with Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield, the Manassas years, collaborating with Jimi Hendrix, playing guitar on Blue, writing some of the best songs for Buffalo Springfield… listing all of his accomplishments is really impossible. Despite his huge success, I still think Stephen is one of the most underrated guitarists and song-writers today.…
