Song Of the week

163: Joni Mitchell, ‘For Free’

So why did Joni’s Gershwin award turn me off?

095: Derek & The Dominos/Jimi Hendrix, ‘Little Wing’

A jelly bread of a song, the rare meeting of psychedelia and reality, a most electric and eclectic homage to the ephemeral bliss of the carnal–Derek & The Dominos’ rapturous recording of ‘Little Wing’.

250: Mose Allison, ‘Young Man’s Blues’

My g-g-g-generation, dropping like flies, teenagers dying of old age.
Carpe diem?
After my nap.

March 22, 2023 by jeff Other Personal Song Of the week 6

276: Leo Kottke, ‘Eggtooth’ (New Acoustic)

Remember Paul Simon’s ‘Anji’? Remember Pentangle?
Call it what you want–New Acoustic, Fingerpicking, American Primitive, Folk Baroque–there’s a whole world out there of intelligent and sophisticated. virtuosic guitar music fingerpicked on a steel string guitar, using old blues and country techniques, full of fascinating directions.

March 15, 2023 by jeff New Acoustic Song Of the week 6

089: Jackson Browne/Maurice Williams, ‘The Load-Out/Stay’

David Lindley, Jackson Browne’s wingman par excellence, passed over to that celestial studio this week. In his honor, we’re revisiting his unforgettable vocal hook on ‘Stay’.

March 9, 2023 by jeff Rock Rock and Roll Song Of the week 10