Bob Dylan

Subterranean Homesick Blues: The Evolution of Elston Gunn!

March 23, 2019 Rick 1

Didja know that it was on this day March 23, 1965 that Bob Dylan released his fifth studio album Bringing It All Back Home. The album was the first of Dylan’s albums to break into […]

The Birth Of Folk Rock

June 9, 2018 Rick 1

It was on this day, June 9th, 1964: During an evening session Bob Dylan recorded Mr. Tambourine Man at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City. This was the first session for the album “ […]

Bobby Vee hits back

February 5, 2018 Rick 29

“I punched my buddy in the nose after lunch”…Wha?…Hunh? Yep, that’s what the man said, that man? Robert Velline! However you know him as Bobby Vee, and that is the opening line of lyric from […]

Sixties Music – From The Wrong Side…

December 16, 2017 Rick 6

Didja know that in 2008 Neil Diamond became the oldest artist to attain the Billboard number one position with his album “Home Before Dark” Neil was 67 years old. Prior to Neil accomplishing this dubious […]

Like a Rolling Stone (magazine)

October 29, 2017 Rick 10

It was 50 years ago this week, Nov 3rd, 1967 that Rolling Stone Magazine, a weekly publication located in San Francisco Calif. published it’s debut issue Rolling Stone # 1…The founder and publisher Jann Wenner […]

“John and Mitchy were gettin kinda itchy”

April 20, 2017 Rick 2

Folk rock! When Worlds Collide. The inevitable and incredible merger of two uniquely American musical genres. Folk Music, performed almost exclusively on acoustic string instruments and “borrowed” its themes and lyrical message from the “Beat […]