THE DOORS 1967 One of the best first-time outings in rock history, introducing the band’s fusion of acid rock, blues, classical, jazz, and poetry, often seething with subversive menace. “Light My Fire” was the cut that topped the charts and established the group as stars, but the rest of the album is even more impressive. Morrison […]
GISELA MAY DIE SIEBEN TODSUNDEN DER KLEINBERGER FIRST PERFORMED 1933 RECORDING 1966 Jim Morrison of The Doors was first and foremost a poet, and one that he admired greatly was Bertolt Brecht, whose “Alabama Song” is given a raunchy, cabaret treatment on the Doors 1st album. This recording of “The Seven Deadly Sins of Small-time […]
LIVE AT THE CHECKERBOARD LOUNGE, CHICAGO 1981 In the middle of their huge American tour, the Rolling Stones arrived in Chicago to play 3 nights at the Rosemont Horizon. Long influenced by the Chicago blues, the band paid a “surprise” visit to Muddy Waters’ club The Checkerboard Lounge to see the master himself. It didn’t […]
Updated: Apr 11, 2019 PART II: My obsession builds: From high school to art school In high school, my music appreciation took its biggest leap with the acquisition of something that had nothing to do with LPs or audio: a driver’s license. I could now get out on my own – albeit in my parent’s car […]
Read More… from My Path to The Audio Attic Vinyl Sundays: Part 2
PART I: Growing up in Flyover Country It was the early 60s, and I was living in the New Jersey countryside. Don’t get snarky: yes, New Jersey does have countryside. I love the country, but it is the country, and at the age of 7, I was already bored out of my mind. That year, […]
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