I recently heard Sly and The Family Stone’s “A Family Affair” on the radio and was struck by how good that song still sounds. It’s one of the greatest of all time. The DJ announced it was first released 40 years ago. Wow….the Fall of 1971 and so cool and so funky…it’s no wonder...
Last year must have been the year of the cover tune. Leading the pack of recordings devoted to the cover concept was Herbie Hancock and his star studded The Imagine Project. Herbie skillfully drove his crew of John Legend, Jeff Beck, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Pink, Seal and more through songs like “Imagine” and...
Seeing Peter Frampton on last week’s Oprah only further cemented his status of rock icon. Not like we had any doubts but he seems to wear the moniker well. The ease of his presence stole the show and it was more like a watch and learn lesson of what legendary really looks like. I...