miscellaneous writing.
The 100 Best Songs From Bruce Springsteen's Classic Years (1973-1985).
The 100 Best Songs From Bruce Springsteen's Classic Years (1973-1985).
The 100 Best Songs From Bruce Springsteen's Classic Years (1973-1985).
The 100 Best Songs From Bruce Springsteen’s Classic Years (1973-1985).
ALL tracks from Bruce Springsteen's first 7 albums ranked--along with standalone B-sides & two dozen studio outtakes from this period.
First Published: January 14, 2024.
From Elvis In (Baz Luhrmann's) Elvis.
The 100 Best Songs From Bruce Springsteen's Classic Years (1973-1985).
The 100 Best Songs From Bruce Springsteen's Classic Years (1973-1985).
From Elvis In (Baz Luhrmann's) Elvis
When you write a book about Elvis, asks what you think of the big Elvis movie. So here are my thoughts.
First Published: November 10, 2023.
Last Thoughts On Little Richard: 1932-2020.
The 100 Best Songs From Bruce Springsteen's Classic Years (1973-1985).
Sam Cooke's "Tennessee Waltz": An Appreciation.
Last Thoughts On Little Richard: 1932-2020.
A tribute to The Architect Of Rock & Roll.
First Published: May 9, 2020.
Sam Cooke's "Tennessee Waltz": An Appreciation.
Sam Cooke's "Tennessee Waltz": An Appreciation.
Sam Cooke's "Tennessee Waltz": An Appreciation.
Sam Cooke's "Tennessee Waltz": An Appreciation.
Plumbing the depths of Sam Cooke's bottomless "Tennessee Waltz."
First Published: November 28, 2017.
The Day John Met Paul: 60 Years On.
Sam Cooke's "Tennessee Waltz": An Appreciation.
The Day John Met Paul: 60 Years On.
The Day John Met Paul: 60 Years On.
An oral history of the beginning of the greatest friendship in rock & roll history.
First Published: July 6, 2017.
The Rock 500 Canon.
Sam Cooke's "Tennessee Waltz": An Appreciation.
The Day John Met Paul: 60 Years On.
The perfect collection for the first 50 years of rock & roll, featuring 300 albums & 200 singles.
First Published: November 27, 2016.
The Americanization of "Fairytale Of New York."
The Americanization of "Fairytale Of New York."
The Americanization of "Fairytale Of New York."
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The Americanization of "Fairytale Of New York"
The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" from the other side of the pond.
First Published: December 30, 2015.
The Complete Elvis Album Discography.
The Americanization of "Fairytale Of New York."
The Americanization of "Fairytale Of New York."
The Complete Elvis Album Discography.
I've lapped up the '50s rockabilly sides, white-knuckled it through the mid-'60s soundtracks LPs, reveled in the late-'60s comeback recordings, & basked in the glow of his '70s icon era to review Elvis' 72-album complete discography of his lifetime.
First Published: February 27, 2015.
The 50 Greatest Beatles Songs.
The Americanization of "Fairytale Of New York."
The Day George Washington Died.
The Day George Washington Died.
1927: “Moonshiner’s Dance – Part I” by Frank Cloutier and [the] Victoria Café Orchestra.
The Day George Washington Died.
The Day George Washington Died.
December 14th is a day that will live in infamy.
First Published: December 14, 2012.
The Clash's Bankrobber: An Appreciation.
1927: “Moonshiner’s Dance – Part I” by Frank Cloutier and [the] Victoria Café Orchestra.
1927: “Moonshiner’s Dance – Part I” by Frank Cloutier and [the] Victoria Café Orchestra.
The Clash's Bankrobber: An Appreciation.
How does a song that shouldn't work in so many ways actually does?
First Published: September 19, 2012.
1927: “Moonshiner’s Dance – Part I” by Frank Cloutier and [the] Victoria Café Orchestra.
1927: “Moonshiner’s Dance – Part I” by Frank Cloutier and [the] Victoria Café Orchestra.
1927: “Moonshiner’s Dance – Part I” by Frank Cloutier and [the] Victoria Café Orchestra.
1927: “Moonshiner’s Dance – Part I” by Frank Cloutier and [the] Victoria Café Orchestra
Rescued from obscurity by Harry Smith's epochal Anthology Of American Folk Music, "Moonshiner's Dance - Part I" may just be the oldest & weirdest of Smith's hallowed "Old, weird America."
First Published: February 20, 2011.