ysmarko (Free subscription) | 04/13/2008
EASY-LISTENING SONGS FROM THE ‘70S, REWRITTEN BY THE ARTISTS AFTER THEY HAD KIDS. BY SUZANNE BROUGHTON - - - - “I Keep Forgettin’ to Give You Your Antibiotics” by Michael McDonald “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight, but My Sitter Was Grounded for ‘Inappropriate’ Entries on Her MySpace Page” by England Dan and John Ford Coley “Nobody Does It [...]
westcoastmusic (Free subscription) | 11/03/2007
John Batdorf have survived many careers in one lifetime. Starting with the 70's as a recording artist with Batdorf and Rodney and Silver. He made records and toured this country and Canada for most of the 70s. The band headlined...
Fore Left! (Free subscription) | 09/23/2007
Based on my experience the Moodies might have been better on vinyl than live. But they were pretty good here. Got into an interesting discussion today about who did the song "One Toke Over the Line". Somebody mentioned England Dan and John Ford Coley, Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds, but the answer is of course Brewer and Shipley. Anyway, since those guys are still subversive
Journey Through Grace (Free subscription) | 08/19/2007
I came home Friday evening to the sound of long ago. Husband was sitting at the computer smiling as he told me he'd found a "70's song sampler" on iTunes to download. As I heard the music and read through the list, all manner of memories were reignited! Come on... want to hum along? Here is your playlist : Kiss You All Over - Exile Baby Come Back - Player Magnet and Steel - Walter Egan The Things We...
JasonHare.com (Free subscription) | 07/04/2007
Happy Fourth of July, dear readers! What better way to celebrate this country's independence than to review yet another tale of unabashed codependency? And, of course, in conjunction with this fine holiday, you know which band I’m obligated to cover. America - Sister Golden Hair (download) Yes. Yesssss. Let the mellow flow through you! Now, mind you, I [...]
JasonHare.com (Free subscription) | 06/13/2007
Welcome back to another week here at Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold, where I have the inexplicable need to mention the name of the series at the beginning and end of each entry. Oh, what mellow goodness shall we be mining for today? What could beat last week’s song by "England Dan" Seals [...]
The Truffle (Free subscription) | 06/13/2007
VH1 has done yet another top-40 special, recruiting a bunch of comedians, musicians, and other pop-culture pundits for one of its periodic nostalgia trip. This time, it's the 40 greatest (?) soft rock songs of all time. The list is heavy on wussy '70s ballads and schmaltz and other things that make people cover their ears and say, "La la la la la la I can't hear that fucking song." Le Sweetie sat through...
JasonHare.com (Free subscription) | 06/06/2007
Hang on to your precious lil’ mining hats, my mellow friends: today we’re going deep, deep into the mines. How deep? Deep enough that the song we’re covering never came anywhere near the Top 40, was never released as a single, and isn't even included on most of their Greatest Hits compilations…and yet, I say [...]
