DANNY CALVAGNA

It’s with great sadness that I learned of the passing of Danny Calvagna due to the COVID virus. Danny was one of the biggest contributors to this site, having done three tracks last year. I’d originally approached Danny with the idea of putting a wicked...

PSYCHOTIC REACTION (1.25.21)

I had a couple of hours to kill this afternoon, and I’ve been thinking about doing this 1966 garage rock classic by The Count Five for a while, so I dove in. I went after the loose feel of the original, so I kept the takes to a minimum and let a few clams slide....

SWEET LITTLE LISA (1.12.21)

We’re kicking off 2021 with a song by one of the greatest rock and roll bands ever to walk the planet – Rockpile. This one’s a Rockpile tune through and through, even though it was released on the Dave Edmunds 1979 solo album Repeat When Necessary. I...

BOLD AS LOVE (12.26.20)

Hendrix. He was my guy when I first got serious about playing guitar, and every single song was a new challenge. There’s some stuff of his that I still don’t know how to play after years of listening and studying, but I still like to give them a try. This...

JUST LIKE TOM THUMB’S BLUES (11.8.20)

This song from Bob Dylan’s pivotal 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited has long been my favorite Dylan lyric. Six verses, no chorus, with a lyric that contains poverty, disease, loose women, crooked cops, alcohol, drugs and New York City. What more do you need from...

BUS STOP (10.25.20)

I’ve had it in my head to do this song for a while. ‘Bus Stop’ was The Hollies’ first Top Ten hit in the US, and it’s always been my favorite Hollies tune. Since the song is so harmony-dependent, I asked Bob Sole if he’d help me...
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