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Mississippi John Hurt, John Lee Hooker: Mississippi John Hurt: Live/John Lee Hooker: Live at Newport (both Vanguard)

Review by Peter Stone Brown, Gadfly, 2002

EARLY IN 1963, two blues collectors, Tom Hoskins and Richard Spottswood, pulled into a town in Mississippi that wasn't on the map, called Avalon. ...

Lovin' Spoonful, The: The Lovin' Spoonful: End Of The Rainbow

Retrospective by Dave DiMartino, MOJO, July 2002

The Lovin' Spoonful epitomised the euphoric, carefree spirit of the Summer of Love. But then came unwated adoration as The American Beatles., their very own ...

The Lovin' Spoonful, Zal Yanovsky: Alive And Well In Argentina At Last: The Mirth, The Music, The Magic Of Zalman Yanovsky

Memoir by Gary Pig Gold, Big O, December 2002

I KNOW AT LEAST one of his fellow supposedly-lovin’ Spoonfuls resents the situation to this day, but whenever Zal Yanovsky appeared on stage alongside John ...

Joe Strummer, The Lovin' Spoonful, Stereolab: The Grim Reporter January 2003

Obituary by Phast Phreddie Patterson, Rock's Backpages, January 2003

Phast Phreddie Patterson on those gone but not forgotten ...

The Lovin' Spoonful, Zal Yanovsky: Zal Yanovsky

Obituary by Dave DiMartino, MOJO, March 2003

ZAL YANOVSKY, to many the man who provided that special spark of magic in The Lovin' Spoonful, died of a heart attack on December 13 ...

Joni Mitchell: Queen Joni Approximately

Retrospective by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages, January 2004

Raised in Canada, Joni Mitchell found her way to California in 1968. Barney Hoskyns on the crowning of a canyon princess. ...

Going Mobile, Part One

Essay by Phil Mershon, Hackwriters, March 2004

THERE'S BEEN no gray and only the slightest signs of a waistline spread, but the sensibilities of middle age mutate sufficiently these days, enough so ...

Don't Give Up The Day Job

Guide by Terry Staunton, Record Collector, January 2005

THEY LIGHT UP the screen with their dramatic talent, but for many fine thespians that's just not enough. Some of them have a few songs ...

Bob Dylan: Revolution In His Head

Retrospective by Ben Edmonds, MOJO, February 2005

40 years ago this month, Bob Dylan walked into Columbia's Studio A and walked out having invented rock music as we know it. Corralling eyewitness ...

Flamin' Groovies, The, Roy Loney: Roy Loney

Interview by Jason Gross, Perfect Sound Forever, April 2005

Funny story... Though I had spoken to Flamin' Groovies founder in 1998, I held the article all this time hoping to speak to Cyril A. ...

The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Michael Nesmith: Big Tit Sue and Bigger Tit Sue: Torrid Tales of the Troubadour

Book Excerpt by Barney Hoskyns, 'Hotel California', 2006

UP ON THE Sunset Strip, the live scene was hurting. Name bands were now too big to play small clubs like the Whisky: they'd be ...

Judy Henske, Jerry Yester: Judy Henske & Jerry Yester: Farewell Aldebaran (Radioactive)

Review and Interview by Rob Hughes, Uncut, January 2006

AMONG THE ODDITIES released on Frank Zappa's Straight label at the end of the '60s, none was more exotic than the one conceived by a ...

The Lovin' Spoonful: Singles As and Bs

Review by Barney Hoskyns, Uncut, March 2006

DO YOU BELIEVE in the magic of a great pop song? The Lovin' Spoonful did. On 1965's jaunty 'Do You Believe In Magic', their first ...

Elvis Presley: Rediscovering the joy in the sad story of Elvis

Retrospective by Philip Norman, Daily Telegraph, 13 May 2006

NO POP ICON ever came to a sadder or less regal end than the once gorgeous, gaudy "King" of rock 'n' roll, Elvis Presley. When ...

Jackie DeShannon: Jackie de Shannon: Majestic DeShannon

Retrospective and Interview by Kieron Tyler, MOJO, June 2006

Jackie Deshannon — Folk Rock Pioneer, Chart Artist and Songwriter of Renown ...

Flamin' Groovies, The: "We Can't Stop Now To Think About The Past, We're Moving To Fast": An Appreciation of the Flamin' Groovies on Sire

Overview by Dave Laing (Australia), Ugly Things, August 2006

(Note: the following piece was written prior to the recent release of the wonderful UK 2CD set At Full Speed: The Complete Sire Recordings, which ...

The Rascals: The Definitive Rascals

Sleevenotes by Gene Sculatti, Rhino, February 2007

"THE FIRST ALBUM wasn't us," Felix Cavaliere confided to Hit Parader magazine in 1968. "It was our interpretation of other people's music. 'Good Lovin'' was ...

Denny Doherty, 1940-2007

Obituary by Andy Gill, The Word, March 2007

IT'S NOW AN acknowledged item of rock and roll faith that the sun-kissed life of the West Coast hippie aristocracy was underpinned, and ultimately undermined, ...

Rock, Roll, and Me: Writing the '60s

Memoir by Jane Heil, Forum of World Cultures, 20 July 2008

THE FIFTY or so articles I wrote for Hit Parader and other rock and country magazines are packed away on a high shelf in my apartment. I ...

Artie Traum, 1943-2008

Obituary by Ken Hunt, The Guardian, 25 July 2008

Musician and producer whose tastes covered folk, jazz and rock ...


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