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Contributor Archives: Peter Lockhart
Hooked on Hornsby
Ok, I'll be real honest here.... This tune somehow got wedged deeply in my melon yesterday and i have no idea how. This is me paying it forward. Good thing this song is an absolute classic.
Newport 1969: The Year Rock Invaded Jazz
History remembers 1969 as a pivotal year for art and music. The Newport Jazz Festival was no exception to this phenomenon. The extraordinary performances that took place at the 1969 Newport Jazz Festival represented a departure from anything the festival had embodied before, or since. This was the the year that rock bands played the same [...]
Messengers of Cool
This has got be my favorite cut from the entire 1959 Newport Jazz festival…. Ok, definitely top 3. Lee Morgan’s stellar arrangement of this classic standard is just so damn cool; The tension of the opening, the artistry of Mobley’s solo, the surprise explosiveness of Blakey’s drumming all help to create nine and a half [...]
Obama’s Space Oddity?
I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but Neil Armstrong is not a fan of President Obama’s new space strategy. In fact, Neil is pissed. As my opinions on the matter are woefully underdeveloped allow me instead to leave you with this question….
Fixin’ To Die
Though this tune has been covered and referenced by all manner of blues, folk and rock royalty, this man was its unfiltered source. Hear Booker himself playing to an intimate crowd of 55 loyal Ash Grove patrons on a balmy thursday in August 1967. Cheers.
Havens Does Richie
Groovy. That may be the perfect word to describe Richie Haven’s take on the Commodores seminal hit “Easy.” He sets the tone of the tune to follow with some self-deprecating banter and a warning to the packed audience at NYC’s Bottom Line, explaining, “We all just decided we heard this song enough on the radio [...]
Beasts Born of Bowie, Byrne and Buckley
Sure you could easily throw The Cure in there as another obvious influence, but that would alter my alliteration. Wild Beasts are the genuine article. Maybe the best young band out there right now. do us all a solid and support this band before they’re lost to the Swift tides of the music business. Though [...]
Unearthing Newport: Tim Buckley Live, 1968
In February we began mixing the 1968 Folk Festival archive. The archive includes performances from nearly 50 artists; today we are releasing the first of these. Get a glimpse behind the scenes of this historic project.
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