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Writers Before They Were Rockers
Featured in two of this week’s new Concert Vault releases are two musicians who previously contributed to none other than Crawdaddy! And so I wanted to take this opportunity to look back on the writing of Patti Smith and Albert Bouchard….
Before Patti Smith became an icon of the New York punk scene, her rock music [...]
Oar After 40 Years: Brilliant or Mere Ramblings?
After spending six months in the psychiatric ward of New York City’s Bellvue Hospital, Skip Spence—a man who has been called the “American Syd Barrett”—recorded his only solo album, Oar. The result was one of the most original, intriguing psychedelic folk albums of the era. Oar is the sound of a man teetering on the [...]
Getting to Know Bob Marley – Quick
I must admit that when the assignment came to do a mini-book about Bob Marley and the Wailers for an app, I was unprepared.
Sure, I was an admirer of Marley’s. As a Sunday DJ on KSAN, back when it was the pioneer free-form rock station here in San Francisco, I played cuts from Catch a [...]
My Life Is The Road: Clarence White and Jim Morrison Stretch on a 747
While most cross-country plane trips are about as fun as a root canal, Crawdaddy!’s resident soundman-cum-rock columnist Dinky Dawson tells us about a cross-country flight that most of us would jump at the chance to take. On a flight to Miami with the Byrds, Dawson and co. bumped into a certain Lizard King and hit [...]
Origin of Song: What is a Surrealistic Pillow?
On Halloween of 1966, San Francisco’s Jefferson Airplane headed into the studio to craft a follow-up to their debut LP Jefferson Airplane Takes Off. The LP that they crafted — their first with legendary vocalist Grace Slick and drummer Spencer Dryden — would go on to be regarded as a landmark LP for both the [...]
My Life Is The Road: 1971 Byrds: Dinky Pens “BB Class Road”
Adding to his already impressive library of rock n’ roll stories, Dinky Dawson returns with another tale of life on the road. Dawson worked as a sound man for many different groups from the 60’s and beyond. In the pages of Crawdaddy!, he has written always candid, often hilarious stories about his experiences with some [...]
How does the health care debate affect the musician and the music fan?
As the health care debate rages on, Crawdaddy's Howard Wyman chimes in from a new angle; that of one of the most under-insured professions in the country — the musician's.
Hey Lead Belly, Bam Ba Lam
While everybody has their own idea about who sowed the seeds of rock ‘n’ roll, you would be crazy to overlook the importance of Louisiana-born singer/songwriter/guitarist Lead Belly. Born Huddie William Ledbetter in Mooringsport, LA in 1888, the 12-string picker laid the ground work for what became rock ‘n’ roll. Inspiring the likes of the [...]
Lou Reed: A Vault Guide