Although I now enjoy most of the music from the 1960s and 1970s, that wasn't always the case. During those decades I was a conservative young married man with a growing family, and even though I enjoyed most music, I tended to dismiss a lot of the anti-establishment stuff then in vogue. But that's not to say I didn't still appreciate some of it, especially the cleverness of a song like 1971's "Signs," by the Five Man Electrical Band. Originally calling themselves the Staccatos, the group was formed in Ottawa, Canada, in the late 1960s. Members of [...]
The weather turns cooler....the leaves change color...and all the stores have their Christmas decorations up. This can only mean one thing: HALLOWEEN is coming!!! Time for a little Halloween mix: First up is a great little ditty from 1983 (OOOH!!) THE ELECTRIC GUITARS "Wolfman Tap" is one of those forgotten WLIR staples. Why would anyone combine Wolfmen and tap dancing?? I don't know, but the results are infectious. Next up is this dancey gothy romp from the Screaming Tribesmen. 1985's "Date With A Vampire" is a must [...]
Two classic AM radio hits recently hit my radar that to this day, remain classics. Alive N Kickin' were a Brooklyn based band that had a top ten record in 1970 that was alive & kickin'. And yeah, the band is still very much alive and kickin' around the oldies circuit. Check out the groove on this. Tighter, Tighter - Alive N Kickin' Ottawa's Five Man Electrical Band had this hippie-era anthem that [...]
In the summer of 1971 I came home from my two years in the Peace Corps and in August I turned twenty four. This song just happens to have been twenty four on the hit parade that year. MP3 File
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