Neil Sedaka – The Hungry Years
Oldies Songs “The Hungry Years” – a wistful reflection on dreams, success, and longing for what once was. When you speak the title “The Hungry Years”, you’re invoking much more than a…
Neil Sedaka – Little Devil
“Little Devil” captures the playful charm and bittersweet longing that defined Neil Sedaka’s early pop genius. When Neil Sedaka released “Little Devil” in 1961, it was more than just another…
Ian & Sylvia – Tomorrow Is A Long Time
A Tender Ode to Time and Longing in “Tomorrow Is A Long Time” When Ian & Sylvia recorded “Tomorrow Is A Long Time”, it wasn’t just another entry in the…
Ian & Sylvia – Some Day Soon
A Tender Promise of Love and Yearning When Ian & Sylvia released “Some Day Soon” in 1964, it arrived like a soft breeze across the folk music landscape, quietly yet…
The late great Jerry Jeff Walker tells the story behind MR BOJANGLES
Oldies Songs A Night in Jail, A Lifetime in Song: How Jerry Jeff Walker Turned a Stranger’s Story into “Mr. Bojangles” Few songs in American folk history carry the quiet humanity of…
Roy Orbison – In Dreams (Live From Australia, 1972)
A Dream That Refuses to Fade: Roy Orbison’s “In Dreams” and the haunting beauty of love remembered only in sleep In 1972, during a concert filmed in Australia, Roy Orbison…
John Prine – Sam Stone(on Austin City Limits 1988)
A Quiet Ballad of War’s Lingering Shadows and a Soldier the World Forgot In 1988, John Prine stepped onto the stage of Austin City Limits and performed one of the…
The Everly Brothers – Bowling Green(on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 28, 1971)
A bright country-pop moment on television: “Bowling Green” celebrates small-town joy and the unmistakable harmony of the Everly Brothers On February 28, 1971, the legendary duo The Everly Brothers appeared…
Steve Earle & Emmylou Harris – Goodbye (Herbst Theater in San Francisco, California on September 29, 2022)
A Quiet Farewell in Song: When Two Legendary Voices Meet in “Goodbye” On the evening of September 29, 2022, the historic Herbst Theater in San Francisco filled with anticipation as…
David Cassidy: What Really Killed the Partridge Family Star
David Cassidy: The Shining Teen Idol Whose Stardom Could Not Silence His Private Sorrows As a specialist in popular music of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, I see David Cassidy…