Here are the Mamas and the Papas singing that old favorite “California Dreaming” on one of my favorite old TV showsk, Hullabaloo. And for those of you still waiting for spring, the high today in LA will be 81 degrees.
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From the monthly archives:
April 2007
I watched “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” last night, and noted that the score was composed by Jack Nitzsche. This was a name I first saw in the dreamy cut, “Expecting to Fly” from the Buffalo Springfield’s second album, AGAIN. Jack’s orchestral accompaniment alone brought a magical sophistication to the group that outdid [...]
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Stravinsky fans who know his original recordings will likely know the name of Adrienne Albert. She was famous to me for being the voice that sang Stravinsky’s last work “The Owl and the Pussycat” as well as many other of his late works. I found her voice refreshing, more popish and not so much of [...]
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In 1977 I began thinking about writing a piece that musically captured the personalities of four friends, and was to have been called “Four People.” In 1978 Phoebe Carrai and Ed Barker asked me to write a work for cello and bass in solo tuning (meaning the bass is tuned UP a step so as [...]
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Many of us go through life living our lives following policies and opinions made up by 6 year olds, or 10 year olds, or 13 year olds, or 20 year olds, or… Meaning, WE have made up our minds that something is true, or true for us, and that is the end of it. Case [...]
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PK called me a musical terrorist the other day for supplying infective songs to unsuspecting listeners. Well, here is another one, “Dominique” sung by Sister Anne and introduced by Ed Sullivan. If you don’t know this song, don’t worry, it will enter your brain and never leave for the rest of your life. Ha ha [...]
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I have a fond memory of being in a rock band in 1968 with some guys that were two grades ahead of me. Russ Beverstein played drums, Jeff Nichols played bass, I played rhythm guitar, and Bruce Nelson played lead guitar. When I joined they were trying to decide what to call themselves. The first [...]
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Sheryl Crow
Jeff Buckley
Leonard Cohen
Alison Crowe
kd lang
Rufus Wainwright
John Cale
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I guess Rufus is tired of America. Hmm, well I say people act like people no matter where you go.
Rufus Wainwright debuts his new single “Going To A Town” from his new CD “Release The Stars” at the launch of Robert Redford’s environmental awareness project “The Green” (on the Sundance Channel) at ABC Home, Manhattan, [...]
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