by talkfromtherockroom | Oct 5, 2024 | Live Reviews, Put the Boot In
Originally published on NYS Music in 2014 On August 5th, 1983, Talking Heads initiated the arena tour that would eventually take their popularity to new and unknown levels. We flashback to the group’s visit to Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) that summer 40...
by talkfromtherockroom | Sep 24, 2024 | Reviews, Rock Room Reconstruction
In 1977, Crosby, Stills and Nash released their third album. The CSN record was a return to form for the trio after divergent yet successful solo careers that followed their 1969 debut and 1970 follow up as CSNY with Neil Young. Personality clashes were common between...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jun 22, 2021 | Live Reviews, Put the Boot In, Reviews
As Summer turned to Fall in 1968, a gathering of tribes and a collaborative of some of the most famed musicians on the planet joined as one at a nondescript berry farm in Sultan, Washington. The purpose, a cosmic weekend of mind-bending music. The Sky River Rock...
by talkfromtherockroom | Mar 1, 2021 | Now Showing, Reviews
Aired smack dab in the middle of the ‘Summer of Love’ and one week after the Beatles released Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, ‘Moby Grape’ appeared for a live appearance on the Mike Douglas Show. A rare paisley glimpse into arguably one of the tightest and...
by talkfromtherockroom | Mar 23, 2013 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
In honor of the recently released Duane Allman Anthology, I decided to break out a prodigious and rare Allman Brothers Band recording featuring the original founding line up. This recording catches the band on a evening in May of 1970, though opinions vary on the...
