Posts From Cary Baker
‘The London Howlin’ Wolf Sessions’: When Clapton, the Stones, Winwood & Starr Helped Out a Blues Hero
When Eric Clapton was asked in 1970 if he’d like to record with a blues legend, it took him seconds to say yes. And so it began.
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The Blasters’ Eponymous 1981 LP: Roots Music Finds Its Place in the Punk Revolution
They came out of Downey, California, mashing together blues, country, rockabilly, jazz and good ol’ rock & roll into something all their own.
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Cheap Trick’s ‘Heaven Tonight’: They Just Seemed a Little Weird
Nearly every song on ‘Heaven Tonight’ might have been a single—even if the overall sound was still a little left-of-center.
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