Posts From Harvey Kubernik
The Doors’ ‘Live at the Matrix’ Pays Tribute to a Legendary Rock Club
The late Marty Balin and Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane on the tiny club that helped spawn San Francisco’s rock scene.
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New Box Set of Stax Records Songwriting Demos Fills Out the Story of An All-Time Great R&B Label
Written In Their Soul, a sprawling new collection, features nearly 150 demo recordings made for the Memphis soul label, nearly all previously unreleased.
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Brian Wilson Remembers: An In-Depth Interview with the Beach Boys’ Resident Genius
“I didn’t know how big it would get. I didn’t think it would,” said Brian WIlson about the group that would become one of the most celebrated in rock.
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Monterey International Pop Festival: Behind the Scenes
More than a half century after it took place, the first major rock festival still proves the power of music and the way it is presented.
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New Book Focuses on the Rolling Stones’ 1972 ‘Exile’ U.S. Tour
The book focuses on the band’s tour behind ‘Exile on Main Street,’ still considered by many to be their greatest album.
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Leonard Cohen: His “Gloomy” ‘Songs of Love and Hate’
His third studio album cemented his reputation as “the grocer of despair”
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The 1969 Toronto Rock ’n’ Roll Revival: When John Lennon Broke Out of the Beatles
Asked if he wanted to come to the show and watch his heroes perform, Lennon asked instead “Is it OK to play?”
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Recording CSN&Y’s ‘Déjà vu’: Engineer Bill Halverson Remembers
“They had a rule: Whoever writes the song gets final say. And that served them well.”–Bill Halverson, engineer
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‘The Day the Music Died’: 1st-Hand Recollections of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper
For young rock ‘n’ roll fans, the deaths of the three stars was a huge shock. What was it like to actually see them?
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Guitarist Johnny Echols Interview on Love’s ‘Forever Changes’
“The album was unexpected. You are dealing with regular TNT explosions and all of a sudden, you’ve got an atomic bomb.”—Johnny Echols
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