Posts From Harvey Kubernik
Al Kooper on Recording “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” With the Stones
“Mick wore a gorilla coat and Keith a hat with a long feather. Everyone sat around and they passed out acoustic guitars.”–Kooper
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Carlos Santana @75: Crystalizing All That You Can Imagine
“The only thing the Santana band never wanted to do was succumb to phony. I’m not dependent or addicted to mass adulation.”–Carlos Santana
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The Rolling Stones’ ‘Out of Time’: The Backstory
It started out as a throwaway track stuck on a contractual-obligation album, became a hit cover for someone else, and now the Stones are playing it live.
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A Chat with David Leaf, Author of a Classic Brian Wilson Bio, Now Updated
The author’s update of a book first published nearly 45 years ago includes many new revelations, as well as new photos and an intro by Paul McCartney.
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‘Ziggy Stardust’: An Interview with Engineer Ken Scott
“With ‘Ziggy,’ some of the sounds I got I have no idea how I got them. They blew me away. It was, “’Wow. How the hell did I do that?’”–Ken Scott
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Sam Cooke, By Those Who Knew Him
“Sam had a big influence on anybody,” said soul singer Bobby Womack. “To me, cancer would be good if Sam gave it out. I’m serious.”
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Bob Marley and the Wailers: Behind Their 1973 Capitol Records Session
The 1973 recording represented a unique moment in the Jamaican band’s history: one of the last times Marley and Peter Tosh played together.
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Happy 80th Birthday, Bob Dylan! Fellow Artists Pay Tribute to the Legend
Dylan has been one of the most influential singer-songwriters of the past century. Here, some of his disciples tell their favorite Dylan stories.
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Documentary on ’60s R&B Star Billy Stewart Airing on PBS Stations
The film is the first to tell the story of this exceptional but unsung talent whose hits included “Summertime” and “I Do Love You.”
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