Posts From Jeff Tamarkin
Tom Jones Interview: His Big Hits, TV Show and More
While most artists of his age have long ago settled into complacency, the Welsh dynamo keeps trying new things. We chat with the legend.
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Jim Gordon: From A-List Drummer to Convicted Killer
He played on hundreds of hits but you wouldn’t find any gold records on his wall: Since the ’80s until his death in 2023, he was locked away for murder.
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How ’60s Hippies Came to Be: Dennis McNally Talks About His New Book
The Last Great Dream: How Bohemians Became Hippies and Created the Sixties is from the longtime publicist of the Grateful Dead.
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Carlos Santana, Violinist? Fate Had Other Plans: Book Excerpt
‘Carlos Santana: Love, Devotion, Surrender—The Illustrated Story of Santana’s Musical Journey’ totals more than 400 oversized pages, with 100s of photos—many never before published.
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James Lowe, Electric Prunes Lead Singer, Dies at 82
After the group disbanded in 1968, he went on to become a producer and engineer, working with such artists as Todd Rundgren and Sparks.
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The Rolling Stones Bring Howlin’ Wolf to U.S. TV
From the start they were huge fans of the blues. So when the British band had the chance to present one of their idols on American TV, they grabbed it.
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Desmond Dekker’s ‘Israelites’—Admit It, You Don’t Know the Lyrics
Even as it found its way to the top 10 in the U.S. and several other countries, many listeners had no idea what this proto-reggae song was about.
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Why Bob Dylan Covered the Rick Nelson Hit ‘Garden Party’
“His voice was sort of mysterious and made you fall into a certain mood,” said Dylan of Nelson.
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‘Brandy’ by Looking Glass (It’s a Fine Song)
For one week only, in the summer of 1972, it was the best-selling, most often played single in the United States of America.
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When Liberace Was “Feelin’ Groovy”
The famed entertainer performed it on national television in 1968. Our look back at the song’s history. (Its composer, Paul Simon, hates it.)
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