Posts From Jeff Tamarkin
New Riders of the Purple Sage’s Debut LP: Country + Rock + Jerry Garcia = ?
They began as a country-influenced offshoot of the Grateful Dead, but, by the time they recorded this debut, they’d morphed into something else altogether.
Read MoreFeb 14, 2022: Sandy Nelson, Influential Early Rock Drummer, Dies
With hit records like “Teen Beat” and “Let There Be Drums,” the L.A. musician boosted the role of his instrument in rock and roll music.
Read MoreJeff Lynne’s ELO at Radio City Music Hall: 2016 Review
Lynne’s gift is his ability to build complex arrangements into the simplest, most hummable of tunes. The concert was a taste of classic rock at its finest
Read MoreMarianne Faithfull Interview: As Years Go By
We first heard her as one of the women of the British Invasion. When she came back to our attention more than a decade later, she’d changed entirely.
Read MoreArlo Guthrie, Friends & Family at Carnegie Hall: 2018
He first played his annual Thanksgiving concert in 1967, a month after his father, one of America’s most important singer/songwriters, died
Read MoreCharles Manson: The Rock Connection
From “Helter Skelter” to his ties with the Beach Boys, rock music was always a big part of the story of the now-deceased murderer’s life.
Read MoreGary ‘Chicken’ Hirsh, Country Joe & the Fish Drummer, Dead at 81
The drummer, who played with the Bay Area band from 1967-69, is said to have coined the “obscene” version of the famous “Fish Cheer.”
Read MorePatrick Sky, Singer-Songwriter Popular in the ’60s, Dead at 77
A mainstay of the Greenwich Village folk music scene of the 1960s, he started out playing traditional songs but then wrote his own.
Read MoreLloyd Price, ‘Personality’ & ‘Stagger Lee’ Singer, Dead at 88
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee scored his first chart-topping hit in 1952 and continued to be a major presence for several years.
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