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From My Archives – A Sit Down Rob Parissi of Wild Cherry
Wild Cherry formed back in 1970 – but 1976 was the year they broke through with the autobiographical song Play That Funky Music. The song reached #1 on Billboard’s RB and Pop chart and #2 in Canada. They might be labelled by some as a “one hit wonder,” but what a song and what a…
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Peter Foldy’s Summer Sunday Afternoon
Enjoying a lazy summer day (or evening) with your trust transistor radio by your side is a key element in the mythology of growing up with Top 40 radio back in the day. Peter Foldy (Bondi Junction, Roxanne) taps into that nostalgia with his new single, Sunday Afternoon. Peter recently joined me on Oldies Without…
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Discovering David Ackles: A Musical Journey
Until recently, I had never heard of American singer/songwriter David Ackles. That said, I now find myself often streaming his music. His self titled debut album was released in 1968. It was followed by Subway to the Country in 1970. In 1972, David Ackles’s third album, American Gothic, received positive reviews from North American and…
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A “Jock” Talk: An Interview with Firefall’s Jock Bartley on Friends and Family 2
As Kelly Jay from the Canadian 70’s band Crowbar once said, “You can’t live in the past, but you can’t forget old friends.” That seems to be the philosophy behind the recent music recorded by Firefall. While they are about to record their first new album/EP of original music in five years, they have just…
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Looking Back on Dylan’s Decade of Dissent
Author Sean Egan has a reputation for writing with a strong attention to detail. His latest work, Decade of Dissent: How 1960’s Bob Dylan Changed the World, follows in that tradition. Dylan’s recordings in the 1960’s include albums as The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde On Blonde, and John Wesley Harding. He also recorded such classic songs…