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  • R.I.P. Steve Cropper

    by Frank Shankly
    1941-2015.

  • Today’s Rare Recent Arrival

    by Frank Shankly
    Frank doesn’t think he has seen this beauty in the wild before.  The Coupe De Villes released two singles in 1969 on Philly Groove. If there is su...

  • R.I.P. Jimmy Cliff

    by Frank Shankly
    1944-2025.

  • Dave Edmunds' I Hear You Knocking

    by Frank Shankly
    When Dave Edmunds topped the UK charts in November 1970 with I HEAR YOU KNOCKING, many believed he wrote the song because it was new to the UK cha...

  • Whitesnake's David Cloverdale Retires

    by Frank Shankly
    From the San Francisco Chronicle: “Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, brothers and sisters of the Snake, a special announcement for you,” Cover...

  • Record Label Spotlight: Goldband Records

    by Frank Shankly
    Goldband Records was an independent record label based in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Operated by musician and songwriter Eddie Shuler, Goldband Reco...

  • Crystal Mansion | THE GARDEN OF LOVE

    by Frank Shankly
    The Crystal Mansion's relatively short story is that of a white R&B band in the ‘60s moving towards groovy psyche rock in the '70s. And then f...

  • Happy Hallowe'en!

    by Frank Shankly
    If you dig campy Hallowe’en tracks, here’s a few classics to explore:  The Clovers : LOVE POTION NO. 9Just Us Girls : TIME WARPFifth Estate, The : ...

  • Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell's DUELING BANJOS

    by Frank Shankly
    DUELING BANJOS was not always haunting. Initially composed in 1954 by Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith as a banjo instrumental, he called it FEUDIN’ B...

  • A Haunting Song

    by Frank Shankly
    Country music has a long tradition of murder ballads and stories of mystery and imagination, but it doesn’t get much creepier than the B-side to Po...

  • R.I.P. Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley

    by Frank Shankly
    1951-2025.

  • A Recent Rare Arrival

    by Frank Shankly
    Remember those The Gap television commercials that featured Gen X dancers Lindy Hopping in their baggy khakis to Louis Prima? Well, Frank got his m...