Here are a last few albums to round out an incredibly strong year in review. More Albums from my 1979 Year in Review As always, you can jump to the...
Read MoreMore great albums from one of the strongest years in rock history—most of them would easily make a top 20 in a typical year, maybe even a top 12. I’ve...
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Kate Bush began writing songs when she was eleven and produced her first demo tape at the age of sixteen, assisted by Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour. Based on that...
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Don Van Vliet, alias Captain Beefheart, pioneered an angular, off-kilter, deviant blues that was unlike anything heard, yet or since. His manic, mangy Howlin’ Wolf growl is immediately recognizable, as...
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Donna Summer, the Queen of Disco, actually started off late-‘60s in a psychedelic rock band before moving to Munich, where she lived for several years. There, she met producers Giorgio...
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Bootsy Collins first made his name backing James Brown before joining George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic collective, with whom he played for decades. Bootsy’s solo work with his group Bootsy’s Rubber Band...
Read MoreMy next eight albums feature not one but two accomplished John Lennon covers, plus two bands rather crudely named after male body parts, one soft, the other throbbing. Ugh. 1979...
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