Category: 60s

September 27, 2021

The Shivas Make Me Feel So Good.

Back in the early 1970s, the rock music writer Lenny Kaye was asked to put together a compilation of lesser-known songs from the 60s. The result was Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era. The album featured raw, DIY music from bands practically no one had heard of, or at least heard from in a long while. This music, later tagged garage or psychedelic […]

July 16, 2021

The Heartless Bastards Are Back with Three New Songs

It’s been a while since we heard from the Heartless Bastards. Their last album was in 2015, which is far enough in the past to assume they were defunct. Then, out of nowhere, in 2020 came a new single “Revolution”. Another one came out in early 2021 and now a brand-new single just this week. The new song “Photograph” came packaged with the other two […]

February 4, 2021

Music in 1969: Was I too Young or Am I Blocking It Out?

I ran across this YouTube video that listed the top songs of 1969. Go watch it before reading further so that this makes more sense. I turned 7 years old in 1969 so I thought it likely I would remember much of these songs. By 7 you are old enough to remember TV and music. Turns out I do remember many of them. Some were […]