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Old Glory vs New Glory

Posted by Lance Davis - September 29, 2018 - American Flag, Beastie Boys, Dolly Parton, Drive-By Truckers, Eminem, Funkadelic, Gil Scott-Heron, Glossary, Ice Cube, Jefferson Airplane, Johnny Cash, Lee Bains III, Maria McKee, MC5, Merle Haggard, Minutemen, Neil Young, Sly And The Family Stone, The Glands

In doing early research for my next Nicky Hopkins post, I landed on the Jefferson Airplane’s 1969 album, Volunteers, because Hopkins plays on five tracks. Unfortunately, his prodigious talents couldn’t pull the record out of a nose dive. I get that the group has many adherents who appreciate their wild, shirtless sensibility, but I don’t […]

Keeps Me Wonderin’ What Might’ve Been

Posted by Lance Davis - April 23, 2013 - Dolly Parton, Doug Sahm, George Drakoulias, Jayhawks, LaVern Baker, Lone Justice, Los Angeles, Maria McKee, Sir Douglas Quintet

Maria McKee, You Gotta Sin To Get Saved, 1993

“And where will you be in 1993? Still sitting in the same chair Sinning is for sinners and I’m just a beginner But, I’ve never really been touched there” —Soul Asylum, “Never Really Been,” 1986 “You gotta sin to get saved.” –Maria McKee, 1993 It’s largely overlooked, if not outright dismissed, but Maria McKee‘s […]