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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 […]

Wailing Guitars, Crash of the Drums

Posted by Lance Davis - August 16, 2015 - Cris Kirkwood, MC5, Wayne Kramer

“We were punk before punk. We were new wave before new wave. We were metal before metal. We were even MC before Hammer. Depending on your perspective, we were the electro-mechanical climax of the age or some sort of countercultural hoax. We were considered killer, righteous, high energy dudes who could pitch a wang […]