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The Day Elvis Offered Eric Clapton Guitar Lessons

May 1, 2021May 2, 2021louismag

Eric Clapton, 1974There may be more interesting Elvis Presley stories than there are stars in the universe.  Perhaps the most famous story involves his storming the White House with guns and demanding a DEA badge.  There are numerous accounts of his using … Read More...

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Around the Dial – The Kinks

April 29, 2021April 29, 2021louismag

The Kinks - Give the People What They WantCast of Characters

The People:  Music lovers.  The common man.
As in “The People love The Beatles.”

The Man:  Those who enjoy controlling The People in order to keep power within their own ranks rather than letting freedom … Read More...

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Kim The Waitress

April 28, 2021April 29, 2021louismag

Freak City SoundtrackIn the 1990s I was fanatical about Material Issue, the legendary Chicago power pop trio.  Truth be told, I still am.  Their high energy guitar driven power pop was the soundtrack of my late teenage years.  Breaking out on the … Read More...

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The Story of Max Crook’s Keyboard Solo from Del Shannon’s Runaway

April 24, 2021April 29, 2021louismag

Max CrookTwo years before the Mellotron and more than five years before the Moog, Max Crook invented his own monophonic synthesizer – which he called the Musitron – using a modified clavioline, household appliance parts, resistors, television tubes, an amplifier, and … Read More...

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A Trip into the Stratosfear with Tangerine Dream

April 18, 2021April 29, 2021louismag

Stratosfear - Tangerine Dream
Stratosfear – Tangerine Dream (1976)

The subconscious mind is an interesting bedfellow.  In 1991, long before we could browse the Internet to build our music library, I found myself driving about 75 miles away to another town to visit a … Read More...

Albums and Songs Edgar Froese, Stratosfear, Tangerine Dream Leave a comment

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