SHELF LIFE
"Runaround Sue" by Dion
I'd listen to Dion sing the Bronx
phonebook (or the Boca Raton, if the arrangements were good). Despite
the plays and replays, this one never gets old; the magic's in the
grooves: his confidence and slyness, the buoyancy of the track, the Del
Satins' backing vocals. Pure 1961, what Richard Price so well knows and
communicated so convincingly in his debut novel The Wanderers.
When the album-rock revolution hit full force in 1967, blues veterans were immediately in a great place to benefit. Revered by the new, young rock stars and guitar gods who had appropriated and updated their music, many were still middle-aged and creatively vital.
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"I'm Waiting for the Man" by the Velvet Underground
A
favorite record, period. Lou Reed's novelistic narrative (junkie trains
it Uptown, shivers in the wind, cops) sounds convincingly real, but the
musical rush is the thing: elemental, just like Buddy Holly, and John
Cale's piano pounding is crucial.
Vegans and vegetarians, Wyatt McSpadden's Texas BBQ will set you on the right and holy True Path. One look at the sumptuous photos of the state's barbecue joints, meat markets and brick pit rigs will have you questioning your core beliefs.
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Tom Waits refused to cooperate. And he, his wife and management team apparently discouraged others from speaking with an “unauthorized” biographer.
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