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In the messy history of the Holy Modal Rounders, it came to pass that there was, at one juncture, a division into east coast and west coast Rounders, a separation caused mostly by Steve Weber's decision to head west. When a west coast performance happened, much of the

Generally panned at the time of its release, Etta James' 1973 self-titled album for Chess comes off somewhat better today. Perhaps we're more accustomed to the concept of a raging R&B star paired with a hit-minded rock producer, in this case Three Dog Night'

Willie Nelson had completed eight frustrating, hit-and-miss years with RCA in 1972 when a chance meeting with a longtime fan, Atlantic's legendary vice-president/producer Jerry Wexler, who loved all things country, changed everything. With Atlantic opening a country division, Willie would become their flagship artist. The creative freedom

Nostalgia, like beer goggles, has a powerful distorting effect: Who wasn't a little hipper, more fun and better-looking in the halcyon haze of our embellished memories? Nobody, that's who. So consider this a caveat: Maybe Golden Smog wasn't really all that great. They were

There are some first-rate songwriters of whom it's said that their songs show up can't-miss and singer-proof. There may be a handful of Kristofferson songs that turned out to be as simple and straightforward as that, but for the most part, the man's writings