Tag Archives: rock
Elvis Sighting at Prosperity Ashram
Elvis was at Club Oz last night; he sang several songs from the Angel Songbook, with which he is now very familiar. You can get his autograph most any night at Club Oz, but it’s not just Elvis — there are so many famous people here. You know, on This Side of the Veil, we … Continue reading
Voca People from The Other Side of the Solar System, Planet 10
Yes, they are here; they arrived in a boxy, cratey sort of UFO and started singing the moment they landed on Earth, singing all those pop songs they’d heard on our AM stations on the way in. … Continue reading
World’s Worst Pop Albums???
World’s Worst Pop Albums? Easy answer, but each genre has its very own. However, I have a few examples to offer — at the very top of the list is one of my closest friends in 1966-69, Wildman Larry Fischer, who appears with Frank Zappa, his mentor and producer: And then there was the inimitable … Continue reading
Great Jazz Group Disguised as Rockers
Yep, you guessed it; hadda be Pentangle. But that’s not always what Pentangle sounded like. … Continue reading
What Ever Became of Gayle McCormick???
Gayle was stunningly drop-dead gorgeous, bursting with positive energy and expansiveness that enabled her to become one of the biggest stars of the Los Angeles rock scene — but then, suddenly, bam! She dropped out of sight, leaving a legacy with “Smith” and a few indie singles that made the charts to #44, not an … Continue reading
Sandy Denny — Long Forgotten
Sandy Denny was without a doubt the greatest rock vocalist of the late 1960s, including everyone you can name, yet she’s totally obscure, wiped off the face of the Earth, the Forgotten Queen of Acid Rock. Why??? The answer is crystal clear … … Continue reading