The following links will take you to my longer works, which are different from my “on this day” posts in their length and content. These are the central pillars of my blog, including thoughts about various aspects of the musical world or the individuals within, music reviews, major projects, and the like. Posts with an asterisk (*) are “byte-sized”, or shorter.
General Thoughts
- On Accuracy in Labelling Bootlegs
- A List of Greg Lake’s 10 Essential Songs (can also be found on medium here)
- Some Thoughts on the Passing of Neil Peart
- A Series of 70s Struts
- Six Great Things Steve Morse Has Done For Deep Purple
- Six Silly Ideas for Prog Rock Movies
- A Ranking of Don Airey’s Solo Albums
- An Analysis of Deep Purple’s Classical Quotes on their First Two Albums (can also be found on Medium here)
- Gotta Hear ’em All’s Favorite Music of 2020
Specific Songs/Albums/Recordings Covered Here
- Dave Brubeck Quartet, “Blue Rondo” (Also featuring covers by Keith Emerson and Don Airey)
- Deep Purple
- 1969-08-24 Paradiso, Amsterdam
- Fireball, 1971
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- Ian Gillan Band, 1977-10-07 Manchester, Apollo, UK, 1977
- Greta Van Fleet, From the Fires, 2017
- Kraftwerk, 1981-12-10 Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands*
- Cozy Powell, BBC In Concert, 1980
- Rainbow
- Vangelis, Spiral, 1977*