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Unlike Janis Joplin, who lived a tribute to Bessie Smith, Van Morrison's life is inextricably tied into his music. The listener would do well to know of the personal problems Morrison has endured over the last year or so. Never the easiest man to work for, Morrison's domestic...
Archie Epps is, to be sure, an inside man. He dressed like one and affects the urbane manner that one associates with a Harvard dean. In fact, many have concluded that he left his blackness back in the Louisiana bayous. He is also cautious, responding carefully to questions, meticulously framing...
"Sometimes I Feel So Uninspired" sings to paranoia, but is so low-key that it immediately suggests a drug-induced euphoria or hypnosis. The conga opening is catchy, and the entrance of saxophone and piano on the first verse is subtle. The rest of the band sneaks in toward the...
The real masterpiece here is "Roll Right Stones." It's the key to the album's interest, for the discerning listener. "Roll Right Stones" is the only fourteen-minute song I know that's brought off successfully without a soaring guitar solo. Listen closely: there are several themes, subtle changes...
Perhaps there was something in the global ionosphere that year, something that still clings like smoke in an empty room. Without benefit of an unpopular war to trigger protest, Paris also was torn by civil disturbances; so were Mexico City and Tokyo. Even in Prague, the people rose up -only...