Vibe Confessional

Sometimes I get so excited about music — listening to it, writing about it, playing it — that I just get this overwhelming vibe of peace, like something really good is on the horizon. Weird, huh? I got nothing else, ‘cept for these: So, the Standells, who wrote about the “mighty River Charles,” were actually [...]

Music And Records: The Turtles

This tune, written by Turtles leader Howard Kaylan, originally appeared on the back of their first Top 10 hit, their cover of Bobby Dylan’s It Ain’t Me Babe. It later appeared on their second album, 1966′s You Baby/Let Me Be. Hardly anything earth-shattering, it sounds like something the Kinks or the Standells might’ve done. Great [...]