Tag: Paul McCartney
Jukebox selections: MASTER BOOT RECORD, The Jayhawks, Paul McCartney meets Khruangbin
Been a bit between posts, so here’s another run at the jukebox for all my readers looking for a few good tunes to pass the…
James Jamerson: The unsung Motown bassist that influenced Paul McCartney
James Jamerson is just one of many session players in the 50s and 60s who went virtually unknown during his lifetime. Even now, after being…
“Abbey Road” by The Beatles (No. 2)
Abbey Road is more or less The Beatles‘ final album1, and it contains some of the group’s strongest work – especially George Harrison, who finally…
“Help!” by The Beatles (No. 3)
Here’s where it all began, my lifelong obsession with music. Technically, it was the movie Help! that helped turn me into a music junkie, but…
“Rubber Soul” by The Beatles (No. 8)
Famed Rock critic Robert Christgau called Rubber Soul “when The Beatles began to go arty.” Reductive, perhaps, but also true. Rubber Soul is not as…
My favorite 100 albums of all time: #47 (“Wings Over America”)
Wings live album Wings Over America is another one of those albums that I pretty much wore out the cassette tape. Thank goodness for CDs…
My favorite 100 albums of all time: #75 (“Spike”)
Spike features Elvis Costello’s highest-charting single, “Veronica” – co-written with and featuring Paul McCartney. That’s just the cherry on the sundae for this album, though.