In the spring of 1966, If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears might have represented a genuinely new sound, but we mostly agree that aside from the two singles the material is pretty thing. I don’t want to be anyway near this “in crowd”.

One of the premiere English rock band’s of the british invasion in the 1960’s but they were banned from the US for years. Are they better than the Beatles? Let’s talk Kinks.

You want to talk about an interesting band. You want to talk thinking outside the box, heck outside the country. You want to know avant garde rock starts. Lets talk the Monks!

After difficulty finding the right chemistry in the New York Columbia Studio A , Dylan took the advice of Bob Johnston and moved the sessions down to Nashville with professional session musicians and we get another side of Dylan.

Moody, bluesy, and melodic, Fred Neil was one of the most compelling folk players to emerge from Greenwich Village in the mid-’60s.

MP3 Audio [39 MB]DownloadShow URL Pet Sounds has gone on to be hailed as one of the greatest albums ever and is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential albums in music history. It was a slow burn for this album to get it’s credit and we all love talking about […]

Geoff Emerick is quoted saying: “I know for a fact that, from the day it came out, Revolver changed the way that everyone else made records.” The group has different opinions about “using the studio as an instrument” and what this album means to the evolution of modern music.

They might have grown as songwriters and musicians but it might be said that The Who never surpassed the pure energy level of this debut record.

Dylan regains his enthusiasm for music as he gets it out in like a rolling stone as he creates another classic album full of blues inspired songs.

The combination of 12-string guitar work and complex harmony singing became the band’s signature sound during their early period. The success of the Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man” album saw an explosion of Byrds imitators and emulators in America and Britain.

Hailing from Scotland Bert Jansch began playing his personal mix of folk, blues and jazz on the folk scene in the early 60’s. His self titled debut album was recorded with borrowed guitars and was recorded on a reel-to-reel tape recorder at engineer/produce Bill Leader’s house after which it was sold to Transatlantic Records for £100.

Rubber Soul was highly influential on the Beatles’ peers, leading to a widespread focus away from singles and onto creating albums of consistently high-quality songs. It has been recognized by music critics as an album that opened up the possibilities of pop music in terms of lyrical and musical scope, and as a key work in the development of styles such as psychedelia and progressive rock. Everyone seems to agree that for better or worst this is the turning point for the Liverpool lads.

A young BB King gets the crowd going in one of the greatest live blues albums recorded on November 21, 1964 at the Regal Theater in Chicago.

One of the most important Jazz records ever made, John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme was a pinnacle of a jazz concept album and Rob hates it while I try and understand why Rob hates it.

The Beach Boys Today! signaled a departure from previous albums through Wilson’s increasingly sophisticated, orchestral approach and the abandonment of themes related to surfing, cars, or teenage love.

We can’t get enough of Otis Redding in this wonderful soul gem.

Bob Dylan goes electric as he sheds the acoustic troubadour for the street-wise rock and roller and once again inspires an entire generation.

The Sonics debut “Here Come The Sonics” audibly blew open the doors for what would come to be called garage rock, inspiring everyone from the Stooges, 70’s punk, and 90’s Seattle Grunge. They might be the most important garage rock band in history.

A wild Jerry Lee Lewis comes out of the blackness of the German wilderness al sorts of pilled up to absolutely burn the star club to the ground as he destroys a piano and glimpses into what could have been. Needless to say the group loves it.

Buck Owens bring his own brand of Bakersfield honky tonk and while he might not get the acclaim because of his Hee Haw days, there is no denying this group is “road tested”. Stick around till the end to learn about another local tribute band that is absolutely filthy .

The debut by the Rolling Stones is heavy on the blues covers. Half of us love it and the other half, well listen for yourself .

Dusty Springfield bridges the gap of girl groups, R&B and soul.

Soul originator Solomon Burke has countless stories about his wild youth and entrepreneurial affairs; and they are all hilarious.