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"The Best Music History Writing Online!"-Classic Rock, Prog, Pop, & Punk, 1960s to the Present!
Music exploration, commentary, analysis & memories! Home of Tune Tag + popular Audio Autopsy and Inside Tracks + Stephen Michael Schwartz Stories!
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The Nic of Time #1: Nic Briscoe, London Studio Engineer, 1985: The Stars, The Sounds, The Songs
He's got a story. Correction: He's got stories! 22, talented, and frankly, preferring to be on the other side of the glass making the music in that…
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Tune Tag #37 with Jeremy Shatan of "AnEarful" Pt. 2: The Verve, Blondie, Roosevelt, Antonio Carlos Jobim, FaltyDL, Mary Timony, Faye Webster…
The song-span of this bird is a jaw-dropping 60 years! From 1965 to just a few weeks ago, our time pieces of choice run the gamut from an encyclopedia…
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The Beatles Diaries: Celebrating 60 Years and The Feb 9, 1964 Appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
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🐰Audio Autopsy, 1970: Before Dr. Demento, He Was Warner Bros. Records PR Writer, Barry Hansen
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Tune Tag #18 with S.W. Lauden of "Remember the Lightning": Descendents, The Last, Lisa Hartman, Sparks, Hüsker Dü, Redd Kross
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Tune Tag #19 with Steve Goldberg of Earworms & Song Loops, Pt. 2: Brian Eno, Cheap Trick, Sammy Davis Jr., Be Bop Deluxe
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Tune Tag #22 with Ryan Stubbs aka Miter: Rush, Supremes, Steely Dan, Little Richard, Genesis
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Tune Tag #28 with Michael K. Fell of "Home is Where the Music Is": Vibrators, Love, Spirit, Eddie Harris, Elliott Murphy, Harold Melvin …
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Pure Pop Progeny #2: "The One and Only" Chesney Hawkes, Chrysalis Records, 1991
His father was in a hit '60s pop band, and his own worldwide hit was written by another hitmaking rock star! Plus, he's released 4 studio albums.
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Tune Tag #36 with Dusty Wright of TALES AND RANTS: Alex Chilton, David Werner, The Music Explosion, The dBs, The Hollies, Yardbirds, Wax
Planet Pop is the destination. But, this planet has a countryside filled with various musical offshoots....electric, melodic, classic, newer, as well as…
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The Pretty Things in 5 Songs: Brad Kyle Reacts to Hearing UK Band for 1st Time (A Collab w/Michael K. Fell)
It's like those "First Reaction" YouTube videos, but, mercifully, without the visuals.
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Tune Tag #35 with Alexander Hellene of A. Hellene Author: Rush, Faith No More, Genesis, King Crimson, Sting, Frank Zappa
A Tune Tag with a decided prog lean? Yes, please! With wicked guitar solo, extended drum passage, and epic story-telling on the side!
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Tune Tag #34 with Mark Nash of "Joy in the Journey," Pt. 2: Kraftwerk, Velvet Revolver, Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Shooter Jennings, The…
Prog to country to new wave....and, beyond! Tune Tag travels far and wide to cover the popular-music landscape....in fact, we cover so much land, it…
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Audio Autopsy, 1979: What Grounded Northern Ireland's Starjets (Epic/CBS Records)?
Marketed in 1979 as another in a glut of punkers, Northern Ireland's Starjets are really the biggest secret in Power Pop. And, they're still pluggin…
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Tune Tag #33 with Faith Current of The Abbey- The Beatles Reimagined: Ramones, Buck Owens, Leonard Cohen, Billy Joel, Beatles, Tremors…
Tune Tag welcomes assistant, Abbey + Tune Tag newcomer, Faith Current, for her first appearance! We actually boated 'cross the Mersey for this one! No…
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Inside Tracks: Kerry Chater and Gary "Mutha" Withem--Two Members of Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
What happens to members of a hot, hit-making 1960s American pop group? We can't presume to know, but we CAN peek a bit into the lives of two former…
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Tune Tag #32 with Dan Pal of PalCinema, TV & Music: Police, Barbra Streisand, Turtles, Durocs, Michael Jackson, Code Blue, Brian Wilson
A celluloid pro (with a musical jones) meets a vinyl nerd whose Police record is lengthy (with skips that reflect years of play), and whose rap sheet…
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